Ivonne Attas (Damascus, Syria, August 2, 1943) is a Syrian-born Venezuelan telenovela soap opera actress and politician of the Copei party.
Ivonne Attas was born into a family of Jewish merchants from Thessaloniki who moved to the city of Damascus, Syria.
Her career as an actress was defined by villain roles[3] that she has played in most of the soap operas in which she has acted, even generating hatred[4][5] among offscreen viewers.
Attas began her political career as Councilor of the then Sucre Municipality, Miranda in 1979, serving between 1982 and 1984 as Vice Minister of Information and Tourism in the government of Luis Herrera Campins.
Her term was extended when the municipal elections initially scheduled for 1998 were postponed two times at the national level.