
Hiam Abbass
Biography
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).
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Known For
Acting History
2026
Only Rebels Win as Suzanne
2026À voix basse
2025Spices and Lies as Souhila
2025Palestine 36 as Hanan
2025No Beast. So Fierce. as Mishal
2025Before What Comes After as Ms. Broquet
2024Night as Mother (voice)
2024Bye Bye Tiberias as Self
2023Insidious: The Red Door as Professor Armagan
2022Hellraiser as Menaker
2022The Old Man as Abbey Chase
2022Oussekine as Aïcha
2021Gaza Mon Amour as Siham
2020Sofa So Good
2019The Swallows of Kabul as Mussarat (voice)
2019Brother as Madame Miroun
2019In Vitro as Dunia
2019Ramy as Maysa Hassan
2018When Arabs Danced as Self
2018Succession as Marcia Roy
2018Carnivores as Amel, la mère
2017Blade Runner 2049 as Freysa
2017The State as Umm Salamah
2017In Syria as Oum Yazan
2017I Still Hide to Smoke as Fatima
2016The OA as Khatun
2016Dégradé as Eftikhar
2016Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016Foreign Body as Madame Bertaud
2015The Sense of Wonder as Dr. Mélanie Ferenza
2015Nothing Escapes My Eyes as Women
2015Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
2014The Red Tent as Queen Re-Nefer
2014Exodus: Gods and Kings as Bithia
2014De guerre lasse as Raïssa
2014May in the Summer as Nadine
2013Peace After Marriage as Amani
2013Rock the Casbah as Aicha
2013Games of Clouds and Rain as Blanche
2012Inheritance as Samira
2012Do Not Forget Me Istanbul
2012The Bag of Flour as Yasmine
2012Square as Self
2011The Source as Fatima
2011A Bottle in the Gaza Sea as Intessar
2011The Promise as Old Jawda
2010Miral as Hidi Husseini
2010I Am Slave as Laila
2010Habibti as Iman
2010Everyday Is a Holiday as Hala
2009Persecution as Marie
2009Amreeka as Raghda Halaby
2009Dawn of the World as Mastour's mother
2009The Limits of Control as Driver
2009Human Zoo as Mina
2009Pomegranates and Myrrh as Umm Habib
2009Spy(ies) as Wafa
2008Kandisha as Mona Bendrissi
2008Mateo Falcone as La madre / Mother
2008The Wedding Guest as Jénane (Voice)
2008A Police Romance as Faty
2008Minor Revelations
2008The Visitor as Mouna Khalil
2008Lemon Tree as Selma Zidane
2008The Feelings Factory as Professor Sterne
2008Blanche as La voisine
2007Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2007Disengagement as Hiam
2007Conversations with My Gardener as The gardener's wife
2006The Nativity Story as Anna
2006Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest as Jenane (voice)
2005Munich as Marie Claude Hamshari
2005Paradise Now as Said's Mother
2005The Demon Stirs as Rim
2005Free Zone as Leila
2005Sur les traces de Mélanie as Madeleine
2004The Syrian Bride as Amal
2004Nadia and Sarra as Nadia
2004The Gate of the Sun as Um Youness
2003Tar Angel as Naïma Kasmi
2002A Loving Father as Salma
2002Satin Rouge as Lilia
2002We Need a Vacation as La mère de Lucien et de José
2001Bread as The Mother
2000Ali, Rabiaa and the Others as Rabiaa
1999Living in Paradise as Aïcha
1999Raddem
1996When the Cat's Away as Une femme dans la cour
1995Haifa as Oum Said
1994Le Poisson rouge as Customer
1989La nuit miraculeuse
—The Arab
—Une famille française
—Love Conquers All as Susan
—Atonement as Mariam Khachaturian
—The Shelter as Leila









