Mona Wasef
Mona Wasef 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.” Wasef's most famous early role was as Hind in the 1976 film “Al Resala” (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, Wasef 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 Mohammad Shaheen and they have one son, Ammar.
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Films (27)
The Visit
2024
Al Hayba
2022 · Nahed Omran
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022
Menahi
2008 · أم مناحي
Shadow of Silence
2006
Just Get Married!
2003 · Ramzis Mutter
Something Is Burning
1993 · Om Ramzy
Sea, O', Sea
1993
Algae
1990
The Report
1986 · فلك
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985 · the Prostitute
Murder by Sequence
1982 · ليلى
Love..For Life
1980 · أم إيناس
Jungle of Wolves
1977
The Message
1976 · Hind bint Utba
Al Urjouha
1976
Al-Yazerli
1974
The Adventure
1974
Another Face of Love
1973
Bikaya suar
1973 · زنوبة
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973
The World in 2000
1972 · علا
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
The Mexican Hoax
1972 · زوجة تيسير
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
The Two Friends
1970
The Adorable Thief
1970 · أبلة سميرة
Séries (62)
Mawlana
2026 · جورية
Roxy Nights
2025
Deep Down Under
2025 · دلال
Close Your Eyes
2024 · Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
Finally
2023 · والدة ياقوت
Al-Gharib
2017
Al Hayba
2017 · Nahed
Windows
2017
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
2017 · (ضيفة شرف)
Samra
2016 · راوية
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016
We'll Meet Tomorrow
2015 · والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
2015 · أم راغب
Special Relationships
2015 · Um Taim
Red Lipstick
2014 · أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
Tawq Al banat
2014
Qamar Sham
2013
Bait Amer
2012
Omar
2012 · Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
Tahoun Al-Shar
2012 · أم زيدو
Rijal Al-Izz
2011 · أم نوري
The Leader
2011 · العمة
As'ad AlWarrak
2010 · أم نعيم
Behind the Sun
2010 · أم بدر
The Black Box
2010
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
2010 · سجاح
Sa'at El Sifr
2010
The Slums
2009 · أم ربيع
The Age of Shame
2009
Small Hearts
2009
Al-Hout
2008
Ahl Alraya
2008 · أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
Grandpa's house
2008
The Tale of Love
2007
The Story of Love
2007
Bab Al-Hara
2006 · أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف, أم جوزيف / جورجيت
Small Projects
2006
Heavenly Space
2005
The Sun Rises Again
2005 · حكمت / ضيفة شرف
Holding Back Tears
2005 · زهرية
Layali Al-Salehiya
2004 · أمينة
Layl Al Srar
2004
Qutil alrbye
2004
Roses in salty soil
2002 · Mahasen
وردة لخريف العمر
2002
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
2001 · الملكة المتجردة
City Secrets
2000 · أم منصور
عيلة أكابر
1998 · فوزية
النصية
1998
Al Ababeed
1997 · كمرا
The End of a Brave Man
1994 · ريم الشنكل
جواهر
1994 · الشيخة مزنة
Roots don't die
1993
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
Al-Siwar
1992
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
1991 · هلالة
Aswaid’s Return
1985
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
1981 · Juliet
As'ad AlWarrak
1975
Al Hayba the Comeback
· Nahed El-Omran
Under the Tread
· أم شريف
Al Khashkhash