Mona Wassef
Acting
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.
Known for
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tvMawlana
2026
جورية
tvClose Your Eyes
2024
Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
tvFinally
2023
والدة ياقوت
movieAl Hayba: The Movie
2022
Nahed Omran
tvAl Hayba
2017
Nahed
tvDiaries of an Ex-Lover
2017
(ضيفة شرف)
tvSamra
2016
راوية
tvWe'll Meet Tomorrow
2015
والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
tvSpecial Relationships
2015
Um Taim
tvRed Lipstick
2014
أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
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 Slums
2009
أم ربيع
movieMenahi
2008
أم مناحي
tvAhl alrraya
2008
أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
tvBab Al-Hara
2006
أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف / أم جوزيف / جورجيت
tvThe Sun Rises Again
2005
حكمت / ضيفة شرف
movieJust Get Married!
2003
Ramzis Mutter
tvRoses in salty soil
2002
Mahasen
tvذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
2001
الملكة المتجردة
tvCity Secrets
2000
أم منصور
tvعيلة أكابر
1998
فوزية
tvThe End of a Brave Man
1994
ريم الشنكل
movieSomething Is Burning
1993
Om Ramzy
movieThe Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985
the Prostitute
movieLove..For Life
1980
أم إيناس
movieThe Message
1976
Hind bint Utba
movieBikaya suar
1973
زنوبة
movieThe Mexican Hoax
1972
زوجة تيسير
movieThe Adorable Thief
1970
أبلة سميرة
tvAl Hayba the Comeback
Nahed El-Omran