Muna Wassef

Film & TV

Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]

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…

Known for

• Mawlana — جورية2026
• Roxy Nights2025
• Deep Down Under — دلال2025
• The Visit2024
• Close Your Eyes — Jude's grandmother (Um Raja)2024
• Finally — والدة ياقوت2023
• Al Hayba: The Movie — Nahed Omran2022
• Al Hayba: The Documentary2022
• Al-Gharib2017
• Al Hayba — Nahed2017

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Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Egypt

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

Syria

Place of birth

Damascus

Child

Ammar Abdulhamid

Occupation

actor

Languages spoken

Arabic

Religion

Islam

Image

Muna Wassef 2009.jpg

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