Mona Wasef
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1942 (age 84)
- Birthplace
- Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Al Hayba the Comeback
TV · as Nahed El-Omran · 1 ep
Under the Tread
TV · as أم شريف · 1 ep
Al Khashkhash
TV · 1 ep
Mawlana
TV · as جورية · 30 eps
Roxy Nights
TV · 35 eps
Deep Down Under
TV · as دلال · 30 eps
The Visit
Movie
Close Your Eyes
TV · as Jude's grandmother (Um Raja) · 31 eps
Finally
TV · as والدة ياقوت · 15 eps
Al Hayba: The Movie
Movie · as Nahed Omran
Al Hayba: The Documentary
Movie
Al-Gharib
TV · 1 ep
Al Hayba
TV · as Nahed · 150 eps
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
TV · as (ضيفة شرف) · 45 eps
Windows
TV · 30 eps
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
TV · 1 ep
Samra
TV · as راوية · 60 eps
We'll Meet Tomorrow
TV · as والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف · 30 eps
The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
TV · as أم راغب · 30 eps
Special Relationships
TV · as Um Taim · 1 ep
Red Lipstick
TV · as أم ورد - ضيفة شرف · 30 eps
Tawq Al banat
TV · 123 eps
Qamar Sham
TV · 1 ep
Omar
TV · as Al-Shifa bint Abdullah · 31 eps
Tahoun Al-Shar
TV · as أم زيدو · 66 eps
Bait Amer
TV · 5 eps
The Leader
TV · as العمة · 30 eps
Rijal Al-Izz
TV · as أم نوري · 32 eps
The Black Box
TV · 1 ep
Sa'at El Sifr
TV · 1 ep
As'ad AlWarrak
TV · as أم نعيم · 30 eps
Behind the Sun
TV · as أم بدر · 30 eps
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
TV · as سجاح · 32 eps
The Slums
TV · as أم ربيع · 30 eps
The Age of Shame
TV · 30 eps
Small Hearts
TV · 30 eps
Menahi
Movie · as أم مناحي
Al-Hout
TV · 30 eps
Ahl Alraya
TV · as أم عزمي - ضيفة شرف · 31 eps
Grandpa's house
TV · 1 ep
The Tale of Love
TV · 30 eps
The Story of Love
TV · 30 eps
Shadow of Silence
Movie
Bab Al-Hara
TV · as أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف, أم جوزيف / جورجيت · 33 eps
Small Projects
TV · 30 eps
Heavenly Space
TV · 30 eps
The Sun Rises Again
TV · as حكمت / ضيفة شرف · 31 eps
Holding Back Tears
TV · as زهرية · 30 eps
Layl Al Srar
TV · 30 eps
Qutil alrbye
TV · 1 ep
Layali Al-Salehiya
TV · as أمينة · 31 eps
Just Get Married!
Movie · as Ramzis Mutter
وردة لخريف العمر
TV · 1 ep
Roses in salty soil
TV · as Mahasen · 25 eps
ذي قار- يوم من أيام العرب
TV · as الملكة المتجردة · 30 eps
City Secrets
TV · as أم منصور · 25 eps
النصية
TV · 32 eps
عيلة أكابر
TV · as فوزية · 1 ep
Al Ababeed
TV · as كمرا · 22 eps
The End of a Brave Man
TV · as ريم الشنكل · 27 eps
جواهر
TV · as الشيخة مزنة · 51 eps
Something Is Burning
Movie · as Om Ramzy
Sea, O', Sea
Movie
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
TV · 33 eps
Roots don't die
TV · 12 eps
Al-Siwar
TV · 1 ep
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
TV · as هلالة · 25 eps
Algae
Movie
The Report
Movie · as فلك
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
Movie · as the Prostitute
Aswaid’s Return
TV · 7 eps
Murder by Sequence
Movie · as ليلى
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
TV · as Juliet · 15 eps
Love..For Life
Movie · as أم إيناس
Jungle of Wolves
Movie
The Message
Movie · as Hind bint Utba
Al Urjouha
Movie
As'ad AlWarrak
TV · 7 eps
Al-Yazerli
Movie
The Adventure
Movie
The Memory of a Night of Love
Movie
Bikaya suar
Movie · as زنوبة
Another Face of Love
Movie
The World in 2000
Movie · as علا
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
Movie
The Mexican Hoax
Movie · as زوجة تيسير
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
Movie
The Two Friends
Movie
The Adorable Thief
Movie · as أبلة سميرة