Mona Wassef
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The Age of Shame
2009
Series
Al Hayba
Nahed
2017
Series
Bab Al-Hara
أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف
2006
Series
Bab Al-Hara
أم جوزيف / جورجيت
2006
Series
Omar
Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
2012
Series
Layali Al-Salehiya
أمينة
2004
Film
The Mexican Hoax
زوجة تيسير
1972
Series
Sa'at El Sifr
2010
Series
As'ad Al-Warak
أم نعيم
2010
Series
Holding Back Tears
زهرية
2005
Film
Menahi
أم مناحي
2008
Series
Mawlana
جورية
2026
Series
جواهر
الشيخة مزنة
1994
Series
Samra
راوية
2016
Series
The End of a Brave Man
ريم الشنكل
1994
Series
Al-Hout
2008
Series
Qutil alrbye
2004
Series
Rijal Al-Izz
أم نوري
2011
Film
The Two Friends
1970
Film
The Message
Hind bint Utba
1976
Series
Tawq Al banat
2014
Film
Love..For Life
أم إيناس
1980
Series
The Leader
العمة
2011
Series
Small Hearts
2009
Series
Tahoun Al-Shar
أم زيدو
2012
Series
Sert Al-Hob
2007
Series
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
(ضيفة شرف)
2017
Film
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022
Series
Roses in salty soil
Mahasen
2002
Series
Deep Down Under
دلال
2025
Series
City Secrets
أم منصور
2000
Series
The Sun Rises Again
حكمت / ضيفة شرف
2005
Series
عيلة أكابر
فوزية
1998
Series
Heavenly Space
2005
Film
Another Face of Love
1973
Series
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
سجاح
2010
Series
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
Series
We'll Meet Tomorrow
والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
2015
Series
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Juliet
1981
Film
The Visit
2024
Series
Behind the Sun
أم بدر
2010
Series
Red Lipstick
أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
2014
Series
Close Your Eyes
Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
2024
Film
Al-Yazerli
1974
Series
Finally
والدة ياقوت
2023
Film
The Adventure
1974
Series
Roxy Nights
2025
Series
Aswaid’s Return
1985
Series
Under the Tread
أم شريف
Series
The Slums
أم ربيع
2009
Film
Al Hayba: The Movie
Nahed Omran
2022
Film
Something Is Burning
Om Ramzy
1993
Series
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
الملكة المتجردة
2001
Film
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
the Prostitute
1985
Film
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
Film
The Report
فلك
1986
As'ad AlWarrak
1975
Series
Qamar Sham
2013
Series
النصية
1998
Series
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
أم راغب
2015
Series
Special Relationships
Um Taim
2015
Series
Al-Gharib
2017
Series
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016
Series
Bait Amer
2012
Series
Layl Al Srar
2004
Series
Ahl Alraya
أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
2008
Film
Al Urjouha
1976
Series
The Black Box
2010
Series
Sert Al-Hob
2007
Film
Sea, O', Sea
1993
Film
Murder by Sequence
ليلى
1982
Film
Just Get Married!
Ramzis Mutter
2003
Film
Jungle of Wolves
1977
Series
وردة لخريف العمر
2002
Film
Bikaya suar
زنوبة
1973
Series
Al Hayba the Comeback
Nahed El-Omran
Film
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
Film
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973
Film
Shadow of Silence
2006
Film
Algae
1990
Film
The World in 2000
علا
1972
Film
The Adorable Thief
أبلة سميرة
1970
Series
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
هلالة
1991