Acting · Egypt · Born April 27, 1930
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
MovieSmile, The Photo Comes Out Better
1998
as Sayed's Mother
TVAunt Safiya & the Monastery
1996
TVSaken Osady
1995
as سلوى
MovieMr. K
1994
MovieThe Lady's Driver
1993
as لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
TVاللعبة المجنونة
1991
TVالحب وسنينه
1989
TVAn Escape Night
1989
TVThe White Flag
1988
as فضة المعداوي
MovieThe Basement
1987
as أم الخير
MovieAl-Kharteet
1987
as نرجس
MovieNessa Khalf Al Qodban
1986
أزواج لكن غرباء
1986
MovieA solution that pleases all
1986
MovieWhen Evening Comes
1985
MovieThe Unknown
1984
as Aleya "The Mother"
TVEyes
1980
TVإصلاحية جبل الليمون
1979
MovieThe Cursed
1979
as بهيرة
MovieDoubt, My Love
1979
as بهيجة
MovieAhlan Ya Captin
1978
TVقلوب فقدت الحب
1977
MovieYour Wisdom, God!
1976
MovieTawheeda
1976
as أم توحيده
MovieThe Message
1976
as Sumayya
MovieBack Streets
1974
MovieAl Shaytan wal Kharif
1972
as نرجس
MovieSome Live Twice
1971
TVأشجان
1970
زوجات وأزواج
1969
الجاهزين قوي
1968
MovieThe Second Wife
1967
as Hafiza حفيظة
Movieزهرة الصبار
1967
as الآنسة جيهان
MovieThe Impossible
1965
as فاطمة
MovieDawn of a New Day
1964
as Nayla
MovieNo Tears
1961
MovieThe Beginning and the End
1960
as Nefisah
MovieA Heart of Gold
1959
as Awsaf
MovieMaa Al Ayam
1958
MovieI'll Never Cry
1957
as Samiha
MovieNisaa Fi Hayaty
1957
MovieIsmail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
1956
MovieThe Sky Devils
1956
as Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
Movieالميعاد
1955
Movieأهل الهوى
1955
as زوبة الشغالة
MovieSpring Fantasies
1955
MovieApril Fool
1954
MovieYa Zalemni
1954
MovieMarret El-ayam
1954
MovieKedt Ahdem Baity
1954
MovieNafeza A'la Al-Ganna
1953
MovieHave Mercy
1953
MovieBelal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
1953
as زوجة المرابي اليهودي
MovieMoney slaves
1953
as فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
MovieAna Wi Habibi
1953
as Fake Lover
Movieشريك حياتى
1953
as سهير
MovieFi Sharaa Meen
1953
MovieIidini eaqlak
1952
as Bahiga
MovieLady of The Train
1952
as Afaf
MovieZeinab
1952
as مسعودة
MovieIsalu kalbi
1952
MovieThe Great Clown
1952
MovieGood News
1952
as Noura نورا
Moviekiller mother
1952
MovieAdam and Eve
1951
as Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
MovieNahed
as Gamalat
