Sanaa Gamil
Acting
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
Acting66
movieSmile, The Photo Comes Out Better
1998
Sayed's Mother
movieThe Lady's Driver
1993
لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
tvThe White Flag
1988
فضة المعداوي
movieThe Basement
1987
أم الخير
movieThe Unknown
1984
Aleya "The Mother"
movieThe Cursed
1979
بهيرة
movieTawheeda
1976
أم توحيده
movieThe Message
1976
Sumayya
movieThe Second Wife
1967
Hafiza حفيظة
movieزهرة الصبار
1967
الآنسة جيهان
movieI'll Never Cry
1957
Samiha
movieThe Sky Devils
1956
Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
movieأهل الهوى
1955
زوبة الشغالة
movieBelal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
1953
زوجة المرابي اليهودي
movieMoney slaves
1953
فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
movieAna Wi Habibi
1953
Fake Lover
movieIidini eaqlak
1952
Bahiga
movieZeinab
1952
مسعودة
movieGood News
1952
Noura نورا
movieAdam and Eve
1951
Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
movieNahed
Gamalat
Creator1
tvالبر الغربي
2001
Creator