 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.