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
Acted in
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
1998
as Sayed's Mother
Aunt Safiya & the Monastery
1996
Saken Osady
1995
as سلوى
Mr. K
1994
The Lady's Driver
1993
as لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
The Lady from Cairo
1992
اللعبة المجنونة
1991
الحب وسنينه
1989
An Escape Night
1989
The White Flag
1988
as فضة المعداوي
The Basement
1987
Al-Kharteet
1987
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
1986
أزواج لكن غرباء
1986
A solution that pleases all
1986
The Unknown
1984
as Om Nagy
Eyes
1980
إصلاحية جبل الليمون
1979
The Cursed
1979
as baheria
Al-Shakk ya Habibi
1979
as بهيجة
Ahlan Ya Captin
1978
قلوب فقدت الحب
1977
Your Wisdom, God!
1976
Tawheeda
1976
Back Streets
1974
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
1972
زوجات وأزواج
1969
الجاهزين قوي
1968
The Second Wife
1967
as Hafiza حفيظة
زهرة الصبار
1967
as الآنسة جيهان
The Impossible
1966
as فاطمة
Dawn of a New Day
1964
as Nayla
No Tears
1961
The Beginning and the End
1960
as Nefisah
Heart of Gold
1959
as Awsaf
Maa Al Ayam
1958
I'll Never Cry
1957
as Samiha
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957
The Sky Devils
1956
as Head Nurse
أحلام الربيع
1955
April Fool
1954
Ya Zalemni
1954
Marret El-ayam
1954
Kedt Ahdem Baity
1954
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
1953
Have Mercy
1953
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
1953
as زوجة المرابي اليهودي
Money slaves
1953
as فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
Ana Wi Habibi
1953
as Fake Lover
شريك حياتى
1953
as سهير
Fi Sharaa Meen
1953
Iidini eaqlak
1952
as Bahiga
The Lady on the Train
1952
as Afaf
Zeinab
1952
as مسعودة
Isalu kalbi
1952
The Great Clown
1952
Good News
1952
as Noura نورا
killer mother
1952
Adam and Eve
1951
as Magdy Siddiq Sami's fiancée
Nahed
as Gamalat