Mona Wassef

Known for ActingBorn 1942-02-09 (age 84)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Rijal Al-Izz

Algae

The Mexican Hoax

Mawlana

Samra

We'll Meet Tomorrow

The Chief of Merchants' Daughter

Omar

The Message

Al Hayba: The Movie

The Leader

City Secrets

Bab Al-Hara

The End of a Brave Man

Finally

Small Hearts

Just Get Married!

Al Hayba

Layali Al-Salehiya

Deep Down Under

Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam

Al-Yazerli

The Adorable Thief

Hundred Faces for a Single Day

Red Lipstick

Roxy Nights

The Visit

Close Your Eyes

Al Hayba: The Documentary

Al-Gharib

Diaries of an Ex-Lover

Special Relationships

Qamar Sham

Tahoun Al-Shar

The Black Box

Sa'at El Sifr

As'ad Al-Warak

Behind the Sun

Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi

The Slums

The Age of Shame

Menahi

Al-Hout

Ahl alrraya

Sert Al-Hob

Sert Al-Hob

Shadow of Silence

Heavenly Space