Ninochka Manoug Kupelian ( ar, نينوتشكا مانوك كوبليان; born November 14, 1946 in

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), better known by her

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. She is the cousin of both Egyptian actress Feyrouz and entertainer

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. She was born in Cairo to an Egyptian family. She started as a

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imitating other actresses, including appearances on the Egyptian National Theater promoted by Muallem Sadiq. She was given her first movie role through Egyptian film director and producer

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and screenwriter / playwright

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in ''Habeebti Sousou''. El Ebiary also chose the name Lebleba after seeing the multi-talented child actress, comedian, dancer and singer Ninochka Kupelian. In the 1970s, she acted alongside Egyptian leading man

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in '' Borj El-Athraa'' (1970) and '' Fi Saif Lazim Nohib'' (1974), and alongside Egyptian leading man Ahmed Zaki in ''

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'' (2003). She acted alongside Egyptian leading man

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in '' Hassan and Marcus'' (2008), and she also worked alongside Nour El-Sherif in ''Layla Sakhina'' (1995). She married actor Hassan Youssef, but they divorced. She never remarried.

Filmography

* ''Al Beit Al Said'' * ''Kadi Gharam'' * ''Rehla Shahr Al Asal'' * ''Habibti Soo Soo'' * ''Arba3 Banat We Zabet'' * '' Borj El-Athraa'' * ''Al Nagham Al Hazeen'' * ''Al Milionair AL Mouzayaf'' * ''AL Habib AL Maghool'' * ''Agaza Bel Afia'' * ''Bent Badi3a'' * ''Al Banat Wel Hob'' * ''Al Banat Wel Marcedes'' * ''Al Sokareya'' * ''Ya Zalemni'' * ''Shei2 Men Al Hob'' * ''Aris AL Hana'' * ''Ehtares Men Al Regal Ya Mama'' * ''Hekayti Maa Al Zaman'' * '' Fi El Seif Lazem Neheb'' * ''Emraa Bala 2Alb'' * ''Hob Fo2 Al Bourkan'' * ''Al Sheyateen Fi Agaza'' * ''3aga2eb Ya Zaman'' * ''24 Sa3a Hob'' * ''Mouled Ya Donia'' * ''AL Kadeia Al Mashhoura'' * ''Bezour Al Sheytan'' * ''Al Hesab Ya Madmouazel'' * ''Bos Shouf Sokar Beta3mel Eih'' * ''Ragol Fi Segn Al Nesa2'' * ''Moughameroon Hawl Al 3alam'' * ''Eli Dehek Ala Al Sheytan'' * ''Al Gana Taht Kadamayha'' * ''AL Ba3d Yazhab Lel Ma2zoun Maratein'' * ''Esabet Hamada We Tootoo'' * ''Arba3a Etnin Arba3a 4-2-4'' * ''Setouhi Fawk Al Shagara'' * ''AL Kadab We shabou'' * ''Ehtares Men Al Khot'' * '' Lahib El Entekam'' * ''Ehna Betou3 AL Esa3af'' * ''Al Mokhber'' * ''Emraa Taht El Ekhtebar'' * ''Enohom Yasrekoun Al Araneb'' * ''Lak Youm Ya Beih'' * ''Mehatet LA Ens'' * ''Awlad El Esoul'' * ''Giran Akher Zaman'' * ''Sheytan Men 3asal'' * ''Bokra Ahla Men Al Neharda'' * ''Al Sheytana Alati Ahabatni'' * ''Leyla Sakhena'' * ''Ded Al Hekouma'' * ''Ganat Al Shayateen'' * ''Al Akhar'' * ''Al Na3ama Wel Tawous'' *''

'' * ''Booha'' * ''3aris Men Geha Amneya'' * ''Wesh Egram'' * ''Eskenderia New York'' * ''Hassan wa Morcus'' * '' Nathariat Amti'' * ''Al Fil Al Azraq'' * ''

Villa 69 ''Villa 69'' (Arabic: فيلا ٦٩) is a 2013 Egyptian film drama by director Ayten Amin, starring Khaled Abol Naga, Lebleba, and Arwa Gouda. The film stars Naga as a terminally ill architect who, while living happily in solitude, is forced ...

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* Egyptian film actresses Egyptian Christians Egyptian people of Armenian descent 1946 births Living people Actresses from Cairo {{Egypt-actor-stub