
About
Mona Wassef
Overview
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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2025 | Deep Down Under | Actor | دلال | 69 Fair |
2024 | Close Your Eyes | Actor | Jude's grandmother (Um Raja) | N/A N/A |
2023 | Finally | Actor | والدة ياقوت | 69 Fair |
2022 | Al Hayba: The Movie | Actor | Nahed Omran | 58 Average |
2022 | Al Hayba: The Documentary | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2017 | Al Hayba | Actor | Nahed | 68 Fair |
2017 | Diaries of an Ex-Lover | Actor | (ضيفة شرف) | N/A N/A |
2016 | Samra | Actor | راوية | N/A N/A |
2015 | We'll Meet Tomorrow | Actor | والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف | 69 Fair |
2015 | The Chief of Merchants' Daughter | Actor | أم راغب | 69 Fair |
2012 | Tahoun Al-Shar | Actor | أم زيدو | N/A N/A |
2011 | The Leader | Actor | العمة | 69 Fair |
2010 | Behind the Sun | Actor | أم بدر | N/A N/A |
2010 | As'ad Al-Warak | Actor | أم نعيم | N/A N/A |
2010 | Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi | Actor | سجاح | N/A N/A |
2009 | The Slums | Actor | أم ربيع | N/A N/A |
2009 | Small Hearts | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2009 | The Age of Shame | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2008 | Menahi | Actor | أم مناحي | N/A N/A |
2008 | الحوت | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2008 | Ahl alrraya | Actor | أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف | N/A N/A |
2006 | Shadow of Silence | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2005 | The Sun Rises Again | Actor | حكمت / ضيفة شرف | N/A N/A |
2005 | Heavenly Space | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2005 | Holding Back Tears | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2004 | Nights of Al Saliheya | Actor | أمينة | 69 Fair |
2004 | ليل السرار | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2003 | Just Get Married! | Actor | Ramzis Mutter | N/A N/A |
2001 | ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب | Actor | الملكة المتجردة | N/A N/A |
2000 | City Secrets | Actor | أم منصور | 69 Fair |
1998 | النصية | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1994 | The End of a Brave Man | Actor | ريم الشنكل | 69 Fair |
1993 | Something Is Burning | Actor | Om Ramzy | N/A N/A |
1993 | Sea, O', Sea | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1990 | Algae | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1986 | The Report | Actor | فلك | N/A N/A |
1985 | The Sun on a Cloudy Day | Actor | the Prostitute | N/A N/A |
1982 | Murder by Sequence | Actor | ليلى | N/A N/A |
1981 | Izz ad-Din al-Qassam | Actor | Juliet | N/A N/A |
1980 | Love..For Life | Actor | أم إيناس | N/A N/A |
1977 | Jungle of Wolves | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1976 | The Message | Actor | Hind bint Utba | 60 Fair |
1976 | Al Urjouha | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1975 | As'ad AlWarrak | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1974 | Al-Yazerli | Actor | 58 Average |
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1974 | The Adventure | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1973 | Another Face of Love | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1973 | Bikaya suar | Actor | زنوبة | N/A N/A |
1973 | The Memory of a Night of Love | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1972 | The World in 2000 | Actor | علا | N/A N/A |
1972 | Hundred Faces for a Single Day | Actor | 58 Average |
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1972 | The Mexican Hoax | Actor | زوجة تيسير | N/A N/A |
1971 | Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1970 | The Two Friends | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1970 | The Adorable Thief | Actor | أبلة سميرة | 58 Average |
1970 | The Visit | Actor | 58 Average |
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عيلة أكابر | Actor | فوزية | N/A N/A |
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Al Hayba the Comeback | Actor | Nahed El-Omran | N/A N/A |