Hiam Abbass

Hiam Abbass

1960-11-30 Nazareth, Israel 90 Credits

Biography

Hiam Abbass (born November 30, 1960), sometimes spelled as Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian and French filmmaker, actress and director who gained prominence for her role as Marcia Roy in the HBO drama series Succession (2018-2023).

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No Beast. So Fierce.

No Beast. So Fierce.

2025

as Mishal

Acting

In the aftermath of a bloody gang war, the youngest daughter of the victorious Arab clan begins to plot against the men of her family. She kills broth...

The Last Breath

The Last Breath

2025

as Ms. Broquet

5.2
Acting

In a kind of philosophical dialogue, Doctor Augustin Masset and renowned writer Fabrice Toussaint discuss life and death… A whirlwind of encounters in...

Night

Night

2024

as Mother (voice)

10.0
Acting

Night has to trick the mother of the missing child into sleeping to save her soul.

Bye Bye Tiberias

Bye Bye Tiberias

2024

as Self

7.9
Acting

In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother...

Insidious: The Red Door

Insidious: The Red Door

2023

as Professor Armagan

6.6
Acting

To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing ...

Hellraiser

Hellraiser

2022

as Menaker

6.2
Acting

A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group o...

Gaza Mon Amour

Gaza Mon Amour

2021

as Siham

6.1
Acting

In Gaza, 60-year-old fisherman Issa has been secretly in love with Siham, a widow who works at the market. One day, the discovery of an ancient phalli...

Sofa So Good

Sofa So Good

2020

3.0
Acting

In the streets of New York, a young woman is relentlessly, stubbornly and desperately looking for a sofa. This is a funny story with some touching mom...

The Swallows of Kabul

The Swallows of Kabul

2019

as Mussarat (voice)

7.8
Acting

Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. ...

Brother

Brother

2019

as Madame Miroun

6.6
Acting

Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed edu...

In Vitro

In Vitro

2019

as Dunia

6.0
Acting

Decades after an eco-disaster engulfs the biblical city of Bethlehem, two scientists from different generations discuss memory, exile and nostalgia in...

When Arabs Danced

When Arabs Danced

2018

as Self

6.0
Acting

Writer, director, and journalist Jawad Rhalib presents a timely exploration of Muslim identity in relation to artistic expression and harmful stereoty...

Carnivores

Carnivores

2018

as Amel, la mère

5.5
Acting

At the dawn of her thirties, Mona tries relentlessly to take off as an actress. Time passes and proposals do not arrive. Short of resources, she is fo...

Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

2017

as Freysa

7.6
Acting

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge wh...

In Syria

In Syria

2017

as Oum Yazan

6.5
Acting

A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.

I Still Hide to Smoke

I Still Hide to Smoke

2017

as Fatima

7.0
Acting

Α tragi-comedy about 9 women of different ages and various backgrounds that gather in an Algerian hammam to talk about their lives.

Dégradé

Dégradé

2016

as Eftikhar

7.4
Acting

A hot summer's day in the Gaza Strip. Today the electricity is on. Christine’s beauty salon is heaving with female clients: a bride-to-be, a pregnant ...

Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt

Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt

2016

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Acting

In 1952 a young Egyptian colonel named Gamal Abdel Nasser led a coup that became a revolution, winning the support of millions of his countrymen. Over...

Foreign Body

Foreign Body

2016

as Madame Bertaud

5.3
Acting

In the turbulent aftermath of the Tunisian revolution, young Samia flees her homeland. She braves hostile seas in the crossing to France, but once the...

The Sense of Wonder

The Sense of Wonder

2015

as Dr. Mélanie Ferenza

6.8
Acting

Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that h...

Nothing Escapes My Eyes

2015

as Women

Acting

"Nothing Escapes My Eyes" is about a silent transformation of a place and a human being. Inspired by the texts of Edward W. Said, the poems of Mahmoud...

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

2015

as Self

6.0
Acting

An in-depth documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods and Kings," featuring interviews with the cast and crew. Featured in the Deluxe ...

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

as Bithia

5.9
Acting

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its ter...

May in the Summer

May in the Summer

2014

as Nadine

5.9
Acting

A bride-to-be is forced to reevaluate her life when she reunites with her family in Jordan and finds herself confronted with the aftermath of her pare...

De guerre lasse

De guerre lasse

2014

as Raïssa

5.3
Acting

Alex, the son of a gang boss from Marseilles, joins the French Foreign Legion to avoid a hit put out on him by the Corsican Mafia. Four years later, A...

Peace After Marriage

Peace After Marriage

2013

as Amani

4.4
Acting

Desperate for companionship, a lonely, young Palestinian-American man agrees to marry an Israeli woman in need of a Green Card, forcing them to re-exa...

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

2013

as Aicha

6.3
Acting

The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.

Le Donne della Vucciria

2013

Writer, Director

5.0
Writing Directing

In “Le Donne della Vucciria”, sixth Miu Miu Women’s Tale, Palestinian female director Hiam Abbass contemplates the transformative power of clothes, mu...

