Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/27/1930
Place of Birth
Egypt
Also Known As
سناء جميلSanaa Jamilثريا يوسف عطا الله
Sanaa Gamil
Biography
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 h...
Known For
Lady of The Train
as Afaf
The Second Wife
as Hafiza حفيظة
The Beginning and the End
as Nefisah
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
as نرجس
I'll Never Cry
as Samiha
The Great Clown
Unknown Role
Tawheeda
as أم توحيده
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
as زوجة المرابي اليهودي
Nisaa Fi Hayaty
Unknown Role
Good News
as Noura نورا
Some Live Twice
Unknown Role
The Cursed
as baheria
Maa Al Ayam
Unknown Role
Money slaves
as فتاة المنحلة بالكباريه
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better
as Sayed's Mother
أهل الهوى
as زوبة الشغالة
Nahed
as Gamalat
The Sky Devils
as Head Nurse - رئيسة الممرضات
Dawn of a New Day
as Nayla
Back Streets
Unknown Role