Actor
Sanaa Gamil
April 27, 1930 · Egypt
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.
Often works with
Hassan El Baroudy
3 titles together
The Second Wife, Dawn of a New Day, The Great Clown
Thuraya Fakhry
3 titles together
The Beginning and the End, Lady of The Train, Marret El-ayam
Ismail Yasseen
3 titles together
Have Mercy, Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame' Ismail Yassine fi Mat'haff Elshame', Good News
Emad Hamdy
3 titles together
Lady of The Train, I'll Never Cry, No Tears
Adel Adham
3 titles together
The Lady's Driver, The Unknown, Your Wisdom, God!
Wedad Hamdy
3 titles together
The Great Clown, I'll Never Cry, Marret El-ayam
Full filmography · 63
Nahed
as Gamalat
Upcoming
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
as Sayed's Mother
1998
Mr. K
cast
1994
The Lady's Driver
as لطيفة هانم شوكت باشا
1993
The Basement
as أم الخير
1987
Al-Kharteet
as نرجس
1987
Nessa Khalf Al Qodban
cast
1986
A solution that pleases all
cast
1986
When Evening Comes
cast
1985
The Unknown
as Aleya "The Mother"
1984
The Cursed
as بهيرة
1979
Doubt, My Love
as بهيجة
1979