[1][2][3] After completing secondary school, El Bably attended the Institute of Theatrical Arts.

She starred in the play Madraset El Moshaghbeen (1973), and also in a stage version of the life of Raya and Sakina with famous actress Shadia in 1985.

[4] She appeared in Mahmoud Zulfikar's The Unknown Woman (1959), the film was a good start in her cinematic career.

In the 1960s, El Bably co-starred in The Most Dangerous Man in the World (1967).

In 1981, she co-starred in Moment of Weakness (1981) with famous actor Salah Zulfikar, and An Egyptian Story (1982) by Youssef Chahine.