Hiam Abbass
Highest Rated: 100% Rock the Casbah (2013)
Lowest Rated: 18% Miral (2010)
Birthday: Nov 30, 1960
Birthplace: Nazareth, Israel
Hiam Abbass was an Israeli-Arab actress, writer and director who gained a whole new level of exposure in the United States in the summer of 2018 when she began appearing on the HBO drama series "Succession" (HBO, 2018- ). Born in Nazareth, Israel, and raised in the small Israeli village of Deir Hanna, Abbass didn't begin acting professionally on screen until she was in her 30s. She began appearing on French-language television shows and films, including 1998's "Living In Paradise," while slowly building her on screen presence throughout the decade. By the early 2000s, Abbass was acting primarily in films, among them "A Loving Father" (2002), "Paradise Now" (2005), and "The Nativity Story," the latter of which was a biblical drama about the birth of Jesus. In 2005 Abbass nabbed a small part in Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Munich," and followed that up with a role in writer/director Tom McCarthy's Oscar-nominated drama "The Visitor" (2007). She continued nabbing film parts over the next few years, before turning her attention to the director's chair with her feature debut "Inheritance" (2012). In addition to co-writing the script and directing, Abbass also starred in the dramatic film. After the release of "Inheritance," Abbass returned to film acting, with parts in "Exodus: Gods and Kings" (2014), "Foreign Body" (2016), and "In Syria" (2017). In 2017 she appeared in the big budget science fiction film "Blade Runner 2049" (2017), which also starred Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling. Then in 2018 Abbass began appearing in Oscar winner Adam McKay's dramatic HBO series "Succession." The series, which chronicled a powerful American family that runs a media empire, premiered on the premium cable network in June of 2018.
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Hiam Abbass
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Breath | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
100% |
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Bye Bye Tiberias | Self | - | 2023 |
39% |
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Insidious: The Red Door | Professor Armagan (Character) | $82.0M | 2023 |
67% |
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Hellraiser | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
96% |
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Gaza Mon Amour | Siham (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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Brother | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Vitro | Dunia (Character) | - | 2019 |
89% |
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The Swallows of Kabul | Mussarat (Voice) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When Arabs Danced | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When Arabs Danced (Au temps où les Arabes dansaient) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
89% |
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Insyriated | Oum Yazan (Character) | - | 2017 |
88% |
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Blade Runner 2049 | Freysa (Character) | $91.5M | 2017 |
67% |
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Foreign Body | Samia (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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I Still Hide to Smoke | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt | Narrator | - | 2016 |
67% |
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The Sense of Wonder | Dr. Mélanie Ferenza (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dégradé | Eftikhar (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Marseille | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
31% |
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Exodus: Gods and Kings | Bithia (Character) | $65.0M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Peace After Marriage | Amani (Character) | - | 2013 |
100% |
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Rock the Casbah | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
58% |
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May in the Summer | Nadine (Character) | $22.0K | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bag of Flour | Yasmine (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inheritance |
Samira (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Do Not Forget Me Istanbul | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
69% |
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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea | Intessar (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Les jeux des nuages et de la pluie | Blanche (Character) | - | 2011 |
70% |
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The Source | Fatima (Character) | - | 2011 |
18% |
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Miral | Hind Husseini (Character) | $371.4K | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Persecution | Marie (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Spy(ies) | Wafa (Character) | - | 2009 |
88% |
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Amreeka | Raghda Halaby (Character) | - | 2009 |
43% |
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The Limits of Control | Driver (Character) | $425.0K | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blood Relation | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Everyday Is a Holiday | Hala (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Human Zoo | Mina (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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The Feelings Factory | Professeur Sterne (Character) | - | 2008 |
91% |
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Lemon Tree | Salma Zidane (Character) | $566.1K | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Al Mor Wa Al Roman | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Police Romance | Fati (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kandisha | Mona Bendrissi (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dawn of the World | Mastour's mother (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Pomegranates and Myrrh | Umm Habib (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Disengagement | Hiam (Character) | - | 2007 |
90% |
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The Visitor | Mouna (Character) | $9.4M | 2007 |
81% |
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Azur & Asmar |
Jenane (Voice), Casting |
- | 2006 |
38% |
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The Nativity Story | Anna (Character) | $37.6M | 2006 |
26% |
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Free Zone | Leila (Character) | $32.4K | 2005 |
89% |
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Paradise Now | Said's mother (Character) | $1.5M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Demon Stirs | Rim (Character) | - | 2005 |
85% |
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The Syrian Bride | Amal (Character) | $375.6K | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gate of the Sun | Um Younes (Character) | - | 2004 |
83% |
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Red Satin | Lilia (Character) | $230.7K | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Living in Paradise | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vivre au Paradis | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Haifa | Oum Said (Character) | - | 1996 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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95% | 88% | Succession |
Marcia Roy (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2018-2019 2021 2023 |
94% | 83% | Ramy |
Maysa Hassan (Character), Director |
2019-2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The State | Umm Salamah (Character) | 2017 |