Mona Wassef
Acting
Born: February 9, 1942 (age 84) · Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
Highest Rated
Biography
Mona Wassef is a Syrian film and theatre actress who was born in Damascus in 1942. She is considered an icon in Arab cinema and a role model for many artists and has earned numerous nicknames including, “The First Star of Syria,” “Star of the Arab World,” and “Lady of the Syrian Screen.” Wassef's most famous early role was as Hind in the 1976 film “Al Ressala” (The Message) about the life of the prophet Mohammed. She has played the role of Bassam Kousa’s mother more than ten times in cinema and on television. In 2009, Wassef became the first Syrian woman to receive the Syrian Order of Merit-Excellent Degree. She has starred in more than 25 plays and 30 films, has appeared in nearly 200 television series and has received multiple life achievement awards from the Damascus Film Festival, Alexandria Film Festival and the International Arab Film Festival in Oran. She was married to the late director Mohammed Shaheen and they have one son, Ammar.
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Movies (27)
The Message
Hind bint Utba
Al Hayba: The Movie
Nahed Omran
Just Get Married!
Ramzis Mutter
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973
Menahi
أم مناحي
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022
Bikaya suar
زنوبة
Al Urjouha
1976
Sea, O', Sea
1993
The Report
فلك
The Mexican Hoax
زوجة تيسير
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
the Prostitute
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
The Adventure
1974
Something Is Burning
Om Ramzy
Another Face of Love
1973
Algae
1990
Al-Yazerli
1974
The Adorable Thief
أبلة سميرة
Shadow of Silence
2006
Jungle of Wolves
1977
The Two Friends
1970
Love..For Life
أم إيناس
The Visit
2024
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
The World in 2000
علا
Murder by Sequence
ليلى
TV Shows (57)
Al Hayba
Nahed · 150 eps
Bab Al-Hara
أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف · 33 eps
Bab Al-Hara
أم جوزيف / جورجيت · 60 eps
Omar
Al-Shifa bint Abdullah · 31 eps
Sert Alhob
30 eps
Rijal Al-Izz
أم نوري · 32 eps
Al-Hout
30 eps
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
سجاح · 32 eps
Small Hearts
30 eps
Layali Al-Salehiya
أمينة · 31 eps
The Leader
العمة · 30 eps
As'ad AlWarrak
أم نعيم · 30 eps
The Age of Shame
30 eps
The Sun Rises Again
حكمت / ضيفة شرف · 31 eps
Samra
راوية · 60 eps
Mawlana
جورية · 30 eps
Behind the Sun
أم بدر · 30 eps
We'll Meet Tomorrow
والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف · 30 eps
Aswaid’s Return
7 eps
Finally
والدة ياقوت · 15 eps
Tahoun Al-Shar
أم زيدو · 66 eps
City Secrets
أم منصور · 25 eps
Red Lipstick
أم ورد - ضيفة شرف · 30 eps
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
(ضيفة شرف) · 45 eps
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
هلالة · 25 eps
Holding Back Tears
زهرية · 30 eps
النصية
32 eps
Deep Down Under
دلال · 30 eps
Tawq Al banat
123 eps
The End of a Brave Man
ريم الشنكل · 27 eps
The Slums
أم ربيع · 30 eps
Close Your Eyes
Jude's grandmother (Um Raja) · 31 eps
Heavenly Space
30 eps
Sert AlHob
30 eps
Roxy Nights
35 eps
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
33 eps
Qamar Sham
1 eps
Roses in salty soil
Mahasen · 25 eps
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
أم راغب · 30 eps
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Juliet · 15 eps
جواهر
الشيخة مزنة · 51 eps
Special Relationships
Um Taim · 1 eps
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
الملكة المتجردة · 30 eps
Al Ababeed
كمرا · 22 eps
Qutil alrbye
1 eps
Sa'at El Sifr
1 eps
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
1 eps
Grandpa's house
1 eps
As'ad AlWarrak
7 eps
Ahl Alraya
أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف · 31 eps
وردة لخريف العمر
1 eps
The Black Box
1 eps
عيلة أكابر
فوزية · 1 eps
Layl Al Srar
1 eps
Al-Gharib
1 eps
Bait Amer
5 eps
Small Projects
30 eps
