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.
The Report
(فلك)
The Memory of a Night of Love
The World in 2000
(علا)
Al Hayba: The Movie
(Nahed Omran)
Al Hayba: The Documentary
Menahi
(أم مناحي)
Just Get Married!
(Ramzis Mutter)
Something Is Burning
(Om Ramzy)
Algae
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
(the Prostitute)
Love..For Life
(أم إيناس)
Bikaya suar
(زنوبة)
The Message
(Hind bint Utba)
Al Urjouha
Al-Yazerli
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
The Mexican Hoax
(زوجة تيسير)
The Two Friends
The Adorable Thief
(أبلة سميرة)
Shadow of Silence
Murder by Sequence
(ليلى)
The Visit
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
Another Face of Love
Sea, O', Sea
Jungle of Wolves
The Adventure
The Black Box
الغريب
ليل السرار
Qutil alrbye
Sa'at El Sifr
Sert Al-Hob
Sert Al-Hob
وردة لخريف العمر
Nights of Al Saliheya
(أمينة)
العراب: تحت الحزام
قمر شام
Close Your Eyes
(Jude's grandmother (Um Raja))
As'ad Al-Warak
(أم نعيم)
As'ad AlWarrak
The Slums
(أم ربيع)
Omar
(Al-Shifa bint Abdullah)
The Age of Shame
الحوت
Small Hearts
Al Hayba the Comeback
(Nahed El-Omran)
النصية
Roxy Nights
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
(الملكة المتجردة)
City Secrets
(أم منصور)
Heavenly Space
Behind the Sun
(أم بدر)
The Sun Rises Again
(حكمت / ضيفة شرف)
We'll Meet Tomorrow
(والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف)
Red Lipstick
(أم ورد - ضيفة شرف)
Finally
(والدة ياقوت)
Al Hayba
(Nahed)
Samra
(راوية)
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
(أم راغب)
Tahoun Al-Shar
(أم زيدو)
The Leader
(العمة)
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
(سجاح)
Holding Back Tears
(زهرية)
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
(Juliet)
Bab Al-Hara
(أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف)
Bab Al-Hara
(أم جوزيف / جورجيت)
Ahl alrraya
(أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف)
Deep Down Under
(دلال)
The End of a Brave Man
(ريم الشنكل)
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
((ضيفة شرف))
Men Of Honor
(أم نوري)
مولانا