Maya Nasri


Maya Asmar, better known by her stage name Maya Nasri, is a Lebanese singer, recording artist, and actress.

Early life

Nasri studied acting and directing theater, television and cinema at the Lebanese University. In 1996, she started working as a TV presenter at Télé Liban, she also worked as a model.

Career

Nasri participated in "Kas El Nojoum" in 1998 on the Lebanese Broadcasting Channel where she won all three gold medals. Her debut single, "Khalleeni Bel Jaw", topped several charts and launched her music career. Since then, she has released four studio albums and several singles such as "Akhbarak Eih?", "Law Kan Lak Alb", "Habbit Hob", "El Asmarani", and "Rouh". Even though Nasri was largely successful in her music career, in 2008 she decided to shift to a career in acting and has halted her music career until now. Since then, she has starred in several Egyptian movies and TV shows.

Personal life

In 2010, Nasri married Egyptian filmmaker Ihab Lamahi in a Church wedding ceremony in Beirut. On October 5, 2013, she gave birth to their first child, Michaela Ihab Lamahi. Nasri announced online the news of daughter's birth with the message: "I gave birth to the most beautiful thing my eyes have ever seen. It was the gift of God to my small family".
In 2015, during the pregnancy of her second child she revealed that a sonogram showed complications, which meant the fetus would require heart surgery within the first 10 days after birth. The life-saving surgery was performed on her son Giovanni, after he was born in February 2015. In 2017, she gave birth to a girl, Manuela.

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