Mahnaz Afshar (Persian: مهناز افشار; born June 10, 1977) is an Iranian actress. She gained wide recognition in the record-breaking film Cease Fire (2006). Afshar is one of Iran's highest-paid actresses, She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Cymorgh, two Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
Mahnaz Afshar | |
|---|---|
مهناز افشار | |
 Afshar at the 2019 Fajr Film Festival | |
| Born | June 10, 1977 Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Life and career
editAfshar was born in Tehran, Iran. She graduated in natural science in high school. After graduation, one of her relatives who was the Theater Affairs Assistant in "Soureh" college introduced her to "Hannaneh" Art institute. Having studied video editions in the following years, she participated in the assembly job of "Ketāb-e Avval as a Golddigger" training materials, directed by Dariush Mehrjui.
Later on, she was invited by Shamsi Fazlollahi to act in a TV series called Gomshodeh (Lost) directed by Masoud Navabi, making her first official play in the TV industry. Her professional career continued by acting in a movie called "Doostan" (Friends) directed by Abdollah Eskandari. The film, however, was not released in movie theaters due to complications with the authorities regarding the story and morals of the film.[2]
Her first official appearance as an actress in the cinema industry debuted in a work called "Shour-e Eshgh" (Passion of Love), which received positive reviews by audiences and critics of the time. Having gained substantial fame for her act, she later appeared in "Atash-bas" (Ceasefire), a major hit and "Salad-e Fasl" (Season Salad).
Afshar is one of the judges of Persia's Got Talent, a franchise of the British talent show Got Talent, which is aired on MBC Persia.[3][4]
Afshar wrote on Twitter in October 2019 that she and Yasin Ramin had divorced. ”Each person, strong or weak, has an existence. But when you decide to be a single mum, you have to have two existences. You have to be strong for yourself and your child."[5] In October 2022 Afshar participated in an anti-Islamic Republic demonstration in Germany but she was asked to leave the spot by angry demonstrators because of her former ties with Iran's regime.
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Friends | Sara | Ali Shah Hatami | |
| 2000 | The Young Lions | Leila | Mohsen Mohseni Nasab | |
| 2001 | The Passion of Love | Sahar | Nader Moghaddas | |
| Gray | Bita | Mehrdad Mir Fallah | ||
| 2002 | Gem | Neda | Asghar Hashemi | |
| A Girl in Cage | Narges | Ghodratollah Solh Mirzayi | ||
| 2003 | Poisonous Honey | Sharareh | Ebrahim Sheibani | |
| 2004 | Coma | Maryam | Arash Moayerian | |
| 13 Cats on the Roof | Leila | Ali Abdolalizadeh | ||
| 2005 | Season Salad | Mehr Angiz | Fereydoun Jeyrani | |
| Aquarium | Shirin | Iraj Ghaderi | ||
| 2006 | Men at Work | Sahar | Mani Haghighi | |
| Cease Fire | Sayeh | Tahmineh Milani | ||
| Who Killed Amir? | Marjan | Mehdi Karampour | ||
| Trap | Nazanin | Sirous Alvand | ||
| 2007 | The Trial | Negar | Iraj Ghaderi | |
| The Boss | Tala | Masoud Kimiai | ||
| Kalagh Par | Sara | Sharam Shah Hosseini | ||
| 2008 | Reflection | Nasim | Reza Karimi | |
| Invitation | Shaida | Ebrahim Hatamikia | ||
| Shirin | Woman in audience | Abbas Kiarostami | ||
| Tonight is the Moonlight Night | Sahar | Hadi Karimi | ||
| 2009 | The Day Goes and the Night Comes | Foujan Rahaei | Omid Bonakdar, Keyvan Alimohammadi | |
| Poopak and Mash Mashallah | Poopak | Farzad Motamen | ||
| 2010 | Pay Back | Sara | Tahmineh Milani | |
| Memory | Parichehr | Nader Tarighat | ||
| Eve's Daughter, Adam's Son | Mina | Rambod Javan | ||
| The Third Floor | Young Lady | Bijan Mirbagheri | ||
| 2011 | Fairy Tale | Sarvin | Fereydoun Jeyrani | |
| Felicity Land | Laleh | Maziar Miri | ||
| 2012 | A Simple Love Story | Gandom | Saman Moghaddam | |
| Wooden Bridge | Shirin | Mehdi Karampour | ||
| The Snow on the Pines | Roya | Payman Moaadi | ||
| 2013 | No Where, No Body | Sanaz | Ebrahim Sheibani | |
| From Tehran to Paradise | Ghazal | Abolfazl Saffary | ||
| Good to Be Back | Houri Yasaman | Dariush Mehrjui | ||
| 2014 | Metropole | Khatoon | Masoud Kimiai | |
| Alien | Sepideh | Bahram Tavakoli | ||
| Teacher | Hedieh | Naser Saeidaf | ||
| 2015 | Sperm Whale | Rouya | Saman Moghaddam | |
| 2016 | A House on 41st Street | Forough | Hamidreza Ghorbani | |
| Delighted | Tina | Abdolreza Kahani | ||
| 2017 | I Want to Dance | Maryam | Bahman Farman Ara | |
| Gilda | Gilda | Omid Bonakdar, Keyvan Alimohammadi | ||
| 2018 | Sperm Whale 2: Roya's Selection | Roya | Saman Moghaddam | |
| Axing | Niloufar | Behrouz Shoeibi | ||
| Pig | Herself | Mani Haghighi | ||
| Los Angeles Tehran | Ayda | Tina Pakrevan | ||
| 2019 | The Agitation | Darya | Fereydoun Jeyrani | |
| Suddenly a Tree | Mahtab | Safi Yazdanian | ||
| Oath | Razia | Mohsen Tanabandeh | ||
| Hotel New Moon | Noushin | Takefumi Tsutsui | ||
| Kingslayer | Ayda | Vahid Amirkhani | ||
| Blue Like the Color of the Sky | Herself | Amir Rafiee |
Web
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Love is Not Closed | Nafas | Bijan Birang | distributed in Video CD |
| 2016 | The Romance | Gisou Barazandeh | Manouchehr Hadi | |
| 2018 | Golshifteh | Raheleh Golshifteh | Behrouz Shoeibi |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Lost | Sahar | Masoud Navabi | TV series | IRIB TV1 |
| 2013 | Red Hat | Herself | Iraj Tahmasb | TV program | IRIB TV2 |
| 2020–present | Persia's Got Talent | Judge | Talent show | MBC Persia |
References
edit- ^ AlMahnaz AlAfshar and her mother in law, father in law and daughter
- ^ "MEN AT WORK - Buy Foreign Film DVDs - Watch Indie Films Online - Purchase Foreign Films - Stream Indie Films". www.filmmovement.com.
- ^ Faghihi, Rohollah (13 December 2019). "Has Iran's award-winning actress left Iran to escape prosecution?". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Judging Iranian actress in a remake, Los Angeles + Video". mbs.news.
- ^ Mahnaz Afshar divorced Yasin Ramin