Career
Born to a Coptic Orthodox family in Upper Egypt, 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 (A Beginning and an End) directed by Salah Abouseif in 1960. 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 Louisiana Comedie Francaise.
She also acted in a number of television series like Oyoun (Eyes) with Fuad First Rate (at Lloyd's) Mohandes, and in a number of plays such as The Visit with Gamil Rateb.