[2] She made her cinema debut in Ismail Yassin's comedy Hired Husband (زوج بالإيجار) in 1961.

After a prolific career in the 1960s, she came under spotlight with "transgressive" roles in early 1970s, such as her role in Salah Zulfikar's psychological drama The Other Man (الرجل الآخر) in 1973 and Malatily Bathhouse (حمام الملاطيلي) by Salah Abu Seif in 1973.

After marriage to fellow actor Hassan Youssef in 1972, the couple started to work in cooperation until al-Baroudi decided after Umrah in 1982 to quit cinema and wear the hijab.

[4] In 2001, Nourah Abdul Aziz Al-Khereiji of the Arab News interviewed al-Baroudi in the 2001 Al-Madinah Festival.

[1] Elbaroudi married Saudi prince Khalid bin Saud in 1969, and divorced after 13 months.