Hiam Abbass (هيام عباس in Arabic; היאם עבאס in Hebrew; alternatively spelled as Hiyam Abbas) (born November 30, 1960) is a Palestinian actor and director. She portrayed Marcia Roy on the HBO series Succession.
Biography[]
Hiam Abbass was born on November 30, 1960, in Nazareth, Palestine, and raised in the nearby village of Deir Hanna. She studied in Haifa before briefly living in London, England. In the late 1980s, just before beginning her acting career, she moved to Paris, France, where she has resided since.[1][2]
Filmography[]
As actress[]
Films[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | When the Cat's Away | Woman in the courtyard | |
| Haifa | Oum Said | ||
| 1998 | Raddem | Short | |
| Vivre au paradis | |||
| Histoire naturelle | Short | ||
| 2000 | Ali, Rabiaa et les autres | Rabiaa | |
| 2001 | Ligne 208 | Khaled's Mother | |
| Le pain | Short | ||
| Le mariage en papier | Aunt Rabiaa | Short | |
| Tar Angel (L'ange de goudron) | Naïma Kasmi | ||
| 2002 | Fais-moi des vacances | Lucien & José's Mother | |
| Satin Rouge | Lilia | ||
| A Loving Father | Salma | ||
| 2003 | Noctambules | Lonely Woman | Short |
| 2004 | The Gate of Sun | Um Youness | |
| The Syrian Bride | Amal | ||
| Nadia et Sarra | Nadia | ||
| 2005 | Paradise Now | Said's Mother | |
| Sur les traces de Mélanie | Madelaine | Short | |
| Free Zone | Leila | ||
| Le démon de midi | Rim | ||
| Munich | Marie Claude Hamshari | Also consultant and dialog coach | |
| 2006 | Petites révélations | ||
| Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest | Jénane's Voice | ||
| The Nativity Story | Anna | ||
| 2007 | Conversations with My Gardener | The gardener's wife | |
| Disengagement | Hiam | ||
| The Visitor | Mouna | ||
| 2008 | La fabrique des sentiments | Professor Sterne | |
| Lemon Tree | Salma Zidane | ||
| Un roman policier | Fati | ||
| Dawn of the World | Mastour's mother | ||
| Fatoush | The woman | Short | |
| Kandisha | Mona Bendrissi | ||
| Al-mor wa al rumman | Umm Habib | ||
| Blanche | The neighbour | Short | |
| 2009 | Amreeka | Raghda Halaby | |
| Espion(s) | Wafa | ||
| Human Zoo | Mina | ||
| The Limits of Control | The Driver | ||
| Persécution | Marie | ||
| Chaque jour est une fête | Hala | ||
| 2010 | Suite parlée | The Ants | |
| Clichés | Short | ||
| Miral | Hind al-Husseini | ||
| Le temps de la balle | Hana | Short | |
| Habibti | Iman | Short | |
| 2011 | The Source | Fatima | |
| Do Not Forget Me Istanbul | |||
| A Bottle in the Gaza Sea | Intessar | ||
| 2012 | Le sac de farine | Yasmine | |
| Inheritance | Samira | ||
| 2013 | Les jeux des nuages et de la pluie | Blanche | |
| May in the Summer | Nadine | ||
| Rock the Casbah | Aicha | ||
| Samarkande | The Death | Short | |
| Peace After Marriage | Amani | ||
| 2014 | De guerre lasse | Raïssa | |
| Nothing Escapes My Eyes | Women | Short | |
| Exodus: Gods and Kings | Bithiah | ||
| 2015 | Dégradé | Eftikhar | |
| The Sense of Wonder | Dr. Mélanie Ferenza | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Freysa | |
| Insyriated | Oum Yazan | ||
| 2020 | Gaza mon amour | Siham | |
| 2022 | Hellraiser | Serena Menaker | |
| 2023 | Insidious: The Red Door | Post-production |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | La nuit miraculeuse | Television movie | |
| 1993 | Antoine Rives, juge du terrorisme | Jacqueline Tabet | 1 episode |
| 1994 | 3000 scénarios contre un virus | A client | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Venise est une femme | Aïcha's Mother | Television movie |
| 2000 | Mix-cité | Television movie | |
| 2003 | Pierre et Farid | Farid's Mother | Television movie |
| 2008 | Béthune sur Nil | Farah | Television movie |
| 2010 | Histoires de vies | Zineb | 1 episode |
| I Am Slave | Laila | Television movie | |
| 2011 | The Promise | Old Jawda | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | The Red Tent | Queen Re-Nefer | Miniseries |
| 2016 | The OA | Khatun | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | The State | Umm Salamah | 4 episodes |
| 2018–2023 | Succession | Marcia Roy | 23 episodes |
| 2019–present | Ramy | Maysa Hassan | 22 episodes |
| 2022 | Oussekine | Aïcha Oussekine | 4 episodes |
| The Old Man | Abbey Chase | 5 episodes |
As director[]
Films[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Le pain | Director | Short |
| 2004 | La danse éternelle | Director and writer | Short |
| 2012 | Inheritance | Director and writer | |
| 2013 | Le Donne della Vucciria | Director and co-writer | Short |
| 2015 | Jerusalem, I Love You | Director |
References[]
- ↑ Davies, Hannah J. (February 16, 2021). "'People want imperfection': Hiam Abbass on Succession, Ramy and playing complex women". The Guardian. Retrieved on October 2, 2023.
- ↑ Larouci, Samira (May 5, 2022). "Hiam Abbass Wants Freedom at Any Cost". GQ. Retrieved on October 2, 2023.