Dalida Khalil

Dalida Khalil
Dalida Khalil on the set of Wardi W Wardi in Kieve - Ukraine
Native name	داليدا أنطوان خليل
Born	Dalida Antoine Khalil (1987-02-16) 16 February 1987 Mazra'et El Nahr, Zgharta District, Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese
Other names	Miss North
Education	Diploma in acting and directing from the Lebanese University
Occupation	Actress, singer, dancer
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Awwal Marra, Helwe W Kezzabe, Amir El Leil
Home town	Zgharta, North Lebanon
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Awards	Murex d'Or Award

Dalida Antoine Khalil^[1] (Arabic: داليدا أنطوان خليل‎; born 16 February 1987) is a Lebanese actress, singer and dancer. Her acting career started in 2007 when she participated in a Lebanese series called Fifty-Fifty. Dalida Khalil had worked over the past 10 years in more than 19 series. In 2016–2017, Khalil had a major role in the very successful drama series Amir El Leil ^[2] with pop star Ramy Ayach.

Khalil received the Murex d'Or Award for Best Rising Actress in 2012.

Personal life

Dalida Khalil ^[3] was born in Mazra'et El Nahr, Zgharta District of North Lebanon and she is the niece of the Lebanese singer Laura Khalil. She graduated with an Acting and Directing degree from the Academy of Arts in the Lebanese University.

Career

Her career began in 2007 in Fifty Fifty series written by Nabil Assaf and Giscard Lahoud and directed by Elie Ghoreib. And after that, Dalida Khalil ^[4] participated in many series such as Al Ta’er Al Maksour (The Broken Bird) in 2008, Souad and Nouhad in 2009, Li’annaho Al Hob (Because of Love) in 2009, Maitre Nada in 2010 written by Samia Chemaly, directed by Ghada D. Akl and produced by Marwa Group, Ajyal in 2010 written by Claudia Marchelian and directed by Philip Asmar, Dakkit Aleb in 2010, Zikra in 2011, Awwal Marra(The First Time) in 2012, Helwe W Kezzabe (Beautiful Liar) in 2012 written by Carine Rizcallah and directed by Saif al-Sheikh Najib, Al ‘Ishk Al Majnoun (The Crazy Love) in 2013, Habib Mira in 2014 written by Claude Saliba and directed by Cesar Hajj Khalil, Dawa’er Hob (The Circles of Love) in 2015 written by Sawsan Kabsi and Mahmoud Dasouki and directed by Eyad Al Kzouz.

Dalida Khalil was also the guest of honor in the series Al- ‘Arrab (The Godfather) alongside with the singer Assi El Hellani, the series was written by Hazem Sleiman and directed by Muthna Sobh and was showing in Ramadan 2015. Moreover, Dalida Khalil acted with Ramy Ayach in series Amir El Leil in 2016-2017. The series was written by Mona Tayeh, directed first by Fadi Haddad then by Elie Berbary, and in Helwe W Kezzabe series.

Dalida Khalil ^[5] also participated and was first runner up in the show Dancing With The Stars ^[6] in its 3rd season with the Syrian dancer Abdo Dalloul and was able to reach the finals where she competed with her singer colleague Anthony Touma who ended up winning the trophy.

Khalil was announced the winner of the Arabic version of Celebrity Duets 2018 after competing with 12 other celebrities, and receiving the highest rate of votes at the last episode. North Autism Center was the NGO that Khalil chose, who received the final winner prize which is an amount of $30,000.^[7]

Work

• On September 6, 2018, Khalil released her first hit single Wardi W Wardi .^[8]
• Celebrity Duets - Winner of Season 2 on MTV Lebanon.^[9]
• Dancing With The Stars – Middle East (1rst Runner Up).
• Dalida Khalil participated in a music video called Medri Men Wen or Choufiha law, the clip was made for a little girl sick with cancer and whose dream was to meet her idol, Dalida Khalil. The song was written by Sandrine Shouceir, composed by Joey Abi Lamaa’ and distributed by Albert Semaan. The clip was made to support the campaign Your Wish Comes True With Us and was directed by Emile Z’einni.^[10]
• Also, on 27 November 2015, FashionTV eyewear announced Dalida Khalil as its brand ambassador.^[11][12]
• in 2017-2018 Khalil was announced to be the new face of Garnier.^[13]

