
Mona Wassef
Biography
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.
Filmografi
The Message1976 · Hind bint Utba
The Mexican Hoax1972 · زوجة تيسير
Just Get Married!2003 · Ramzis Mutter
Al-Yazerli1974 ·
The Two Friends1970 ·
Al Hayba: The Documentary2022 ·
Al Hayba: The Movie2022 · Nahed Omran
Another Face of Love1973 ·
The Sun on a Cloudy Day1985 · the Prostitute
Jungle of Wolves1977 ·
Menahi2008 · أم مناحي
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha1971 ·
The Visit2024 ·
Sea, O', Sea1993 ·
The Report1986 · فلك
Something Is Burning1993 · Om Ramzy
The Adventure1974 ·
Al Urjouha1976 ·
Murder by Sequence1982 · ليلى
Bikaya suar1973 · زنوبة
Love..For Life1980 · أم إيناس
Hundred Faces for a Single Day1972 ·
The World in 20001972 · علا
Shadow of Silence2006 ·
Duraid Lahham
Maha Al Masri
Nehad Qalei
Sophie von Kessel
Abdallah Ghaith
Sanaa Gamil
Ashraf Abdel Ghafour
Mimi Chakib
Rafiq Subaie
Sabah Jazairi
Taim Hasan
Mohamed Miftah