Mona Wassef

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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-Ex…

  • Acting
  • Born 9 February 1942 (age 84)
  • Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
  • 74 credits

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Most-watched Mona Wassef films currently: The Message (1976), Al Hayba: The Movie (2022), Just Get Married! (2003), The Memory of a Night of Love (1973), Shadow of Silence (2006).

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Selected TV credits: Al Hayba (2017), Bab Al-Hara (2006), Omar (2012), Mawlana (2026), Nights of Al Saliheya (2004).

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