Mona Wassef
Acting
Born 1942-02-09
Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
82 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
39 credits
Al Hayba
Bab Al-Hara
Omar
Layali Al-Salehiya
The Mexican Hoax
As'ad Al-Warak
Holding Back Tears
Menahi
Mawlana
جواهر
Samra
The End of a Brave Man
Rijal Al-Izz
The Message
Love..For Life
The Leader
Tahoun Al-Shar
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
Roses in salty soil
Deep Down Under
City Secrets
The Sun Rises Again
عيلة أكابر
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
We'll Meet Tomorrow
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Behind the Sun
Red Lipstick
Close Your Eyes
Finally
Under the Tread
The Slums
Al Hayba: The Movie
Something Is Burning
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
The Report
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
Special Relationships
Other credits
21 credits
The Age of Shame
Sa'at El Sifr
Al-Hout
Qutil alrbye
The Two Friends
Tawq Al banat
Small Hearts
Sert Al-Hob
Al Hayba: The Documentary
Heavenly Space
Another Face of Love
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
The Visit
Al-Yazerli
The Adventure
Roxy Nights
Aswaid’s Return
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
As'ad AlWarrak
Qamar Sham
النصية
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