Mona Wassef
Actor
Born February 9, 1942 in Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
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
Al Hayba the Comeback
Nahed El-Omran
Mawlana
جورية
Roxy Nights
Deep Down Under
دلال
The Visit
Close Your Eyes
Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
Finally
والدة ياقوت
Al Hayba: The Movie
Nahed Omran
Al Hayba: The Documentary
Al-Gharib
Al Hayba
Nahed
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
(ضيفة شرف)
Samra
راوية
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
Ghadan Naltaq
والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
أم راغب
Special Relationships
Um Taim
Red Lipstick
أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
Tawq Al banat
Qamar Sham
Bait Amer
Omar
Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
Tahoun Al-Shar
أم زيدو
Rijal Al-Izz
أم نوري
The Leader
العمة
As'ad Al-Warak
أم نعيم
Behind the Sun
أم بدر
The Black Box
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
سجاح
Sa'at El Sifr
The Slums
أم ربيع
The Age of Shame
Small Hearts
Menahi
أم مناحي
Al-Hout
Ahl alrraya
أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
Sert Al-Hob
Sert Al-Hob
Bab Al-Hara
أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف
Shadow of Silence
The Sun Rises Again
حكمت / ضيفة شرف
Holding Back Tears
زهرية
Layali Al-Salehiya
أمينة
Layl Al Srar
Qutil alrbye
Just Get Married!
Ramzis Mutter
Roses in salty soil
Mahasen
وردة لخريف العمر
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
الملكة المتجردة
City Secrets
أم منصور
عيلة أكابر
فوزية
النصية
The End of a Brave Man
ريم الشنكل
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
Something Is Burning
Om Ramzy
Sea, O', Sea
Algae
The Report
فلك
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
the Prostitute
Murder by Sequence
ليلى
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Juliet
Love..For Life
أم إيناس
Jungle of Wolves
The Message
Hind bint Utba
Al Urjouha
Al-Yazerli
The Adventure
Another Face of Love
Bikaya suar
زنوبة
The Memory of a Night of Love
The World in 2000
علا
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
The Mexican Hoax
زوجة تيسير
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
The Two Friends
The Adorable Thief
أبلة سميرة