Acting credits
70
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Mona Wassef
Acting
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Movies: 27Series: 43
TMDB ID: 1934213
IMDb ID: nm0913307
Known for: Acting
Born: February 9, 1942
Age: 84
Place of birth: Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2026
Years active: 57
Average TMDB rating: 7.99
Wikidata: Q4120052
Also known as
Muna Wassef • Mona Wasef • منى واصف • السنديانة • Mona Wassif
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Mona Wassef.
8.2
Al Hayba: The Movie
as Nahed Omran
2022 Movie
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022 Movie
Menahi
as أم مناحي
2008 Movie
Shadow of Silence
2006 Movie
Just Get Married!
as Ramzis Mutter
2003 Movie
Something Is Burning
as Om Ramzy
1993 Movie
Sea, O', Sea
1993 Movie
Algae
1990 Movie
The Report
as فلك
1986 Movie
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
as the Prostitute
1985 Movie
Murder by Sequence
as ليلى
1982 Movie
Love..For Life
as أم إيناس
1980 Movie
Jungle of Wolves
1977 Movie
8.6
The Message
as Hind bint Utba
1976 Movie
Al Urjouha
1976 Movie
6.0
Al-Yazerli
1974 Movie
The Adventure
1974 Movie
Another Face of Love
1973 Movie
Bikaya suar
as زنوبة
1973 Movie
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973 Movie
The World in 2000
as علا
1972 Movie
5.0
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972 Movie
The Mexican Hoax
as زوجة تيسير
1972 Movie
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Mona Wassef.
In 2 days
Mawlana
1 eps
2026 Series
6.0
Deep Down Under
as دلال • 30 eps
2025 Series
Roxy Nights
35 eps
2025 Series
Close Your Eyes
as Jude's grandmother (Um Raja) • 31 eps
2024 Series
7.0
Finally
as والدة ياقوت • 15 eps
2023 Series
الغريب
1 eps
2017 Series
6.5
Al Hayba
as Nahed • 150 eps
2017 Series
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
as (ضيفة شرف) • 45 eps
2017 Series
Samra
as راوية • 60 eps
2016 Series
6.0
العراب: تحت الحزام
1 eps
2016 Series
9.0
We'll Meet Tomorrow
as والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف • 30 eps
2015 Series
9.0
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
as أم راغب • 30 eps
2015 Series
3.0
Red Lipstick
as أم ورد - ضيفة شرف • 30 eps
2014 Series
قمر شام
1 eps
2013 Series
8.9
Omar
as Al-Shifa bint Abdullah • 31 eps
2012 Series
Tahoun Al-Shar
as أم زيدو • 66 eps
2012 Series
10.0
Men Of Honor
as أم نوري • 32 eps
2011 Series
8.0
The Leader
as العمة • 30 eps
2011 Series
As'ad Al-Warak
as أم نعيم • 30 eps
2010 Series
Behind the Sun
as أم بدر • 30 eps
2010 Series
The Black Box
1 eps
2010 Series
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
as سجاح • 32 eps
2010 Series
Sa'at El Sifr
1 eps
2010 Series
The Slums
as أم ربيع • 30 eps
2009 Series