Portrait of Hiam Abbass

Acting

Hiam Abbass

Career

Active from 1994 to 2026, busiest in 2008 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
48
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Succession
Succession
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hiam Abbass Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Nostalgia
    2.9, average 3.8
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 11
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Character Study 6
  • Forbidden Romance 3
  • Political Drama 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Middle East Conflict 2
  • Melancholic Realism 2
  • Humanitarian Themes 2
  • Friendship 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

92
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

4 titles
The Shelter
The Shelter

as Leila

Daughter of Eden
Daughter of Eden

as Maryam

Your Turn, 203
Your Turn, 203

as Aida

Gaza is Calling
Gaza is Calling

Director

2020s

15 titles · average score 68
The Arab
The Arab (2026)
GoodWatch score 71

as Mother

In a Whisper
In a Whisper (2026)
GoodWatch score 69

as Wahida

Atonement
Atonement (2026)

as Mariam Khachaturian

Only Rebels Win
Only Rebels Win (2026)

as Suzanne

Palestine 36
Palestine 36 (2025)
GoodWatch score 88

as Hanan

Spices and Lies
Spices and Lies (2025)
GoodWatch score 64

as Souhila

No Beast. So Fierce.
No Beast. So Fierce. (2025)

as Mishal

Before What Comes After
Before What Comes After (2025)
GoodWatch score 63

as Ms. Broquet

Night
Night (2024)

as Mother (voice)

Insidious: The Red Door
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
GoodWatch score 48

as Professor Armagan

Oussekine
Oussekine (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Aïcha

Gaza Mon Amour
Gaza Mon Amour (2021)
GoodWatch score 74

as Siham

2010s

34 titles · average score 66
Ramy
Ramy (2019)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Maysa Hassan

In Vitro
In Vitro (2019)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dunia

Succession
Succession (2018)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Marcia Roy

In Syria
In Syria (2017)
GoodWatch score 79

as Oum Yazan

I Still Hide to Smoke
I Still Hide to Smoke (2017)
GoodWatch score 77

as Fatima

Foreign Body
Foreign Body (2016)
GoodWatch score 53

as Madame Bertaud

Dégradé
Dégradé (2016)
GoodWatch score 69

as Eftikhar

May in the Summer
May in the Summer (2014)
GoodWatch score 48

as Nadine

Rock the Casbah
Rock the Casbah (2013)
GoodWatch score 78

as Aicha

The Bag of Flour
The Bag of Flour (2012)
GoodWatch score 56

as Yasmine

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2011)
GoodWatch score 58

as Intessar

Miral
Miral (2010)
GoodWatch score 47

as Hidi Husseini

2000s

35 titles · average score 62
Amreeka
Amreeka (2009)
GoodWatch score 76

as Raghda Halaby

Pomegranates and Myrrh
Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

as Umm Habib

Lemon Tree
Lemon Tree (2008)
GoodWatch score 78

as Selma Zidane

The Visitor
The Visitor (2008)
GoodWatch score 80

as Mouna Khalil

The Nativity Story
The Nativity Story (2006)
GoodWatch score 57

as Anna

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)
GoodWatch score 79

as Jenane (voice)

Babel
Babel (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

Dialogue Coach

Free Zone
Free Zone (2005)
GoodWatch score 37

as Leila

Paradise Now
Paradise Now (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

as Said's Mother

The Syrian Bride
The Syrian Bride (2004)
GoodWatch score 66

as Amal

The Gate of the Sun
The Gate of the Sun (2004)
GoodWatch score 71

as Um Youness

Satin Rouge
Satin Rouge (2002)
GoodWatch score 64

as Lilia

1990s

4 titles · average score 78
Living in Paradise
Living in Paradise (1999)

as Aïcha

Haifa
Haifa (1996)

as Oum Said

When the Cat's Away
When the Cat's Away (1996)
GoodWatch score 78

as Une femme dans la cour

The Goldfish
The Goldfish (1994)

as Customer