Mona Wassef
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Mawlana
2026
Roxy Nights
2025
Deep Down Under
2025
The Visit
2024
Close Your Eyes
2024
Finally
2023
Al Hayba: The Movie
2022
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022
Al-Gharib
2017
Al Hayba
2017
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
2017
Samra
2016
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016
We'll Meet Tomorrow
2015
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
2015
Special Relationships
2015
Red Lipstick
2014
Qamar Sham
2013
Omar
2012
Tahoun Al-Shar
2012
Rijal Al-Izz
2011
The Leader
2011
As'ad Al-Warak
2010
Behind the Sun
2010
The Black Box
2010
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
2010
Sa'at El Sifr
2010
The Slums
2009
The Age of Shame
2009
Small Hearts
2009
Menahi
2008
Al-Hout
2008
Ahl alrraya
2008
Sert Al-Hob
2007
Sert Al-Hob
2007
Bab Al-Hara
2006
Shadow of Silence
2006
Heavenly Space
Heavenly Space
2005
The Sun Rises Again
2005
Holding Back Tears
2005
Layali Al-Salehiya
2004
Layl Al Srar
2004
Qutil alrbye
2004
Just Get Married!
2003
وردة لخريف العمر
2002
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
2001
City Secrets
2000
عيلة أكابر
1998
النصية
1998
The End of a Brave Man
1994
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
Something Is Burning
1993
Sea, O', Sea
1993
Algae
1990
The Report
1986
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985
Murder by Sequence
1982
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
1981
Love..For Life
1980
Jungle of Wolves
1977
The Message
1976
Al Urjouha
1976
As'ad AlWarrak
As'ad AlWarrak
1975
Al-Yazerli
1974
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
1972
The Mexican Hoax
1972
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
The Two Friends
1970
The Adorable Thief
1970
Al Hayba the Comeback