Sanaa Gamil
ActingBorn 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
Filmography — Acting
The Message
Sumayya
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
Sayed's Mother
Tawheeda
أم توحيده
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
نرجس
Zeinab
مسعودة
The Beginning and the End
Nefisah
Back Streets
Nahed
Gamalat
The Second Wife
Hafiza حفيظة
I'll Never Cry
Samiha
Lady of The Train
Afaf
Money slaves
فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
The Great Clown
Ya Zalemni
When Evening Comes
Doubt, My Love
بهيجة
Ana Wi Habibi
Fake Lover
The Sky Devils
Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
Ahlan Ya Captin
No Tears
The Impossible
فاطمة
The Lady's Driver
لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
Iidini eaqlak
Bahiga
April Fool
A solution that pleases all
The Basement
Your Wisdom, God!
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
Kedt Ahdem Baity
Mr. K
أهل الهوى
زوبة الشغالة
The Cursed
baheria
Good News
Noura نورا
Al-Kharteet
The Unknown
Aleya "The Mother"
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
زوجة المرابي اليهودي
Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
Adam and Eve
Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Isalu kalbi
killer mother
Heart of Gold
Awsaf
زهرة الصبار
الآنسة جيهان
زوجات وأزواج
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
Dawn of a New Day
Nayla
Have Mercy
شريك حياتى
سهير
Marret El-ayam
Fi Sharaa Meen
Maa Al Ayam
الميعاد
Some Live Twice
