Mona Wassef
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1942-02-09
Place of Birth
Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
Mona Wassef
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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Dec 17, 1972
Al Hayba: The Movie
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Al Hayba: The Documentary
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Menahi
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Just Get Married!
Oct 22, 2003
Something Is Burning
Jan 01, 1993
Algae
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The Sun on a Cloudy Day
Jan 01, 1985
Love..For Life
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Bikaya suar
Jan 22, 1973
The Message
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Al Urjouha
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Al-Yazerli
Jan 02, 1974
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
Jan 02, 1972
The Mexican Hoax
Jan 01, 1972
The Two Friends
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The Adorable Thief
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Shadow of Silence
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Murder by Sequence
Jan 24, 1982
The Visit
Jan 01, 1970
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
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Another Face of Love
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Sea, O', Sea
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Jungle of Wolves
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The Adventure
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The Black Box
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Sa'at El Sifr
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Sert Al-Hob
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Sert Al-Hob
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Nights of Al Saliheya
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Close Your Eyes
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The Slums
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The Age of Shame
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الحوت
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Small Hearts
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Al Hayba the Comeback
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Roxy Nights
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City Secrets
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Heavenly Space
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Behind the Sun
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We'll Meet Tomorrow
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Red Lipstick
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Finally
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Al Hayba
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Samra
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The Chief of Merchants' Daughter
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Tahoun Al-Shar
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The Leader
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Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
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Holding Back Tears
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Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
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Bab Al-Hara
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Bab Al-Hara
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Ahl alrraya
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The End of a Brave Man
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