Mona Wassef
Acting · Born Feb 9, 1942 · 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.
Known for
Films
The Visit
2024
Al Hayba: The Movie
20228.0
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022
Menahi
2008
Shadow of Silence
2006
Just Get Married!
20037.0
Something Is Burning
1993
Sea, O', Sea
1993
Algae
199010.0
The Report
1986
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985
Murder by Sequence
1982
Love..For Life
1980
Jungle of Wolves
1977
The Message
19768.5
Al Urjouha
1976
Al-Yazerli
19746.0
The Adventure
1974
Another Face of Love
1973
Bikaya suar
1973
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973
The World in 2000
1972
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
19725.0
The Mexican Hoax
197210.0
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
The Two Friends
1970
The Adorable Thief
19706.0
