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
- In a Whisper as Wahida
- Only Rebels Win as Suzanne
- The Arab as Mother
- Atonement as Mariam Khachaturian
2025
- Palestine 36 as Hanan
- Before What Comes After as Ms. Broquet
- Spices and Lies as Souhila
- No Beast. So Fierce. as Mishal
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
- Ramy as Maysa Hassan
- Brother as Madame Miroun
- The Swallows of Kabul as Mussarat (voice)
- 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
- The State as Umm Salamah
- In Syria as Oum Yazan
- 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
- The Sense of Wonder as Dr. Mélanie Ferenza
- Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
- Nothing Escapes My Eyes as Women
2014
- Exodus: Gods and Kings as Bithia
- The Red Tent as Queen Re-Nefer
- De guerre lasse as Raïssa
- May in the Summer as Nadine
2013
- Rock the Casbah as Aicha
- Games of Clouds and Rain as Blanche
- Peace After Marriage as Amani
- Le Donne della Vucciria ... (Director)
2012
- Square as Self
- The Bag of Flour as Yasmine
- Inheritance as Samira
- Do Not Forget Me Istanbul
2011
- The Promise as Old Jawda
- The Source as Fatima
- A Bottle in the Gaza Sea as Intessar
2010
- Everyday Is a Holiday as Hala
- Miral as Hidi Husseini
- I Am Slave as Laila
- On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! ... (Co-Director)
- Habibti as Iman
2009
- The Limits of Control as Driver
- Spy(ies) as Wafa
- Amreeka as Raghda Halaby
- Persecution as Marie
- Pomegranates and Myrrh as Umm Habib
- Human Zoo as Mina
- Dawn of the World as Mastour's mother
2008
- The Visitor as Mouna Khalil
- Lemon Tree as Selma Zidane
- Minor Revelations
- Blanche as La voisine
- Kandisha as Mona Bendrissi
- A Police Romance as Faty
- The Feelings Factory as Professor Sterne
- The Wedding Guest as Jénane (Voice)
- Mateo Falcone as La madre / Mother
2007
- Disengagement as Hiam
- Conversations with My Gardener as The gardener's wife
- Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2006
- Babel ... (Dialogue Coach)
- The Nativity Story as Anna
- Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest as Jenane (voice)
2005
- Munich as Marie Claude Hamshari
- Paradise Now as Said's Mother
- Free Zone as Leila
- Sur les traces de Mélanie as Madeleine
- The Demon Stirs as Rim
2004
- The Gate of the Sun as Um Youness
- The Syrian Bride as Amal
- Nadia and Sarra as Nadia
- La Danse Éternelle ... (Director)
2003
- Tar Angel as Naïma Kasmi
2002
- Satin Rouge as Lilia
- A Loving Father as Salma
- We Need a Vacation as La mère de Lucien et de José
2001
- Bread as The Mother
2000
- Ali, Rabiaa and the Others as Rabiaa
1999
- Raddem
- Living in Paradise as Aïcha
1996
- When the Cat's Away as Une femme dans la cour
- Haifa as Oum Said
1994
- The Goldfish as Customer