Azita Hajian

Azita Hajian (Persian: آزیتا حاجیان, born 10 January 1958) is an Iranian actress.

Azita Hajian
آزیتا حاجیان
Hajian at the 35th Fajr Film Festival (2017)
Born	(1958-01-10) 10 January 1958 Tafresh, Iran
Education	Tehran University of Art
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Spouses	Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia ​ ​ (m. 1980; div. 2010)​ Mohammad Karimi Harati ​ ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	Mehraveh Melika

Early life

She was born on 10 January 1958 in Narmak, Tehran. She graduated in theatre acting and directing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Tehran, Azita Hajian started stage acting in 1975 and film acting in 1989 with Thief of Dolls (Mohammad Reza Honarmand). Due to her theatrical background in the field of children and teenagers, her first films were in the same field. She is one of the major teachers of acting in Iran. She has also played in some TV series.

Personal life

She married Mohamad Reza Sharifinia in 1980. Their two daughters, Mehraveh and Melika, are also actresses. Azita and Mohammad-Reza announced their divorce in December 2010 after nearly ten years of living separately.

Selected filmography

• The Extraordinary Journey, 1990
• Avinar, 1991
• Dayanbakh, 1992
• The Path to Glory
• The Snowman, 1994 (released in ’97)
• The Red Ribbon, 1998
• The Dead Wave, 2000.
• Under the Smoky Roof, 2017.
• 180° Rule, 2020.
• The Notebook, 2024

External links

• Azita Hajian at IMDb