Mona Wasef
Biography
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.
Movies 27
The Message
as Hind bint Utba
1976
Just Get Married!
as Ramzis Mutter
2003
Al Hayba: The Movie
as Nahed Omran
2022
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022
The Two Friends
1970
Love..For Life
as أم إيناس
1980
The Report
as فلك
1986
Al Urjouha
1976
The World in 2000
as علا
1972
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
as the Prostitute
1985
Murder by Sequence
as ليلى
1982
Algae
1990
Menahi
as أم مناحي
2008
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
The Mexican Hoax
as زوجة تيسير
1972
Another Face of Love
1973
The Visit
2024
The Adventure
1974
Jungle of Wolves
1977
Bikaya suar
as زنوبة
1973
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
Something Is Burning
as Om Ramzy
1993
Al-Yazerli
1974
Sea, O', Sea
1993
The Adorable Thief
as أبلة سميرة
1970
Shadow of Silence
2006TV Shows 63
Bab Al-Hara
as أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف
2006
Bab Al-Hara
as أم جوزيف / جورجيت
2006
Al Hayba
as Nahed
2017
Omar
as Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
2012
Al-Hout
2008
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
as هلالة
1991
The Leader
as العمة
2011
The Story of Love
2007
As'ad AlWarrak
as أم نعيم
2010
Layali Al-Salehiya
as أمينة
2004
Rijal Al-Izz
as أم نوري
2011
Samra
as راوية
2016
Holding Back Tears
as زهرية
2005
The Age of Shame
2009
The Tale of Love
2007
The End of a Brave Man
as ريم الشنكل
1994
Mawlana
as جورية
2026
Red Lipstick
as أم ورد - ضيفة شرف
2014
The Sun Rises Again
as حكمت / ضيفة شرف
2005
Small Hearts
2009
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
as سجاح
2010
The Slums
as أم ربيع
2009
We'll Meet Tomorrow
as والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
2015
Close Your Eyes
as Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)
2024
Deep Down Under
as دلال
2025
Tawq Al banat
2014
Roxy Nights
2025
Tahoun Al-Shar
as أم زيدو
2012
Behind the Sun
as أم بدر
2010
City Secrets
as أم منصور
2000
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
as (ضيفة شرف)
2017
Heavenly Space
2005
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
Roses in salty soil
as Mahasen
2002
النصية
1998
Finally
as والدة ياقوت
2023
Small Projects
2006
Al Ababeed
as كمرا
1997
جواهر
as الشيخة مزنة
1994
Qamar Sham
2013
Special Relationships
as Um Taim
2015
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
as الملكة المتجردة
2001
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
as أم راغب
2015
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
as Juliet
1981
Ahl Alraya
as أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف
2008
Windows
2017
Qutil alrbye
2004
Aswaid’s Return
1985
Sa'at El Sifr
2010
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016
Under the Tread
as أم شريف
Bait Amer
2012
Grandpa's house
2008
The Black Box
2010
Al Hayba the Comeback
as Nahed El-Omran
Al Khashkhash
عيلة أكابر
as فوزية
1998
وردة لخريف العمر
2002
As'ad AlWarrak
1975
Al-Gharib
2017
Al-Siwar
1992
Layl Al Srar
2004