She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.

[1] Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah was born on 7 March 1924 in Kafr El-Sheikh.

[1] Hamdi's first film was Henry Barakat's This Was My Father's Crime (1945).

[3] She worked with the Egyptian National Troupe on several plays.

[3] Hamdi was stabbed 35 times in the neck, chest, and abdomen.