Games of Clouds and Rain

Games of Clouds and Rain

2013

as Blanche

5.9
Acting

Li Qin leaves her temperamental husband and unknowingly provides a trail for a detective who has been, for months, secretly devoted to her. In the wak...

Inheritance

Inheritance

2012

as Samira

4.7
Acting

A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebano...

Inheritance

Inheritance

2012

Director, Writer

4.7
Directing Writing

A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebano...

Do Not Forget Me Istanbul

Do Not Forget Me Istanbul

2012

6.9
Acting

Several directors from countries of the region were invited to create stories taking place in and around the beautiful city of Istanbul, in the vein o...

The Bag of Flour

The Bag of Flour

2012

as Yasmine

4.7
Acting

Based on a true story, this beautifully-shot epic traces the life of Sarah, from her early years in a Catholic orphanage in 1970s Belgium, through her...

The Source

The Source

2011

as Fatima

6.6
Acting

A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to in...

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

2011

as Intessar

6.7
Acting

Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth...

Miral

Miral

2010

as Hidi Husseini

5.7
Acting

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

I Am Slave

I Am Slave

2010

as Laila

6.3
Acting

Based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer, the story unfolds as twelve-year-old Malia, daughter of champion wrestler Bah, is abducted from her...

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!

2010

Co-Director

Directing

Call for the regularization by the French government of all undocumented workers living in the country, a short film co-directed by 320 filmmakers and...

Habibti

Habibti

2010

as Iman

3.8
Acting

A veiled Arab woman, steeped in tradition, journeys to London to visit her estranged daughter only to find her living with a black boyfriend..

Everyday Is a Holiday

Everyday Is a Holiday

2010

as Hala

4.8
Acting

It's Independence Day in Lebanon: three women who've never met before are on the same bus heading to visit a prison situated in a remote area of the c...

Persecution

Persecution

2009

as Marie

4.5
Acting

A solitary man and his partner share a tense love/hate relationship. Their lives are disrupted when a stranger enters, gradually insinuating himself i...

Amreeka

Amreeka

2009

as Raghda Halaby

6.7
Acting

Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- ju...

Dawn of the World

Dawn of the World

2009

as Mastour's mother

5.0
Acting

The Mesopotamian Marshes, at the delta of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in the south of Iraq. This is where Mastour and Zahra grow up. Shortly afte...

The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control

2009

as Driver

6.0
Acting

A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlik...

Human Zoo

Human Zoo

2009

as Mina

5.2
Acting

In Marseille, the young Serbian-Albanian Adria Shala is an illegal immigrant traumatized by her past. Every now and then Adria recalls her life in Kos...

Pomegranates and Myrrh

Pomegranates and Myrrh

2009

as Umm Habib

5.2
Acting

A free spirited woman dancer, Kamar, finds herself the lonely wife of a prisoner, Zaid, and away from everything she loves until she returns to the da...

Spy(ies)

Spy(ies)

2009

as Wafa

5.5
Acting

In London, an airport baggage handler is forced by French and British intelligence agents to seduce the wife of a businessman with ties to Syrian terr...

Kandisha

Kandisha

2008

as Mona Bendrissi

5.3
Acting

Shattered by the loss of her child, Nyla Jayde, a brilliant criminal defense attorney, takes on a case involving a 14th century Moroccan legend, a ven...

Mateo Falcone

Mateo Falcone

2008

as La madre / Mother

4.2
Acting

Corsica in the 19th century. An isolated farm at the edge of some scrub. Left to alone by his parents, Fortunato must deal with a fugitive who asks th...

The Wedding Guest

The Wedding Guest

2008

as Jénane (Voice)

8.0
Acting
A Police Romance

A Police Romance

2008

as Faty

3.7
Acting

In a small police station, Lieutenant Emilie Carange finds herself sexually attracted to Jamil Messaouden, a young rookie officer. When an old Algeria...

Minor Revelations

Minor Revelations

2008

Acting

"The choice of each period is intimate, as each period awakens a particular emotion in me. This emotion reflects what is around me, not everyone is ab...

The Visitor

The Visitor

2008

as Mouna Khalil

7.2
Acting

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

Lemon Tree

Lemon Tree

2008

as Selma Zidane

6.9
Acting

Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife mov...

The Feelings Factory

The Feelings Factory

2008

as Professor Sterne

4.8
Acting

A successful woman searches for romance by speed dating in this drama. Eloise has a great job and a great education, but she's looking for love. Can a...

Blanche

Blanche

2008

as La voisine

Acting

Chloé, a young baby sitter, must look after Blanche, the daughter of Agnes and François, for the first time. Once the couple has left, Chloé falls asl...

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

2007

as Self

10.0
Acting

The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational approach that captures the creative and logistical challenges...

Disengagement

Disengagement

2007

as Hiam

5.5
Acting

A political drama centered around Israel's pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin comes to the Gaza Strip to ...

