Hiam Abbass
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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.
Known for
Credits
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
as Freysa
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
as Bithia
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
as Professor Armagan
Munich (2005)
as Marie Claude Hamshari
Hellraiser (2022)
as Menaker
The Gate of the Sun (2004)
as Um Youness
The Arab (2026)
as Mother
Foreign Body (2016)
as Madame Bertaud
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)
as Jenane (voice)
Haifa (1996)
as Oum Said
Palestine 36 (2025)
as Hanan
Disengagement (2007)
as Hiam
Carnivores (2018)
as Amel, la mère
Minor Revelations (2008)
Actor
Paradise Now (2005)
as Said's Mother
Ali, Rabiaa and the Others (2000)
as Rabiaa
Brother (2019)
as Madame Miroun
Raddem (1999)
Actor
Bread (2001)
as The Mother
The Source (2011)
as Fatima
Spices and Lies (2025)
as Souhila
Une famille française (—)
Actor
The Visitor (2008)
as Mouna Khalil
In a Whisper (2026)
as Wahida
Only Rebels Win (2026)
as Suzanne
The Nativity Story (2006)
as Anna
Blanche (2008)
as La voisine
The Sense of Wonder (2015)
as Dr. Mélanie Ferenza
The Shelter (—)
as Leila
When the Cat's Away (1996)
as Une femme dans la cour
Before What Comes After (2025)
as Ms. Broquet
The Limits of Control (2009)
as Driver
Conversations with My Gardener (2007)
as The gardener's wife
Bye Bye Tiberias (2024)
as Self
Lemon Tree (2008)
as Selma Zidane
Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009)
as Umm Habib
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes (2007)
as Self
Kandisha (2008)
as Mona Bendrissi
Miral (2010)
as Hidi Husseini
In Vitro (2019)
as Dunia
I Am Slave (2010)
as Laila
La nuit miraculeuse (1989)
Actor
We Need a Vacation (2002)
as La mère de Lucien et de José
Dégradé (2016)
as Eftikhar
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2011)
as Intessar
Free Zone (2005)
as Leila
Inheritance (2012)
as Samira
Rock the Casbah (2013)
as Aicha
The Swallows of Kabul (2019)
as Mussarat (voice)
Everyday Is a Holiday (2010)
as Hala
The Goldfish (1994)
as Customer
Daughter of Eden (—)
as Maryam
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' (2015)
as Self
Your Turn, 203 (—)
as Aida
May in the Summer (2014)
as Nadine
The Bag of Flour (2012)
as Yasmine
Amreeka (2009)
as Raghda Halaby
Occupational Hazards (—)
Actor
De guerre lasse (2014)
as Raïssa
In Syria (2017)
as Oum Yazan
Sur les traces de Mélanie (2005)
as Madeleine
Peace After Marriage (2013)
as Amani
Persecution (2009)
as Marie
A Loving Father (2002)
as Salma
Dawn of the World (2009)
as Mastour's mother
Atonement (2026)
as Mariam Khachaturian
The Syrian Bride (2004)
as Amal
Human Zoo (2009)
as Mina
Satin Rouge (2002)
as Lilia
Spy(ies) (2009)
as Wafa
Immortelle (—)
Actor
A Police Romance (2008)
as Faty
The Feelings Factory (2008)
as Professor Sterne
I Still Hide to Smoke (2017)
as Fatima
Tar Angel (2003)
as Naïma Kasmi
No Beast. So Fierce. (2025)
as Mishal
Do Not Forget Me Istanbul (2012)
Actor
The Demon Stirs (2005)
as Rim
Gaza Mon Amour (2021)
as Siham
Nadia and Sarra (2004)
as Nadia
Games of Clouds and Rain (2013)
as Blanche
Mateo Falcone (2008)
as La madre / Mother
Sofa So Good (2020)
Actor
Night (2024)
as Mother (voice)
Habibti (2010)
as Iman
Living in Paradise (1999)
as Aïcha
The Wedding Guest (2008)
as Jénane (Voice)
Nothing Escapes My Eyes (2015)
as Women
When Arabs Danced (2018)
as Self
Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt (2016)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Craft Behind Succession (2020)
as Marcia Roy