Maguy Bou Ghosn (Arabic: ماغي بو غصن; born 18 September 1975)[1] is a Lebanese actress. Bou Ghosn debuted her acting career in various television series in the Arab world.[2] In 2008, she made her breakthrough with the drama TV series "Asr el Hareem" and "Metel El Kezzeb" in 2011, both being aired on LBC.[3] She is a Murex d’Or winner.[4]

Maguy Bou Ghosn
ماغي بو غصن
Bou Ghosn on Al Aan TV, March 2018
Born (1975-09-18) 18 September 1975 (age 48)
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Jamal Sannan
(m. 2003)
Children2

Acting career edit

Bou Ghosn studied acting and directing at the Lebanese University.[5] Her acting career debuted when she started portraying in many successful TV series through the Arab World.[2] In 2008, Bou Ghosn portrayed Amira in "Asr El Harim", Jana in "Maitre Nada", Vera in "Dr. Hala", Jihane in "Metel El Kezzebeh". In 2011, Bou Ghosn made starred in the well-advertised Ramadan comedy TV Series "Akher Khabar" and her fans loved her performance, calling it a very new of kind.[6] Later that year, Bou Ghosn starred in a Comedy-Drama TV series "Auberge", which aired on MTV from 2011 till 2012 and it was such a great success.[7] In Ramadan 2012, Bou Ghosn starred in "Duo Al Gharam" and played the leading role beside Carlos Azar.[8] She then starred in her first movie "BeBe" in 2013, which considered to be the number 1 movie in Lebanon with over 152,000 admission tickets within 14 weeks.[9] That movie was then followed by two successful movies "Vitamin" in 2014 and "Al Sayyida Al Thaniya" in 2015. All three movies were highly advertised and said to have sold a huge number of admission tickets.

Bou Ghosn was the lead actress in a number of Ramadan series. In "24 Qirat" (2015) she shared the leading role with Abed Fahed and Cyrine Abdelnour. In 2016, she shared the leading role of her new Ramadan series "Ya Rayt" with Qays Cheikh Najib and Maxim Khalil. Other works she appeared in include the movie "Welaane" (2016), the series "Caramel" (2017), the movie "Habbet Caramel" (2017) and the series "Julia" in Ramadan 2018.

Music career edit

Bou Ghosn attending the launching of her charity single "Saken El Sama Byesmaa". Bou Ghosn's childhood dream was always to become a successful singer. In late 2011, Bou Ghosn participated in the second season of Celebrity Duets in which she and Carlos Azar battled in the finale prime for the grand prize. Bou Ghosn won and donated her prize to St. Jude Children Cancer Center.[10] On 15 June 2012, Bou Ghosn premiered her first charity single "Saken El Sama Byesmaa", composed by Oussama Al Rahbani and written by Ghadi Al Rahbani, during the launching of the CD. On June 16, Bou Ghosn released her second single "Ma Ba2a Baddi Hebbak" which has been featured in her 2012 Ramadan TV series "Duo Al Gharam".[11] In December 2013, Bou Ghosn participated in the huge concert One Lebanon by Tania Kassis.[12]

Songs edit

  • "Saken El Sama Byesmaa" (2012)
  • "Ma Ba2a Baddi Hebbak" (2012)
  • "Ossetna (featuring Carlos Azar)" (2012)
  • "Ertahi Ya Hayati (featuring Carlos Azar)" (2012)
  • "Kent Bfakker (Vitamin Movie)" (2014)
  • "Kouni enti (habbet caramel)" (2017)

Filmography edit

Television
Year Show Role Notes
2000 Asrar El Madina Hanadi
Al Khawali Nasra
2001 Wa Yazoul El Khatar
Action
2001–2003 Hammam El Kishani Basma Season 4-5
2002 Akbiyat Al Mawt
Holako
2003 Saret Ma’i
Kawabis Mountasaf Al Layl
2008 Dr. Hala Vera Supporting role
Asr El Harim Amira
2009 Layali Dima
2010 Maitre Nada Jana Supporting role
2011 Metel El Kezeb Jihane Lead role
Akher Khabar Sawsan Lead role
2011–2012 Auberge Hiba Lead Role
2012 Duo Al Gharam Dalia Lead role
2013 BeBe Badiaa Lead role
2014 Vitamin Zmorod Lead role
2015 24 Kirat Haya Lead role
Al Sayida Al Taniya Dahab/Almaza Lead role
2016 Ya Rayt Jana Lead role
2017 Caramel Maya Lead role
2018 Julia Julia Lead role
2019 Time Out Yara Lead role
Prova Layal Lead role
2020 Awlad Adam Dema Lead role
2021 Lel Mawt Sahar Lead role
2024 Aa Amal Yasar Lead role

References edit

  1. ^ "ماغي ابو غصن في لهون وبس مع هشام حداد وكواليس فيلم ولعانة". YouTube (in Arabic). 30 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "aljadidah.com". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. ^ "زوجان يعيشان حياة ' مثل الكذب'". Panet. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  4. ^ "ماغي أبو غصن". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. ^ "ضحك وجد - الحلقة 1 - تقلا شمعون، ماغي بو غصن و ليليان اندراوس". OTV Lebanon (in Arabic). 22 September 2013.
  6. ^ "LBC !! - Elfann النشرة الفنية - "آخر خبر" كوميديا طريفة تجذب المشاهد عبر الـ". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  7. ^ Bisara7a. "Bisara7a-Homepage - موقع بصــراحــة الفنّي". Retrieved 20 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "ماغي بو غصن لـ"الجمهورية": أقدّم في "ديو الغرام" دور عمري". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  9. ^ Bisara7a. "Bisara7a-Homepage - موقع بصــراحــة الفنّي". Retrieved 20 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ ماغي بو غصن تفوز بـ "ديو المشاهير" وتقدم 50 الف دولار لمركز سان جود إعلام
  11. ^ ماغي بو غصن: أنا ممثلة ولن أحترف الغناء وأغنيتي الثانية “ما بقا بدي حبك” تدعم قضية الزعل
  12. ^ One Lebanon! ماغي بوغصن مع نجوم لبنان في

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