Acting · Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria] · Born February 9, 1942
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.
TVMawlana
2026
as جورية
TVRoxy Nights
2025
TVDeep Down Under
2025
as دلال
MovieThe Visit
2024
TVClose Your Eyes
2024
as Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
TVFinally
2023
as والدة ياقوت
MovieAl Hayba: The Movie
2022
as Nahed Omran
MovieAl Hayba: The Documentary
2022
TVAl-Gharib
2017
TVAl Hayba
2017
as Nahed
TVDiaries of an Ex-Lover
2017
as (ضيفة شرف)
TVSamra
2016
as راوية
TVAl-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016
TVWe'll Meet Tomorrow
2015
as والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
TVThe Chief of Merchants' Daughter
2015
as أم راغب
TVSpecial Relationships
2015
as Um Taim
TVRed Lipstick
2014
as أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
TVTawq Al banat
2014
TVQamar Sham
2013
TVBait Amer
2012
TVOmar
2012
as Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
TVTahoun Al-Shar
2012
as أم زيدو
TVRijal Al-Izz
2011
as أم نوري
TVThe Leader
2011
as العمة
TVAs'ad Al-Warak
2010
as أم نعيم
TVBehind the Sun
2010
as أم بدر
TVThe Black Box
2010
TVAl Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
2010
as سجاح
TVSa'at El Sifr
2010
TVThe Slums
2009
as أم ربيع
TVThe Age of Shame
2009
TVSmall Hearts
2009
MovieMenahi
2008
as أم مناحي
TVAl-Hout
2008
TVAhl alrraya
2008
as أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
TVSert Al-Hob
2007
TVSert Al-Hob
2007
TVBab Al-Hara
2006
as أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف
MovieShadow of Silence
2006
Heavenly Space
2005
TVThe Sun Rises Again
2005
as حكمت / ضيفة شرف
TVHolding Back Tears
2005
as زهرية
TVLayali Al-Salehiya
2004
as أمينة
TVLayl Al Srar
2004
TVQutil alrbye
2004
MovieJust Get Married!
2003
as Ramzis Mutter
TVRoses in salty soil
2002
as Mahasen
TVوردة لخريف العمر
2002
TVذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
2001
as الملكة المتجردة
TVCity Secrets
2000
as أم منصور
TVعيلة أكابر
1998
as فوزية
TVالنصية
1998
TVThe End of a Brave Man
1994
as ريم الشنكل
TVFunny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
MovieSomething Is Burning
1993
as Om Ramzy
MovieSea, O', Sea
1993
MovieAlgae
1990
MovieThe Report
1986
as فلك
MovieThe Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985
as the Prostitute
MovieMurder by Sequence
1982
as ليلى
TVIzz ad-Din al-Qassam
1981
as Juliet
MovieLove..For Life
1980
as أم إيناس
MovieJungle of Wolves
1977
MovieThe Message
1976
as Hind bint Utba
MovieAl Urjouha
1976
As'ad AlWarrak
1975
MovieAl-Yazerli
1974
MovieThe Adventure
1974
MovieAnother Face of Love
1973
MovieBikaya suar
1973
as زنوبة
MovieThe Memory of a Night of Love
1973
MovieThe World in 2000
1972
as علا
MovieHundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
MovieThe Mexican Hoax
1972
as زوجة تيسير
MovieImra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
MovieThe Two Friends
1970
MovieThe Adorable Thief
1970
as أبلة سميرة
TVAl Hayba the Comeback
as Nahed El-Omran
TVUnder the Tread
as أم شريف
