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 director Mohammed Shaheen and they have one son, Ammar.
Known for
Bab Al-Hara
أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف
Bab Al-Hara
أم جوزيف / جورجيت
Al Hayba
Nahed
The Message
Hind bint Utba
Omar
Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
Al Hayba: The Documentary
The Two Friends
Samra
راوية
Nights of Al Saliheya
أمينة
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
(ضيفة شرف)
Men Of Honor
أم نوري
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
سجاح
Just Get Married!
Ramzis Mutter
Al Hayba: The Movie
Nahed Omran
We'll Meet Tomorrow
والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
The Slums
أم ربيع
The Leader
العمة
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
أم راغب
As'ad Al-Warak
أم نعيم
الحوت
Ahl alrraya
أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
Holding Back Tears
زهرية
The World in 2000
علا
Heavenly Space
The End of a Brave Man
ريم الشنكل
Small Hearts
النصية
Deep Down Under
دلال
Behind the Sun
أم بدر
The Age of Shame
City Secrets
أم منصور
Close Your Eyes
Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
Sert Al-Hob
Algae
Finally
والدة ياقوت
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
الملكة المتجردة
Menahi
أم مناحي
Roxy Nights
The Sun Rises Again
حكمت / ضيفة شرف
Shadow of Silence
The Memory of a Night of Love
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
the Prostitute
Something Is Burning
Om Ramzy
The Adorable Thief
أبلة سميرة
الغريب
The Black Box
Red Lipstick
أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
Tahoun Al-Shar
أم زيدو
The Report
فلك
قمر شام
العراب: تحت الحزام
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Juliet
As'ad AlWarrak
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
Jungle of Wolves
The Mexican Hoax
زوجة تيسير
وردة لخريف العمر
Al Urjouha
Another Face of Love
The Adventure
Love..For Life
أم إيناس
Murder by Sequence
ليلى
Sea, O', Sea
The Visit
Al-Yazerli
مولانا
Al Hayba the Comeback
Nahed El-Omran
ليل السرار
Sert Al-Hob
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
Bikaya suar
زنوبة