- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
Mona Wassef
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 d…
Filmography
tvMawlana
2026 · جورية
tvRoxy Nights
2025
tvDeep Down Under
2025 · دلال
movieThe Visit
2024
tvClose Your Eyes
2024 · Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
tvFinally
2023 · والدة ياقوت
movieAl Hayba: The Movie
2022 · Nahed Omran
movieAl Hayba: The Documentary
2022
tvAl-Gharib
2017
tvAl Hayba
2017 · Nahed
tvDiaries of an Ex-Lover
2017 · (ضيفة شرف)
tvSamra
2016 · راوية
tvAl-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016
tvGhadan Naltaq
2015 · والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
tvThe Chief of Merchants' Daughter
2015 · أم راغب
tvSpecial Relationships
2015 · Um Taim
tvRed Lipstick
2014 · أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
tvTawq Al banat
2014
tvQamar Sham
2013
tvBait Amer
2012
tvOmar
2012 · Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
tvTahoun Al-Shar
2012 · أم زيدو
tvRijal Al-Izz
2011 · أم نوري
tvThe Leader
2011 · العمة
tvAs'ad Al-Warak
2010 · أم نعيم
tvBehind the Sun
2010 · أم بدر
tvThe Black Box
2010
tvAl Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
2010 · سجاح
tvSa'at El Sifr
2010
tvThe Slums
2009 · أم ربيع
tvThe Age of Shame
2009
tvSmall Hearts
2009
movieMenahi
2008 · أم مناحي
tvAl-Hout
2008
tvAhl alrraya
2008 · أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
tvSert Al-Hob
2007
tvSert Al-Hob
2007
tvBab Al-Hara
2006 · أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف, أم جوزيف / جورجيت
movieShadow of Silence
2006
Heavenly Space
tvHeavenly Space
2005
tvThe Sun Rises Again
2005 · حكمت / ضيفة شرف
tvHolding Back Tears
2005 · زهرية
tvLayali Al-Salehiya
2004 · أمينة
tvQutil alrbye
2004
tvLayl Al Srar
2004
movieJust Get Married!
2003 · Ramzis Mutter
tvRoses in salty soil
2002 · Mahasen
tvوردة لخريف العمر
2002
tvذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
2001 · الملكة المتجردة
tvCity Secrets
2000 · أم منصور
tvعيلة أكابر
1998 · فوزية
tvالنصية
1998
tvThe End of a Brave Man
1994 · ريم الشنكل
tvFunny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
movieSomething Is Burning
1993 · Om Ramzy
movieSea, O', Sea
1993
movieAlgae
1990
movieThe Report
1986 · فلك
movieThe Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985 · the Prostitute
movieMurder by Sequence
1982 · ليلى
tvIzz ad-Din al-Qassam
1981 · Juliet
movieLove..For Life
1980 · أم إيناس
movieJungle of Wolves
1977
movieThe Message
1976 · Hind bint Utba
movieAl Urjouha
1976
As'ad AlWarrak
tvAs'ad AlWarrak
1975
movieAl-Yazerli
1974
movieThe Adventure
1974
movieAnother Face of Love
1973
movieBikaya suar
1973 · زنوبة
movieThe Memory of a Night of Love
1973
movieThe World in 2000
1972 · علا
movieHundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
movieThe Mexican Hoax
1972 · زوجة تيسير
movieImra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
movieThe Two Friends
1970
movieThe Adorable Thief
1970 · أبلة سميرة
tvAl Hayba the Comeback
— · Nahed El-Omran