progress_activityLoading...
Acting
Mona Wassef
Also known as: Muna Wassef, Mona Wasef, منى واصف, السنديانة
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 9, 1942
Age
84 years old
Place of Birth
Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
Popularity Score
0.5
Filmography
Mawlana
جورية
2026TV
Roxy Nights
2025TV
Deep Down Under
دلال
2025TV
The Visit
2024Movie
Close Your Eyes
Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
2024TV
Finally
والدة ياقوت
2023TV
Al Hayba: The Movie
Nahed Omran
2022Movie
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022Movie
Al-Gharib
2017TV
Al Hayba
Nahed
2017TV
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
(ضيفة شرف)
2017TV
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016TV
Samra
راوية
2016TV
We'll Meet Tomorrow
والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
2015TV
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
أم راغب
2015TV
Special Relationships
Um Taim
2015TV
Red Lipstick
أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
2014TV
Tawq Al banat
2014TV
Qamar Sham
2013TV
Omar
Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
2012TV
Tahoun Al-Shar
أم زيدو
2012TV
Bait Amer
2012TV
The Leader
العمة
2011TV
Rijal Al-Izz
أم نوري
2011TV
The Black Box
2010TV
Sa'at El Sifr
2010TV
As'ad AlWarrak
أم نعيم
2010TV
Behind the Sun
أم بدر
2010TV
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
سجاح
2010TV
The Slums
أم ربيع
2009TV
The Age of Shame
2009TV
Small Hearts
2009TV
Menahi
أم مناحي
2008Movie
Al-Hout
2008TV
Ahl Alraya
أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
2008TV
Grandpa's house
2008TV
Sert Al-Hob
2007TV
Sert Al-Hob
2007TV
Shadow of Silence
2006Movie
Bab Al-Hara
أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف
2006TV
Heavenly Space
2005TV
The Sun Rises Again
حكمت / ضيفة شرف
2005TV
Holding Back Tears
زهرية
2005TV
Layl Al Srar
2004TV
Qutil alrbye
2004TV
Layali Al-Salehiya
أمينة
2004TV
Just Get Married!
Ramzis Mutter
2003Movie
وردة لخريف العمر
2002TV
Roses in salty soil
Mahasen
2002TV
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
الملكة المتجردة
2001TV
City Secrets
أم منصور
2000TV
النصية
1998TV
عيلة أكابر
فوزية
1998TV
The End of a Brave Man
ريم الشنكل
1994TV
جواهر
الشيخة مزنة
1994TV
Something Is Burning
Om Ramzy
1993Movie
Sea, O', Sea
1993Movie
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993TV
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
هلالة
1991TV
Algae
1990Movie
The Report
فلك
1986Movie
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
the Prostitute
1985Movie
Aswaid’s Return
1985TV
Murder by Sequence
ليلى
1982Movie
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Juliet
1981TV
Love..For Life
أم إيناس
1980Movie
Jungle of Wolves
1977Movie
The Message
Hind bint Utba
1976Movie
Al Urjouha
1976Movie
As'ad AlWarrak
1975TV
Al-Yazerli
1974Movie
The Adventure
1974Movie
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973Movie
Bikaya suar
زنوبة
1973Movie
Another Face of Love
1973Movie
The World in 2000
علا
1972Movie
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972Movie
The Mexican Hoax
زوجة تيسير
1972Movie
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971Movie
The Two Friends
1970Movie
The Adorable Thief
أبلة سميرة
1970Movie
Al Hayba the Comeback
Nahed El-Omran
—TV
Under the Tread
أم شريف
—TV