Acting
Mona Wassef
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.
Filmography
Mawlana
Series · 2026
Roxy Nights
Series · 2025
Deep Down Under
Series · 2025
The Visit
Film · 2024
Close Your Eyes
Series · 2024
Finally
Series · 2023
Al Hayba: The Movie
Film · 2022
Al Hayba: The Documentary
Film · 2022
Al-Gharib
Series · 2017
Al Hayba
Series · 2017
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
Series · 2017
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
Series · 2016
Samra
Series · 2016
We'll Meet Tomorrow
Series · 2015
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
Series · 2015
Special Relationships
Series · 2015
Red Lipstick
Series · 2014
Tawq Al banat
Series · 2014
Qamar Sham
Series · 2013
Omar
Series · 2012
Tahoun Al-Shar
Series · 2012
Bait Amer
Series · 2012
The Leader
Series · 2011
Rijal Al-Izz
Series · 2011
The Black Box
Series · 2010
Sa'at El Sifr
Series · 2010
As'ad AlWarrak
Series · 2010
Behind the Sun
Series · 2010
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
Series · 2010
The Slums
Series · 2009
The Age of Shame
Series · 2009
Small Hearts
Series · 2009
Menahi
Film · 2008
Al-Hout
Series · 2008
Ahl Alraya
Series · 2008
Grandpa's house
Series · 2008
Sert AlHob
Series · 2007
Sert Alhob
Series · 2007
Shadow of Silence
Film · 2006
Bab Al-Hara
Series · 2006
Bab Al-Hara
Series · 2006
Small Projects
Series · 2006
Heavenly Space
Series · 2005
The Sun Rises Again
Series · 2005
Holding Back Tears
Series · 2005
Layl Al Srar
Series · 2004
Qutil alrbye
Series · 2004
Layali Al-Salehiya
Series · 2004
Just Get Married!
Film · 2003
وردة لخريف العمر
Series · 2002
Roses in salty soil
Series · 2002
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
Series · 2001
City Secrets
Series · 2000
النصية
Series · 1998
عيلة أكابر
Series · 1998
Al Ababeed
Series · 1997
The End of a Brave Man
Series · 1994
جواهر
Series · 1994
Something Is Burning
Film · 1993
Sea, O', Sea
Film · 1993
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
Series · 1993
Al-Siwar
Series · 1992
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
Series · 1991
Algae
Film · 1990
The Report
Film · 1986
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
Film · 1985
Aswaid’s Return
Series · 1985
Murder by Sequence
Film · 1982
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Series · 1981
Love..For Life
Film · 1980
Jungle of Wolves
Film · 1977
The Message
Film · 1976
Al Urjouha
Film · 1976
As'ad AlWarrak
Series · 1975
Al-Yazerli
Film · 1974
The Adventure
Film · 1974
The Memory of a Night of Love
Film · 1973
Bikaya suar
Film · 1973
Another Face of Love
Film · 1973
The World in 2000
Film · 1972
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
Film · 1972
The Mexican Hoax
Film · 1972
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
Film · 1971
The Two Friends
Film · 1970
The Adorable Thief
Film · 1970
Al Hayba the Comeback
Series
Under the Tread
Series
Al Khashkhash
Series