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