[4] She was noticed by a director, Ahmed Diaa Eddine, who encouraged her to become an actress.

She accepted one of his proposals for a role and played in Fatat shaza (Abnormal Girl), released in 1964; she did theatre and radio sketches while finishing her studies at Ain Shams University.

[5] She played other secondary roles with other directors, and with multiple leading actors, such as her role in a film released in 1974, Fi Saif Lazem Nihib (In Summer We Must Love), with Salah Zulfikar.

In this film, she plays the role of an Egyptian spy who betrays her country.

[7][8] In 1993, in the middle of shooting the film Bawwâbat Iblîs (The Gates of Satan), she was diagnosed with breast cancer.