Born in Shubra, Cairo, Gamal started her career as a child actress in Stronger Than Love. She took part in major roles in a great number of films such as Woman's Secret, El Hub Keda, My Husband’s Wife, Sunset and Sunrise, لصوص لكن ظرفاء، شيء من الحب، عالم عيال عيال، سفاح كرموز and in a great number of Egyptian television series, notably in Al Hagg Metwalli's Family, Al Batiniyyah and Abdel Azeez Street. She has also had significant roles in a great number of stage productions, like the famous Number 2 Wins and Nest of Fools.
She was born in 1941 to an Egyptian father and a Greek mother. She was married to Egyptian actor Hassan Mostapha. They married in June 1966 and had two daughters. Mostapha died on 15 May 2015.