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.
TV Shows(47)
Mawlana
جورية
2026
Roxy Nights
2025
Deep Down Under
دلال
2025
Close Your Eyes
Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
2024
Finally
والدة ياقوت
2023
Al-Gharib
2017
Al Hayba
Nahed
2017
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
(ضيفة شرف)
2017
Samra
راوية
2016
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016
We'll Meet Tomorrow
والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
2015
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
أم راغب
2015
Red Lipstick
أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
2014
Qamar Sham
2013
Omar
Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
2012
Tahoun Al-Shar
أم زيدو
2012
Rijal Al-Izz
أم نوري
2011
The Leader
العمة
2011
As'ad Al-Warak
أم نعيم
2010
Behind the Sun
أم بدر
2010
The Black Box
2010
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
سجاح
2010
Sa'at El Sifr
2010
The Slums
أم ربيع
2009
The Age of Shame
2009
Small Hearts
2009
الحوت
2008
Ahl alrraya
أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
2008
Sert Al-Hob
2007
Sert Al-Hob
2007
Bab Al-Hara
أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف
2006
Heavenly Space
2005
The Sun Rises Again
حكمت / ضيفة شرف
2005
Holding Back Tears
زهرية
2005
Nights of Al Saliheya
أمينة
2004
Layl Al Srar
2004
Qutil alrbye
2004
وردة لخريف العمر
2002
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
الملكة المتجردة
2001
City Secrets
أم منصور
2000
عيلة أكابر
فوزية
1998
النصية
1998
The End of a Brave Man
ريم الشنكل
1994
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Juliet
1981
As'ad AlWarrak
1975
Al Hayba the Comeback
Nahed El-Omran
Movies(27)
The Visit
2024
Al Hayba: The Movie
Nahed Omran
2022
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022
Menahi
أم مناحي
2008
Shadow of Silence
2006
Just Get Married!
Ramzis Mutter
2003
Something Is Burning
Om Ramzy
1993
Sea, O', Sea
1993
Algae
1990
The Report
فلك
1986
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
the Prostitute
1985
Murder by Sequence
ليلى
1982
Love..For Life
أم إيناس
1980
Jungle of Wolves
1977
The Message
Hind bint Utba
1976
Al Urjouha
1976
Al-Yazerli
1974
The Adventure
1974
Another Face of Love
1973
Bikaya suar
زنوبة
1973
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973
The World in 2000
علا
1972
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
The Mexican Hoax
زوجة تيسير
1972
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
The Two Friends
1970
The Adorable Thief
أبلة سميرة
1970