Hiam Abbass

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).

Known for

Blade Runner 2049

4 October 2017

Exodus: Gods and Kings

3 December 2014

Munich

23 December 2005

Insidious: The Red Door

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest

Acting roles

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

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2019	Ramy	Director
2013	Le Donne della Vucciria	Director
2013	Le Donne della Vucciria	Writer
2012	Inheritance	Director
2012	Inheritance	Writer
2010	On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!	Co-Director
2004	La Danse Éternelle	Writer
2004	La Danse Éternelle	Director
2001	Bread	Director
2001	Bread	Writer