Mona Wassef
Acting
1942-02-09 · 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.
Filmography
Mawlana
2026 · Series
Deep Down Under
2025 · Series
Roxy Nights
2025 · Series
The Visit
2024 · Movie
Close Your Eyes
2024 · Series
Finally
2023 · Series
Al Hayba: The Movie
2022 · Movie
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022 · Movie
Al-Gharib
2017 · Series
Al Hayba
2017 · Series
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
2017 · Series
Samra
2016 · Series
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016 · Series
We'll Meet Tomorrow
2015 · Series
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
2015 · Series
Special Relationships
2015 · Series
Tawq Al banat
2014 · Series
Red Lipstick
2014 · Series
Qamar Sham
2013 · Series
Bait Amer
2012 · Series
Omar
2012 · Series
Tahoun Al-Shar
2012 · Series
Rijal Al-Izz
2011 · Series
The Leader
2011 · Series
As'ad AlWarrak
2010 · Series
Behind the Sun
2010 · Series
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
2010 · Series
The Black Box
2010 · Series
Sa'at El Sifr
2010 · Series
Small Hearts
2009 · Series
The Age of Shame
2009 · Series
The Slums
2009 · Series
Menahi
2008 · Movie
Al-Hout
2008 · Series
Grandpa's house
2008 · Series
Ahl Alraya
2008 · Series
Sert Al-Hob
2007 · Series
Sert Al-Hob
2007 · Series
Bab Al-Hara
2006 · Series
Shadow of Silence
2006 · Movie
Holding Back Tears
2005 · Series
The Sun Rises Again
2005 · Series
Heavenly Space
2005 · Series
Layali Al-Salehiya
2004 · Series
Qutil alrbye
2004 · Series
Layl Al Srar
2004 · Series
Just Get Married!
2003 · Movie
Roses in salty soil
2002 · Series
وردة لخريف العمر
2002 · Series
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
2001 · Series
City Secrets
2000 · Series
عيلة أكابر
1998 · Series
النصية
1998 · Series
Al Ababeed
1997 · Series
The End of a Brave Man
1994 · Series
جواهر
1994 · Series
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993 · Series
Sea, O', Sea
1993 · Movie
Something Is Burning
1993 · Movie
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
1991 · Series
Algae
1990 · Movie
The Report
1986 · Movie
Aswaid’s Return
1985 · Series
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985 · Movie
Murder by Sequence
1982 · Movie
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
1981 · Series
Love..For Life
1980 · Movie
Jungle of Wolves
1977 · Movie
The Message
1976 · Movie
Al Urjouha
1976 · Movie
As'ad AlWarrak
1975 · Series
Al-Yazerli
1974 · Movie
The Adventure
1974 · Movie
Another Face of Love
1973 · Movie
Bikaya suar
1973 · Movie
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973 · Movie
The World in 2000
1972 · Movie
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972 · Movie
The Mexican Hoax
1972 · Movie
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971 · Movie
The Two Friends
1970 · Movie
The Adorable Thief
1970 · Movie
Al Hayba the Comeback
Series
Under the Tread
Series