Hiam Abbass

Acting · Born 1960-11-30 in Nazareth, Israel

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

• The Nativity Story as Anna
• Munich as Marie Claude Hamshari
• The Visitor as Mouna Khalil
• Blade Runner 2049 as Freysa
• Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest as Jenane (voice)
• The Swallows of Kabul as Mussarat (voice)
• Paradise Now as Said's Mother
• Conversations with My Gardener as The gardener's wife
• Hellraiser as Menaker
• The Syrian Bride as Amal

TV

• Succession as Marcia Roy
• Oussekine as Aïcha
• The State as Umm Salamah
• The Promise as Old Jawda
• The Red Tent as Queen Re-Nefer
• The Old Man as Abbey Chase
• The OA as Khatun
• Ramy as Maysa Hassan