Mona Wassef

Biography

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

Sea, O', Sea
Sea, O', Sea
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
The Report
The Report
The Memory of a Night of Love
The Memory of a Night of Love
Another Face of Love
Another Face of Love
العالم سنة ٢٠٠٠
العالم سنة ٢٠٠٠
Al Hayba: The Movie
Al Hayba: The Movie
Al Hayba: The Documentary
Al Hayba: The Documentary
Menahi
Menahi

Filmography

2025 Deep Down Under
as دلال
2025 Roxy Nights
as
2024 Close Your Eyes
as Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
2023 Finally
as والدة ياقوت
2022 Al Hayba: The Movie
as Nahed Omran
2022 Al Hayba: The Documentary
as
2017 الغريب
as
2017 Al Hayba
as Nahed
2016 Samra
as راوية
2016 العراب: تحت الحزام
as
2015 We'll Meet Tomorrow
as والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
2015 The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
as أم راغب
2014 Red Lipstick
as أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
2013 قمر شام
as
2012 Omar
as Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
2012 Tahoun Al-Shar
as أم زيدو
2011 The Leader
as العمة
2010 As'ad Al-Warak
as أم نعيم
2010 Behind the Sun
as أم بدر
2010 The Black Box
as