Conversations with My Gardener

Conversations with My Gardener

2007

as The gardener's wife

6.6
Acting

A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to ma...

The Nativity Story

The Nativity Story

2006

as Anna

7.0
Acting

Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visua...

Babel

Babel

2006

Dialogue Coach

7.2

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest

2006

as Jenane (voice)

7.7
Acting

Raised on tales of a Djinn fairy princess, Azur, a young Frenchman goes to North Africa in search of the sprite, only to discover that his close child...

Munich

Munich

2005

as Marie Claude Hamshari

7.1
Acting

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black Septem...

Paradise Now

Paradise Now

2005

as Said's Mother

6.9
Acting

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

The Demon Stirs

The Demon Stirs

2005

as Rim

3.0
Acting

Anne Cestac accepts the obvious: her husband Julien, in his forties, has fallen madly in love with another woman. Annoyed, Anne sets out to find poten...

Sur les traces de Mélanie

Sur les traces de Mélanie

2005

as Madeleine

Acting

Rachid learned of Mélanie's accidental death. He decides to follow in his footsteps by taking his friend's last walk again. That day, Mélanie had met ...

Free Zone

Free Zone

2005

as Leila

5.5
Acting

Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna, a...

The Syrian Bride

The Syrian Bride

2004

as Amal

6.6
Acting

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, ...

Nadia and Sarra

Nadia and Sarra

2004

as Nadia

2.0
Acting

Nadia is a 45 year old female professor at the University of Tunis. She is married and has a daughter of 18, Sarra. For some time, Nadia has problems ...

The Gate of the Sun

The Gate of the Sun

2004

as Um Youness

6.0
Acting

Yousry Nasrallah's powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury's epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession, exile, and resistance...

La Danse Éternelle

2004

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Saïd, seventy, has been demoralized by his wife’s illness which has left her hospitalized. He withdraws into solitude and writes poetry to express the...

Tar Angel

Tar Angel

2003

as Naïma Kasmi

5.0
Acting

Newly-arrived Ahmed tries to integrate his family to the canadian society, while attempting to control his son's life orientation.

A Loving Father

A Loving Father

2002

as Salma

5.6
Acting

Writer Léo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish ...

Satin Rouge

Satin Rouge

2002

as Lilia

5.9
Acting

After the death of her husband, Lilia's life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbl...

We Need a Vacation

We Need a Vacation

2002

as La mère de Lucien et de José

7.2
Acting

It is the end of the school year for the children of a dormitory town. Most of them leave the place for a vacation with their parents but not Lucien a...

Bread

Bread

2001

Acting

A mother living in the French countryside bicycles into town to buy a baguette for her family, and makes a dramatic discovery.

Bread

Bread

2001

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A mother living in the French countryside bicycles into town to buy a baguette for her family, and makes a dramatic discovery.

Ali, Rabiaa and the Others

Ali, Rabiaa and the Others

2000

as Rabiaa

Acting

In the 70s, Ali, Rabiaa, Driss, Abdellah and Hamid are a group of friends grow up in a heavy world of drugs, pop, politics ans sex. Rabiaa is a local ...

Living in Paradise

Living in Paradise

1999

as Aïcha

4.9
Acting

Set in France in 1961-1962 during the Algerian War, Living in Paradise is a thought-provoking examination of the lives of North African immigrants try...

Raddem

Raddem

1999

Acting

A young woman searches through war-torn and rebuilding Beirut for a man who took pictures of her home. A home she has only ever known in ruins.

When the Cat's Away

When the Cat's Away

1996

as Une femme dans la cour

6.2
Acting

When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, inc...

Haifa

Haifa

1995

as Oum Said

5.8
Acting

Haifa, nicknamed after the city of his love and hope, goes around and comes around in a Palestinian refugee camp. Although he is everybody's fool, the...

Le Poisson rouge

1994

as Customer

2.0
Acting

Love Conquers All

N/A

as Suzanne

Acting

Suzanne, a sixty-year-old Lebanese widow of Palestinian origin, meets Osmane, a young Black Sudanese migrant without papers, and they fall unexpectedl...

Meursault, contre-enquête

N/A

Acting

Love Conquers All

N/A

as Susan

Acting

Susan, a 65 year old impoverished widow living in Beirut, meets Osman, a young Sudanese immigrant worker without papers. They instantly fall in love, ...

La petite cuisine de Mehdi

N/A

as Fatima

Acting

Palestine 36

N/A

Acting

The picture explores the lead-up to and events of the Palestinian Arab Revolt from 1936 to 1939. As villages rise-up against British rule, protagonist...

À voix basse

N/A

Acting

Back in Tunisia for her uncle's funeral, Lilia reunites with a family that knows nothing about her life in Paris, particularly her romantic life. Dete...

Atonement

N/A

as Nora

Acting

Based on Dexter Filkins’ resonant New Yorker article of the same name, about Marine Lu Lobello, haunted by memories of a deadly incident in Baghdad, w...