Mona Wassef
Born February 09, 1942 (Age: 84)
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Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
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.
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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Filmography
Shadow of Silence
2006
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Age: 64
Something Is Burning
1993
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as Om Ramzy
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Age: 50
Sea, O', Sea
1993
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Age: 50
Algae
1990
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Age: 47
The Report
1986
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as فلك
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Age: 43
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985
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as the Prostitute
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Age: 42
Murder by Sequence
1982
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as ليلى
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Age: 39
Love..For Life
1980
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as أم إيناس
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Age: 38
Jungle of Wolves
1977
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Age: 35
Al-Yazerli
1974
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Age: 31
The Adventure
1974
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Age: 31
Another Face of Love
1973
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Age: 31
Bikaya suar
1973
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as زنوبة
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Age: 30
The Memory of a Night of Love
1973
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Age: 30
The World in 2000
1972
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as علا
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Age: 30
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
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Age: 29
The Mexican Hoax
1972
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as زوجة تيسير
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Age: 29
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
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Age: 29
The Two Friends
1970
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Age: 28
The Adorable Thief
1970
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as أبلة سميرة
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Age: 28