Mona Wassef

Mona Wassef

Actor Feb 9 (age 84) Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria] 1970–2026 (56 year career)

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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 …

Known For

The Message

The Message

Hind bint Utba

Omar

Omar

Al-Shifa bint Abdullah

Al Hayba

Al Hayba

Nahed

Bab Al-Hara

Bab Al-Hara

أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف

Al Hayba: The Movie

Al Hayba: The Movie

Nahed Omran

Men Of Honor

Men Of Honor

أم نوري

Nights of Al Saliheya

Nights of Al Saliheya

أمينة

Mawlana

Mawlana

جورية

Filmography

Acting (74)

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Movies (27)

Al Hayba: The Movie

Al Hayba: The Movie

as Nahed Omran

Al Hayba: The Documentary

Al Hayba: The Documentary

Menahi

Menahi

as أم مناحي

Shadow of Silence

Shadow of Silence

Just Get Married!

Just Get Married!

as Ramzis Mutter

Sea, O', Sea

Sea, O', Sea

Something Is Burning

Something Is Burning

as Om Ramzy

Algae

Algae

The Report

The Report

as فلك

The Sun on a Cloudy Day

The Sun on a Cloudy Day

as the Prostitute

Murder by Sequence

Murder by Sequence

as ليلى

Love..For Life

Love..For Life

as أم إيناس

Jungle of Wolves

Jungle of Wolves

The Message

The Message

as Hind bint Utba

Al Urjouha

Al Urjouha

Al-Yazerli

Al-Yazerli

The Adventure

The Adventure

The Memory of a Night of Love

The Memory of a Night of Love

Another Face of Love

Another Face of Love

Bikaya suar

Bikaya suar

as زنوبة

The World in 2000

The World in 2000

as علا

The Mexican Hoax

The Mexican Hoax

as زوجة تيسير

Hundred Faces for a Single Day

Hundred Faces for a Single Day

Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha

Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha

The Adorable Thief

The Adorable Thief

as أبلة سميرة

The Visit

The Visit

The Two Friends

The Two Friends

Television (47)

Mawlana

Mawlana

as جورية

Deep Down Under

Deep Down Under

as دلال

Roxy Nights

Roxy Nights

Close Your Eyes

Close Your Eyes

as Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)

Finally

Finally

as والدة ياقوت

Al Hayba

Al Hayba

as Nahed

Diaries of an Ex-Lover

Diaries of an Ex-Lover

as (ضيفة شرف)

الغريب

الغريب

Samra

Samra

as راوية

العراب: تحت الحزام

العراب: تحت الحزام

We'll Meet Tomorrow

We'll Meet Tomorrow

as والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف

The Chief of Merchants' Daughter

The Chief of Merchants' Daughter

as أم راغب

Red Lipstick

Red Lipstick

as أم ورد - ضيفة شرف

قمر شام

قمر شام

Omar

Omar

as Al-Shifa bint Abdullah

Tahoun Al-Shar

Tahoun Al-Shar

as أم زيدو

Men Of Honor

Men Of Honor

as أم نوري

The Leader

The Leader

as العمة

Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi

Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi

as سجاح

As'ad Al-Warak

As'ad Al-Warak

as أم نعيم

Behind the Sun

Behind the Sun

as أم بدر

The Black Box

The Black Box

Sa'at El Sifr

Sa'at El Sifr

The Slums

The Slums

as أم ربيع

The Age of Shame

The Age of Shame

Small Hearts

Small Hearts

الحوت

Ahl alrraya

Ahl alrraya

as أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف

Sert Al-Hob

Sert Al-Hob

Sert Al-Hob

Sert Al-Hob

Bab Al-Hara

Bab Al-Hara

as أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف

Heavenly Space

Holding Back Tears

Holding Back Tears

as زهرية

The Sun Rises Again

The Sun Rises Again

as حكمت / ضيفة شرف

Nights of Al Saliheya

Nights of Al Saliheya

as أمينة

Qutil alrbye

Qutil alrbye

Layl Al Srar

Layl Al Srar

وردة لخريف العمر

وردة لخريف العمر

ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب

ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب

as الملكة المتجردة

City Secrets

City Secrets

as أم منصور

النصية

النصية

عيلة أكابر

عيلة أكابر

as فوزية

The End of a Brave Man

The End of a Brave Man

as ريم الشنكل

Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama

Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam

as Juliet

As'ad AlWarrak

Al Hayba the Comeback

Al Hayba the Comeback

as Nahed El-Omran