“An Opportunity-Deserving Syrian Talent: Nancy Khoury”

Had it not been for the postponement of the series “Northern Roundabout”, Nancy Khoury would have starred in three Ramadan roles. Her roles in “Safar Berlak” and “Al-Zind” are two steps on the path to achieving the best. It is diversified in order to mobilize an actress from within who wants to try everything. Last Ramadan, the director, Rasha Sharbatji, hinted at a person who washes away “sin” with sacrifice, and portrayed her as the character “Noha”, who was killed by slaughter, in “Breaking a Bone.” “Afra” in “Al-Zind” meets her tragic fate with a dagger stab.
The death of the character, after moving between orphanhood and illness, was skillfully performed by the Syrian actress. With Taim Hassan, I formed a cohesive brotherhood duo, despite the harshness of time. And with the end of the role in the middle of the road, its worthiness was confirmed by the bifurcation between a mother, a sister, and an illiterate woman who wanted to decipher the letter, perhaps with knowledge she would serve the cause.
The Syrian broadcaster, Basil Mahrez, gives her a resonant introduction that makes her feel affected, while she is a guest on his “Al-Mukhtar” program (“Al-Madina FM”). His words make her happy, and when she is thankful, he replies that she deserves praise. Directors were aware of her talent before graduation, including the late Hatem Ali Al Mahdi, “Safar Berlak” to his soul. Her interlocutor asks her about her planning for stardom, to which she replies that the title “star” was not a goal, as much as confirming her worth as an actress befitting the position she reaches.
Khoury who adopt the principle of balance in assessing matters. The meeting shows her mediation between frankness and “compromise.” The latter does not seem contrived nor does it show hypocrisy. Greeting everyone and surrounding them with love, two values ​​of her upbringing and her enthusiasm for the profession and its atmosphere and what would make the conditions for photography in the best way possible.
The frankness leads to the recognition of her happiness at being considered a star, and the anticipation of her, at the same time, a well-deserved place within the sequence of names on the badge. Do not pretend to be ascetic, and like every artist, aspire to improve conditions. But this is not at the expense of the content that “must prevail.” The experience of “breaking a bone” taught her that small roles can evoke a big reaction as long as the content is aware of its distinct dramatic-human purpose.
her sister plays and sings; And the house and its members are supportive of art. She was nine when her love for the stage awoke. For years, Nancy Khoury presented plays for children, and the spirit of the ballerina kept moving her, until acting dominated, and dancing was accompanied by the pending wishes of a lifetime.
You hope that the “Northern Roundabout” will have a decent exhibition space after Ramadan. The posters were withdrawn and postponed two days before the start of the month. She describes her role as a new shift from the previous one, and presented: “He does not look like me socially. The personality is difficult and complex. Then the trust and partnership between the director and the actor is valued, when the conversation reaches “Safar Berlak.” This is not her first stand in front of the camera, directed by Laith Hajjo. Projects brought them together, including “Palestine Hamra” and “Waqq Waq”.
For the necessities of suspense, Mahrez postponed talking about the “ulna”. Allocate spaces for their roles in non-works, and leave the conclusion to the bottom line. Since reading the series, I expected something different. She relives a minute-long scene and reveals that it took hours to film. The banks of the Orontes River constitute the source of the events, so the announcer and his guest spoke about the clothes and filming locations within the Syrian governorates, and about the richness of the spatial stock of mountains and auxiliary lands. They talked about the dialect, which is one of the “heroes” of the series, and the challenges of mastering it. Sometimes speaking in “Qaf” and other times in the white dialect, according to the movement between personalities and places, from Aleppo, Homs and Hama.
The irony is that she is not good at using it after the end of filming. “Hafez and I don’t understand,” Mahrez joked in response to his request to speak in the “Afra” manner. And to master the exits, she told him that she spoke to the walls of the house! The real facilitator is pleasure: “I adopted the dialect because I enjoyed it. The exercises were intense. We did not find it necessary to return the scenes due to these preparations and intensification.
She tells her interlocutor that what she missed was not hers, even if its result is what she describes as “slow” to where she is today: “I was selective and still is, what I tell is the right place for me. I care about the balance between being an actress and a person. Opportunities may be lost, and if they were destined, they would not have been lost.”
Khoury does not appear to be one of those who succumb to the vanity of light. You realize what you have and seek opportunities, unlike those who claim to have everything. About comedy, she says that it is “difficult and scary, and may be injured or disappointed,” and she admits that mastery requires time to grasp the tools. Star with talent and refuse to bulge.