Today, Thursday, the young Egyptian actress, Menna Shalaby, was nominated for the International Emmy Award in its 2021 edition, for her role in the series “Every Week on a Friday”, to become the first Egyptian ever to receive this nomination. Actresses from Argentina, Spain and England competed in this category. And works produced by "Netflix" and "HBO".
The International Emmy is an award given by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS) in recognition of the best television programs produced and broadcast outside the United States.
Awards are presented at the International Emmy Awards, held annually in November in New York City.
The first International Emmys were held in 1973, expanding what was originally an American-only Emmy Award.
Today, Thursday, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 2021 International Emmys. The nominations include 44 nominees in 11 categories from 24 countries.
This high number of nominations and the country is a new record that proves the television production industry's recovery from the post-pandemic crisis and fears of slowing production.
The winners will be announced at an in-person ceremony in New York City, on Monday, November 22, 2021 at a venue to be announced soon.
The wonderful actress Menna Shalaby receives a nomination for the Emmy's International, the world's most important award for television, for her role in a series every week on Friday.
The series is directed by Mohamed Shaker and produced by Film Factory and Meem Company, and the series is for Shahid VIP.
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Every week on a Friday
The series "Every Week on a Friday" was shown on the Shahid electronic platform in 2020, quickly achieving high views, and a great echo on social media.
Critics and viewers praised Menna Shalaby's performance in particular in the very complex starring role, where she presented "Noor", the educated girl who is forced to abandon her identity and stay away from her family as a result of a media manipulation of her, which caused a scandal among her family who rejected her.
She begins a new life with a different identity, as she works as a personal escort for the son of a wealthy family who has a mental illness, and begins using him to carry out revenge against those who destroyed her life.
The ten-episode series was very exciting, with a dramatic escalation in each episode, which made the audience really excited for the weekend to see the three episodes shown per week.
Menna Shalaby and two decades of creativity
Menna Shalaby began her career in 2001 in the series “The Morning and Evening Talk” as “Shakira”, one of the daughters of the rich branch of the family, but she did not attract attention except in her role in the movie “The Magician” with the late Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, and her roles followed after that in works that ranged from Romantic and comedic, she quickly rose to the first roles.
And in 2015, she presented one of her most important roles in the movie "Nawara" directed by Hala Khalil, which put her in the framework of a serious actress who can provide all roles, and she moved smoothly and actively between cinema and television, and one of them did not overshadow the other, and even short films received part of her talent, She presented the movie "Fork and Knife" in 2017, with director Adam Abdel Ghaffar.
But the peak of her artistic brilliance appeared in the last two years, especially on television, with two successive successful works, "Every week on Friday" in the role of "Noor", then the second part of the series "Why Not?"
In the role of "Doctor Nada" who makes a decision to embrace a child from an orphanage, which leads to many complications in her life, especially with the lack of acceptance by many around her.
The last series also generated a wide resonance with the audience, especially due to the nature of the family series, which made it suitable for different age groups, unlike "Every week on Friday", which was categorized for adults only because of its violent content. Yunus, her adopted son, "to the point where it made many women and men think seriously about embracing children from orphanages, and the series and cuddling became one of the most interactive topics on social networking sites.
But on the cinematic side, Menna Shalaby has not recently got roles that match her great talent. The last thing she performed in the cinema was “The Man and the Nemous” with Mohamed Henedy and directed by Sherif Arafa, in a very weak role that does not carry any dramatic complexity, so her presence was lackluster.
Today, Menna Shalaby adds to her track record a very important nomination, the first of its kind, for Egyptian actresses, and also puts Egyptian series on the global business map.