Acting
Hiam Abbass
- Titles
- 84movies10TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19942026
- Leading roles
- 44top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Conversations with My Gardener86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics5.4average 2.6
- Contemporary Realism7.5average 5.2
- Social Commentary7.1average 4.9
- Family Dynamics6.8average 4.7
- Pathos7.1average 5.2
- Melancholy6.6average 4.7
- Spiritual3.5average 2.0
- Class & Capitalism4.6average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.0, average 2.5
- Adrenaline3.9, average 5.1
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Nostalgia2.7, average 3.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Character-Driven 6
- Character Study 6
- Psychological Drama 4
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Cultural Exploration 2
- Friendship 2
- Gang Warfare 2
- Crime Drama 2
- Intense 2
- Middle East Conflict 2
- Bleak Realism 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ali SulimanActorParadise Now, The State, Lemon Tree, Pomegranates and Myrrh, Inheritance
Hafsia HerziActorThe Source, The Bag of Flour, Inheritance, Dawn of the World
Maisa Abd ElhadiActorDégradé, Gaza Mon Amour, In Vitro
Yussuf Abu-WardaActorDisengagement, Amreeka, Inheritance
Cherien DabisActorRamy, May in the Summer, Amreeka
Ashraf BarhomActorParadise Now, The Syrian Bride, Inheritance
Makram J. KhouryActorFree Zone, The Syrian Bride, Inheritance
Manal AwadActorDégradé, Pomegranates and Myrrh, Gaza Mon Amour
Alexander SiddigActorThe Nativity Story, Miral, May in the Summer
Simon AbkarianActorThe Swallows of Kabul, The Demon Stirs, Le Poisson rouge- PPierre AviatComposerCarnivores, A Police Romance, Everyday Is a Holiday
Karim M'RibahActorAzur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest, The Wedding Guest
Movies and TV shows
88Upcoming
6 titles
La petite cuisine de Mehdi
as Fatima
Your Turn, 203
as Aida
Love Conquers All
as Suzanne
Love Conquers All
as Susan
Atonement
as Nora
The Shelter
as Leila
2020s
9 titles · average score 65
La dernière heure (2026)
TV show · as Zeina
No Beast. So Fierce. (2025)
as Mishal
60
The Last Breath (2025)
as Ms. Broquet
Night (2024)
as Mother (voice)
58
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
as Professor Armagan
72
Oussekine (2022)
TV show · as Aïcha
73
The Old Man (2022)
TV show · as Abbey Chase
60
Hellraiser (2022)
as Menaker
65
Gaza Mon Amour (2021)
as Siham
2010s
34 titles · average score 67
83
Ramy (2019)
TV show · as Maysa Hassan
66
Brother (2019)
as Madame Miroun
85
Succession (2018)
TV show · as Marcia Roy
67
In Syria (2017)
as Oum Yazan
70
I Still Hide to Smoke (2017)
as Fatima
57
Foreign Body (2016)
as Madame Bertaud
57
May in the Summer (2014)
as Nadine
53
De guerre lasse (2014)
as Raïssa
64
Rock the Casbah (2013)
as Aicha
56
The Bag of Flour (2012)
as Yasmine
69
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2011)
as Intessar
59
Miral (2010)
as Hidi Husseini
2000s
35 titles · average score 63
68
Amreeka (2009)
as Raghda Halaby
57
Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009)
as Umm Habib
71
Lemon Tree (2008)
as Selma Zidane
73
The Visitor (2008)
as Mouna Khalil
69
The Nativity Story (2006)
as Anna
75
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)
as Jenane (voice)
55
Free Zone (2005)
as Leila
71
Paradise Now (2005)
as Said's Mother
70
The Syrian Bride (2004)
as Amal
69
The Gate of the Sun (2004)
as Um Youness
59
Tar Angel (2003)
as Naïma Kasmi
63
Satin Rouge (2002)
as Lilia
1990s
4 titles · average score 65
Living in Paradise (1999)
as Aïcha
65
When the Cat's Away (1996)
as Une femme dans la cour
Haifa (1995)
as Oum Said
Le Poisson rouge (1994)
as Customer