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.
75 acting credits
Acting · 75
Al Hayba
2017
Bab Al-Hara
2006
Omar
2012
Deep Down Under
2025
The Message
1976
Al Hayba: The Movie
2022
الحوت
2008
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
2017
Behind the Sun
2010
Roxy Nights
2025
Rijal Al-Izz
2011
Holding Back Tears
2005
City Secrets
2000
Heavenly Space
2005
Mawlana
2026
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
2010
The Age of Shame
2009
Samra
2016
Small Hearts
2009
The Leader
2011
We'll Meet Tomorrow
2015
Close Your Eyes
2024
Red Lipstick
2014
The Sun Rises Again
2005
The Slums
2009
As'ad Al-Warak
2010
النصية
1998
The End of a Brave Man
1994
Qamar Sham
2013
Finally
2023
Tahoun Al-Shar
2012
Nights of Al Saliheya
2004
Al Hayba the Comeback
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As'ad AlWarrak
1975
Sert Al-Hob
2007
Ahl alrraya
2008
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
2015
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
1981
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
2001
وردة لخريف العمر
2002
The Black Box
2010
Al-Gharib
2017
Sert Al-Hob
2007
Qutil alrbye
2004
Al-Yazerli
1974
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973
Sa'at El Sifr
2010
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
The Report
1986
Layl Al Srar
2004
Al Urjouha
1976
Jungle of Wolves
1977
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985
The Mexican Hoax
1972
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
Just Get Married!
2003
Special Relationships
2015
The Two Friends
1970
Another Face of Love
1973
عيلة أكابر
1998
Something Is Burning
1993
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022
Sea, O', Sea
1993
Bikaya suar
1973
The Adorable Thief
1970
The World in 2000
1972
The Visit
2024
Algae
1990
Shadow of Silence
2006
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
Menahi
2008
The Adventure
1974
Murder by Sequence
1982
Love..For Life
1980