Basma Ahmed Sayyed Hassan (Arabic: ???? ???? ??? ????; born December 7, 1976) is an Egyptian actress.
Basma's father is a journalist and her mother is a women's rights activist.
She is the granddaughter through her mother of the late Youssef Darwish, who was an Egyptian Jew and a communist activist.
Basma began her career acting at the university in the film "El Madyna (The City)" where the director Yousry Nasrallah chose her to participate in the film; however, before the movie she tried to be a radio presenter and had already taken an interview in the national radio channel.
But before anything, Yousry Nasrallah selected her for the movie "El Madyna (city)".