Mona Wassef
Acting
- Born:
- 1942-02-09
- Place of birth:
- Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
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
Filmography
Mawlana
Roxy Nights
Deep Down Under
The Visit
Close Your Eyes
Finally
Al Hayba: The Movie
Al Hayba: The Documentary
Al-Gharib
Al Hayba
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
Samra
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
We'll Meet Tomorrow
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
Special Relationships
Red Lipstick
Tawq Al banat
Qamar Sham
Bait Amer
Omar
Tahoun Al-Shar
Rijal Al-Izz
The Leader
As'ad AlWarrak
Behind the Sun
The Black Box
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
Sa'at El Sifr
The Slums
The Age of Shame
Small Hearts
Menahi
Al-Hout
Ahl Alraya
Grandpa's house
Sert AlHob
Sert Alhob
Bab Al-Hara
Small Projects
Shadow of Silence
Heavenly Space
The Sun Rises Again
Holding Back Tears
Layali Al-Salehiya
Layl Al Srar
Qutil alrbye
Just Get Married!
Roses in salty soil
وردة لخريف العمر
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
City Secrets
عيلة أكابر
النصية
Al Ababeed
The End of a Brave Man
جواهر
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
Something Is Burning
Sea, O', Sea
Al-Siwar
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
Algae
The Report
Aswaid’s Return
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
Murder by Sequence
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Love..For Life
Jungle of Wolves
The Message
Al Urjouha
As'ad AlWarrak
Al-Yazerli
The Adventure
Another Face of Love
Bikaya suar
The Memory of a Night of Love
The World in 2000
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
The Mexican Hoax
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
The Two Friends
The Adorable Thief
Al Hayba the Comeback
Under the Tread
Al Khashkhash