Sanaa Gamil
Born to a Coptic Orthodox family in Minya Governorate, she moved to Cairo to pursue her acting career and changed her name to Sanaa Gamil.
One of her most notable roles was Nefisah in front of Omar Sharif in the movie Bidaya wa nihaya (A Beginning and an End) directed by Salah Abouseif in 1960. The movie was based on a novel with the same name by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. Sanaa Gamil won the best supporting actress award at the Moscow Film Festival in 1961 for her role in this movie.
Not only a movie actress, but more importantly one of the best Egyptian theater actresses. She has also played a number of roles on the French Stage for La Comedie Francaise.
She was married to the famous Egyptian journalist Louis Greiss and had no children.
She also acted in a number of TV series like Oyoun (Eyes) with Fuad Al Mohandes, and in a number of plays such as The Visit with Gamil Rateb
Known for
Saken Osady
سلوى
Aunt Safiya & the Monastery
The White Flag
فضة المعداوي
Eyes
الحب وسنينه
أزواج لكن غرباء
الجاهزين قوي
An Escape Night
إصلاحية جبل الليمون
اللعبة المجنونة
أشجان
قلوب فقدت الحب
The Beginning and the End
Nefisah
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
Sayed's Mother
The Unknown
Om Nagy
Tawheeda
أم توحيده
Ana Wi Habibi
Fake Lover
The Basement
The Lady's Driver
لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
Al-Kharteet
The Sky Devils
Head Nurse
Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
Nahed
Gamalat
Doubt, My Love
بهيجة
Dawn of a New Day
Nayla
The Impossible
فاطمة
Kedt Ahdem Baity
Ya Zalemni
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
نرجس
Money slaves
فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
Have Mercy
Zeinab
مسعودة
Back Streets
The Cursed
baheria
The Lady on the Train
Afaf
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
The Great Clown
Good News
Noura نورا
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
زوجة المرابي اليهودي
Iidini eaqlak
Bahiga
killer mother
The Second Wife
Hafiza حفيظة
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
Adam and Eve
Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
شريك حياتى
سهير
زوجات وأزواج
Your Wisdom, God!
April Fool
A solution that pleases all
I'll Never Cry
Samiha
No Tears
Heart of Gold
Awsaf
Ahlan Ya Captin
Isalu kalbi
أحلام الربيع
زهرة الصبار
الآنسة جيهان