Television series

1. Al-Hall Bi Idak directed by Samir Habchi
2. Al-Taghiya directed by Marwan Najjar
3. Fifty Fifty 2007, worked with Nabil Assaf and Jeskar Lahoud - directed by Elie Ghrayeb
4. Al Ta2er l Maksour 2008, Worked with Ward l Khal and Youssef l Khal - directed by Miled Abi Raad
5. Daet Alb (main role) directed by Elie Feghaly
6. Liannaho Al Hob 2009 (main role) directed by Elie Feghaly
7. Madame Karmen 2009 (main role) directed by Philippe Asmar
8. Ajial 2010 (main role as Mira) directed by Philippe Asmar
9. Ekher khabar2011 (main role) directed by Hisham Sherbatji
10. Zekra 2011(main role as Lyn) directed by Elie F.Habib
11. Auberge 2011(main role) directed by Asad Foladka
12. Maitre Nada 2010(main role ) written by Samia Chemaly, directed by Ghada D. Akl and produced by Marwa Group.
13. Awal marra 2013 (main role as Jana) directed by Philip Asmar
14. Al Tabanni 2012(main role) from alhayat drama, directed by Nabil Lebbos
15. Al Mousakana 2012(main role) from al hayat drama, directed by Zeina Al Sabea
16. Helwe w Kezzebe 2012(main role as Dalida) with ziad borji, directed by Seif Sheikh Najib
17. Al 3oshek l Majnoun 2013(main role as Yasmine) directed by Zouhair Ahmad Kannou3
18. Al 'Arrab 2015with singer Assi El Hellani written by Hazem Sleiman and directed by Muthna Sobh
19. Habib Mira 2014(main role as Mira) directed by Seif Cheikh Najib
20. Dawaer Hob 2014-15(main role as Nour) directed by Iyad Al Khzouz
21. Amir El Leil 2017(main role as Farah) with pop star Ramy Ayach, directed by Fadi Haddad & Elie Berbery
22. Sakat El Waraa 2018(main role as Lynn) directed by Nadim Mhanna and written by Marwan Najjar
23. 50 Alef (50 Thousand) 2017-18(main role as Mia) directed by David Oryan and written by Aya Tiba

Hit Song: Wardi W Wardi

On September 6, 2018, Khalil released her first hit^[14] single Wardi W Wardi .^[15][16]. Written by Nizar Francis, composed by Michel Fadel, and the music video directed by Ziad Khoury. The video reached more than 700K viewers within 3 weeks of its release. ^[17]

Click here to watch the music video of Wardi W Wardi

Click here to Subscribe to Dalida Khalil's Youtube Channel 

Cinema

• Helwe Ktir W Kezzabe movie was a sequel to her series Helwe W Kezzabe that was previously aired on MTV Lebanon. Written by Carine Rizkallah and directed by Seif Sheikh Najib, it tells the story of this girl (Dalida) who adores lying and then falls in love with the famous singer Ramzi Deeb (Ziad Bourji).
• Minak Inta movie was a sequel to her series Sakata Alwarak that was previously aired on MTV Lebanon. Written by Marwan Najjar and directed by Nadim Mhanna.

Miss North

As Dalida Khalil was about to enter college in 2003, she was crowned as Miss North in her home town Zgharta. The ceremony took place in “Kasr El Noujoum” in Ehden and was under the supervision of the Ministry of Tourism. The judges were: the public figure Rima Njeim, the actress Elsie Ferneiny, the journalist Antoine Fransis and the host Robert Frangieh who joyfully declared Dalida Khalil as Miss North. Khalil remained the official Miss North for 12 consecutive years until the year 2015 when she was the one to hand over the crown to Pascale Dou’eim, the new Miss North.

Songs For Series

• "Enta Habib El Aleb",^[18] duo with Ziad Bourji and was published for their movie and series Helwe Ktir w Kezzabe (2013)
• "Ma Baa t2eli A3chaka",^[19] duo with Ziad Bourji and was the theme song for their series Habib Mira (2013)
• "Chou Akhed Ma3ak",^[20] theme song for her series Li2annaho Al Hob (2009)
• "Awwal Marra",^[21] theme song for her series Awwal Marra (2012)

Celebrity Duets

Khalil was announced the winner of the Arabic version of Celebrity Duets 2018 after competing with 12 other celebrities, and receiving the highest rate of votes at the last episode. North Autism Center was the NGO that Khalil chose, and donated to them the final winner prize which is an amount of $30,000.^[22]

Dancing With The Stars

On March 1, 2015, the 3rd season of Dancing With The Stars kicked off with 13 celebrities from Lebanon, Egypt and Tunisia. The show was aired on MTV Lebanon, FOX Movies and on the Egyptian channel Al-Nahar, presented by Media hosts Carla Haddad and Wissam Breidy and the judges were: Darren Bennett, Mira Samaha, Rabih Nahhas and Mazen Kiwan. The contestants were: the actress Dalida Khalil, the actress Carmen Lebbos, Miss USA Rima Fakih, the Tunisian model Leila Ben Khalifa, Jane Consol, Miss Egypt Amina Ashraf, Reine Achkar, the actor and professor Gabriel Yammine, the athlete Rony Fahed, the singer Anthony Touma, the singer Mohamad Atieh, Ibrahim Saiid and the model Jean-Paul Bitar. Dalida Khalil partnered up with the professional Syrian dancer Abdo Dalloul and ranked second with 39.3%.

Production companies

• Marwa Group
• M&M Production
• Tayeh Enterprises
• Online Production

Awards

• Murex d'Or award in 2012 for Best Rising Actress.^[23]

References

^[1]

• www.fashiontv.com/eyewear

External links

• "داليدا خليل". elcinema.com (in Arabic).

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