Hiam Abbass
Born: 1960-11-30 in Nazareth, Israel
Known For: Acting
Biography
Hiam Abbass (Arabic: هيام عباس; Hebrew: היאם עבאס; born 30 November 1960), also spelled Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and film director with Israeli and French citizenship. She is known for her roles in films such as The Syrian Bride (2004), Paradise Now (2005), Free Zone (2005), Munich (2005), The Visitor (2007), Lemon Tree (2008), Insyriated (2017), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). She gained prominence for her role as Marcia Roy in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023). She has also acted in the Channel 4 series The Promise (2011), the Lifetime miniseries The Red Tent (2014), the Hulu comedy series Ramy (2019–present), and the Hulu drama series The Old Man (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article -, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
2025
- Palestine 36 as Hanan
- Before What Comes After as Ms. Broquet
- No Beast. So Fierce. as Mishal
- Spices and Lies as Souhila
2024
- Bye Bye Tiberias as Self
- Night as Mother (voice)
2023
- Insidious: The Red Door as Professor Armagan
2022
- The Old Man as Abbey Chase
- Hellraiser as Menaker
- Oussekine as Aïcha
2021
- Gaza Mon Amour as Siham
2020
2019
- Brother as Madame Miroun
- The Swallows of Kabul as Mussarat (voice)
- Ramy as Maysa Hassan
- In Vitro as Dunia
2018
- Succession as Marcia Roy
- Carnivores as Amel, la mère
- When Arabs Danced as Self
2017
- Blade Runner 2049 as Freysa
- In Syria as Oum Yazan
- The State as Umm Salamah
- I Still Hide to Smoke as Fatima
2016
- The OA as Khatun
- Foreign Body as Madame Bertaud
- Dégradé as Eftikhar
- Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
- Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
- The Sense of Wonder as Dr. Mélanie Ferenza
- Nothing Escapes My Eyes as Women
2014
- Exodus: Gods and Kings as Bithia
- De guerre lasse as Raïssa
- May in the Summer as Nadine
- The Red Tent as Queen Re-Nefer
2013
- Games of Clouds and Rain as Blanche
- Rock the Casbah as Aicha
- Peace After Marriage as Amani
- Le Donne della Vucciria ... (Director)
2012
- Inheritance as Samira
- Do Not Forget Me Istanbul
- Square as Self
- The Bag of Flour as Yasmine
2011
- A Bottle in the Gaza Sea as Intessar
- The Source as Fatima
- The Promise as Old Jawda
2010
- Miral as Hidi Husseini
- Habibti as Iman
- On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! ... (Co-Director)
- Everyday Is a Holiday as Hala
- I Am Slave as Laila
2009
- Human Zoo as Mina
- Spy(ies) as Wafa
- Amreeka as Raghda Halaby
- Persecution as Marie
- The Limits of Control as Driver
- Dawn of the World as Mastour's mother
- Pomegranates and Myrrh as Umm Habib
2008
- The Visitor as Mouna Khalil
- Mateo Falcone as La madre / Mother
- Lemon Tree as Selma Zidane
- Kandisha as Mona Bendrissi
- The Feelings Factory as Professor Sterne
- The Wedding Guest as Jénane (Voice)
- Minor Revelations
- Blanche as La voisine
- A Police Romance as Faty
2007
- Disengagement as Hiam
- Conversations with My Gardener as The gardener's wife
- Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2006
- Babel ... (Dialogue Coach)
- Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest as Jenane (voice)
- The Nativity Story as Anna
2005
- Paradise Now as Said's Mother
- Munich as Marie Claude Hamshari
- Free Zone as Leila
- The Demon Stirs as Rim
- Sur les traces de Mélanie as Madeleine
2004
- Nadia and Sarra as Nadia
- The Gate of the Sun as Um Youness
- La Danse Éternelle ... (Writer)
- The Syrian Bride as Amal
2003
- Tar Angel as Naïma Kasmi
2002
- Satin Rouge as Lilia
- We Need a Vacation as La mère de Lucien et de José
- A Loving Father as Salma
2001
- Bread as The Mother
2000
- Ali, Rabiaa and the Others as Rabiaa
1999
- Living in Paradise as Aïcha
- Raddem
1996
- When the Cat's Away as Une femme dans la cour
1995
- Haifa as Oum Said
1994
- Le Poisson rouge as Customer