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
Saken Osady
1995 · TV
The Message
1976 · Movie
The Beginning and the End
1960 · Movie
Eyes
1980 · TV
أشجان
1970 · TV
The White Flag
1988 · TV
Aunt Safiya & the Monastery
1996 · TV
Iidini eaqlak
1952 · Movie
الحب وسنينه
1989 · TV
Money slaves
1953 · Movie
Isalu kalbi
1952 · Movie
Nahed
· Movie
The Cursed
1979 · Movie
Dawn of a New Day
1964 · Movie
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
1998 · Movie
An Escape Night
1989 · TV
Ana Wi Habibi
1953 · Movie
Doubt, My Love
1979 · Movie
Zeinab
1952 · Movie
I'll Never Cry
1957 · Movie
The Sky Devils
1956 · Movie
Ya Zalemni
1954 · Movie
The Great Clown
1952 · Movie
Ahlan Ya Captin
1978 · Movie
Marret El-ayam
1954 · Movie
A solution that pleases all
1986 · Movie
Lady of The Train
1952 · Movie
Mr. K
1994 · Movie
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
1986 · Movie
Good News
1952 · Movie
The Second Wife
1967 · Movie
The Basement
1987 · Movie
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
1953 · Movie
Back Streets
1974 · Movie
killer mother
1952 · Movie
The Unknown
1984 · Movie
Tawheeda
1976 · Movie
No Tears
1961 · Movie
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
1957 · Movie
Have Mercy
1953 · Movie
April Fool
1954 · Movie
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
1972 · Movie
قلوب فقدت الحب
1977 · TV
When Evening Comes
1985 · Movie
أهل الهوى
1955 · Movie
Kedt Ahdem Baity
1954 · Movie
Your Wisdom, God!
1976 · Movie
Maa Al Ayam
1958 · Movie
الميعاد
1955 · Movie
Al-Kharteet
1987 · Movie
اللعبة المجنونة
1991 · TV
Heart of Gold
1959 · Movie
Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame'
1956 · Movie
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
1953 · Movie
Fi Sharaa Meen
1953 · Movie
The Lady's Driver
1993 · Movie
The Impossible
1965 · Movie
Adam and Eve
1951 · Movie
إصلاحية جبل الليمون
1979 · TV
زهرة الصبار
1967 · Movie
شريك حياتى
1953 · Movie
Some Live Twice
1971 · Movie
Spring Fantasies
1955 · Movie
