Mona Wassef
Acting
85
Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Mawlana
2026
as جورية
Roxy Nights
2025
Deep Down Under
2025
as دلال
The Visit
2024
Close Your Eyes
2024
as Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
Finally
2023
as والدة ياقوت
Al Hayba: The Movie
2022
as Nahed Omran
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022
Al-Gharib
2017
Al Hayba
2017
as Nahed
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
2017
as (ضيفة شرف)
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016
Samra
2016
as راوية
We'll Meet Tomorrow
2015
as والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
2015
as أم راغب
Special Relationships
2015
as Um Taim
Red Lipstick
2014
as أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
Tawq Al banat
2014
Qamar Sham
2013
Omar
2012
as Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
Tahoun Al-Shar
2012
as أم زيدو
Bait Amer
2012
The Leader
2011
as العمة
Rijal Al-Izz
2011
as أم نوري
The Black Box
2010
Sa'at El Sifr
2010
As'ad AlWarrak
2010
as أم نعيم
Behind the Sun
2010
as أم بدر
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
2010
as سجاح
The Slums
2009
as أم ربيع
The Age of Shame
2009
Small Hearts
2009
Menahi
2008
as أم مناحي
Al-Hout
2008
Ahl Alraya
2008
as أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
Grandpa's house
2008
Sert Al-Hob
2007
سيرة الحب
2007
Shadow of Silence
2006
Bab Al-Hara
2006
as أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف
Bab Al-Hara
2006
as أم جوزيف / جورجيت
Small Project
2006
Heavenly Space
2005
The Sun Rises Again
2005
as حكمت / ضيفة شرف
Holding Back Tears
2005
as زهرية
Qutil alrbye
2004
Layl Al Srar
2004
Layali Al-Salehiya
2004
as أمينة
Just Get Married!
2003
as Ramzis Mutter
وردة لخريف العمر
2002
Roses in salty soil
2002
as Mahasen
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
2001
as الملكة المتجردة
City Secrets
2000
as أم منصور
النصية
1998
عيلة أكابر
1998
as فوزية
Al Ababeed
1997
as كمرا
The End of a Brave Man
1994
as ريم الشنكل
جواهر
1994
as الشيخة مزنة
Something Is Burning
1993
as Om Ramzy
Sea, O', Sea
1993
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
Al-Siwar
1992
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
1991
as هلالة
Algae
1990
The Report
1986
as فلك
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985
as the Prostitute
Aswaid’s Return
1985
Murder by Sequence
1982
as ليلى
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
1981
as Juliet
Love..For Life
1980
as أم إيناس
Jungle of Wolves
1977
The Message
1976
as Hind bint Utba
Al Urjouha
1976
As'ad AlWarrak
1975
Al-Yazerli
1974
The Adventure
1974
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973
Bikaya suar
1973
as زنوبة
Another Face of Love
1973
The World in 2000
1972
as علا
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
The Mexican Hoax
1972
as زوجة تيسير
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
The Two Friends
1970
The Adorable Thief
1970
as أبلة سميرة