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