Bahar Pars
{{short description|Iranian-Swedish actress and director}}
{{Lead too short|date=December 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bahar Pars
| image = Bahar2023.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Bahar Pars in 2023
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|03|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Shiraz, Iran
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter
| years_active = 2006–present
}}
Bahar Pars ({{langx|fa|بهار پارس}}; born 28 March 1979) is an Iranian-Swedish actress and director.
Early life
Pars was born in Shiraz, Iran, and came to Trelleborg, Sweden in 1989 with her family after the war between Iran and Iraq.{{cite journal|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/article21995405.ab|title=Var tvungen att spela henne|work=Aftonbladet|date=25 December 2015 |accessdate=16 January 2016|language=sv|archive-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207100214/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/article21995405.ab|url-status=live}} Between 2003 and 2007 she studied to become an actress at Teaterhögskolan in Stockholm (nowadays Stockholms dramatiska högskola).{{cite interview|url=http://www.stdh.se/om-stdh/intervjuer/intervjuer-med-studenter/bahar-pars-skadespelare-2003|title=Bahar Pars, skådespelare, 2003|publisher=Stockholm University of the Arts|accessdate=16 January 2016|language=sv|archive-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207111821/http://www.stdh.se/om-stdh/intervjuer/intervjuer-med-studenter/bahar-pars-skadespelare-2003|url-status=live}}
Career
Pars has had several roles in plays and also several films. She made her film debut in the 2006 film När mörkret faller.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/en-kvinna-som-heter-bahar/|title=Bahar Pars får sitt genombrott med Rolf Lassgård i publikfilm "En man som heter Ove"|work=Dagens Nyheter|date=18 December 2015 |access-date=16 January 2016|language=sv|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105135156/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/en-kvinna-som-heter-bahar/|url-status=live}} In 2008 she performed the role of Nina in Farnaz Arbabi's Måsen at Backateatern.{{cite web|url=http://www.situationsthlm.se/artikel/klar-for-sin-roll|title=Klar för sin roll|work=Situation Stockholm|accessdate=16 January 2016|language=sv|archive-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207102422/http://www.situationsthlm.se/artikel/klar-for-sin-roll|url-status=live}} At Uppsala stadsteater, Pars played the title roles in the plays Anna Karenina in 2010, the stage version of Låt den rätta komma in 2011, and Hedda Gabler in 2013, the latter directed by Farnaz Arbabi.{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/article16479408.ab|title=Teater - Hedda Gabler - Recension - Kultur|work=Aftonbladet|date=25 March 2013 |accessdate=16 January 2016|language=sv|archive-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207150236/http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/article16479408.ab|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/scenrecensioner/lat-den-ratte-komma-in-pa-uppsala-stadsteater-ettan/|title="Låt den rätte komma in" på Uppsala Stadsteater, Ettan|work=Dagens Nyheter|date=18 March 2011 |access-date=16 January 2016|language=sv|archive-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207103532/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/scenrecensioner/lat-den-ratte-komma-in-pa-uppsala-stadsteater-ettan/|url-status=live}}
In 2014, Pars acted in the Jonas Hassen Khemiris play Jag ringer mina bröder as the character Valerie, directed by Farnaz Arbabi at The House of Culture (Stockholm).{{cite web|url=http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/Teater/Evenemang/Jag-ringer-mina-broder/|title=Jag ringer mina bröder|work=Kulturhuset Stadsteatern|accessdate=16 January 2016|language=sv|archive-date=6 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506185645/http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/Teater/Evenemang/Jag-ringer-mina-broder/|url-status=dead}} In November the same year she performed the monologue play På alla fyra at Kilenscenen at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern.{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.se/sthlm/jag-ville-skapa-en-ny-typ-av-kvinna-en-kvinna-som-inte-forhaller-sig-till-mannen/|title=Jag ville skapa en ny typ av kvinna. En kvinna som inte förhåller sig till männen.|work=Dagens Nyheter|date=13 October 2014 |access-date=16 January 2016|language=sv|archive-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116021047/http://www.dn.se/sthlm/jag-ville-skapa-en-ny-typ-av-kvinna-en-kvinna-som-inte-forhaller-sig-till-mannen/|url-status=live}} The newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reviewed Pars' performance favourably and described it as "she had total control of her ways of expressions". Outside of acting, Pars has also directed and been one of the creators Nyårsklockan, in which fifteen female culture-personalities appear.{{cite web |url=http://rodeo.net/just-nu/2014/12/28/bakom-kulisserna-nyarsklockan-i-ny-tappning-av-bahar-pars-och-dimen-abdulla/ |title=Bakom kulisserna nyårsklockan i ny tappning av Bahar Pars och Dimen Abdulla |publisher=rodeo.net |accessdate=16 January 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=1 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201151210/http://rodeo.net/just-nu/2014/12/28/bakom-kulisserna-nyarsklockan-i-ny-tappning-av-bahar-pars-och-dimen-abdulla/ |url-status=live }}
In 2015, she was awarded the Medea Award with the citation "In her own personal way Bahar Pars widens the ways to play classical female roles and bring them into our present time".[https://web.archive.org/web/20141015200852/http://www.medeapriset.se/ |utgivare=Medeapriset Medeapriset - Bahar Pars] medeapriset.se. Retrieved 16 January 2016 She had the leading role as Bertha in the play Marodörer, written and directed by Jens Ohlin at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/marodorer-satter-kulturmannen-under-lupp|title=Marodörer gör upp med kulturmannen|author=Anna Ångström|date=17 November 2015|work=Svenska Dagbladet|accessdate=16 January 2016|language=sv|archive-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207113834/http://www.svd.se/marodorer-satter-kulturmannen-under-lupp|url-status=live}}
Ahead of the 2016 Guldbaggen awards she was nominated in the category Best Supporting Actress for her role as Parvaneh in the 2015 film A Man Called Ove.{{cite web|url=http://hn.se/nojekultur/film/1.4589730--tjuvheder-en-guldbaggefavorit|title="Tjuvheder" en Guldbaggefavorit|publisher=hn.se|accessdate=16 January 2016|language=sv}}
Television
- 2008 Åkalla
- 2008 Kungamordet (TV Mini Series)
- 2010 Drottningoffret
- 2010 Kommissarie Winter
- 2014 Den fjärde mannen (TV Mini Series)
- 2015 Arne Dahl: En midsommarnattsdröm
- 2016 Finaste familjen
- 2016 Vårdgården
- 2016 Gåsmamman
- 2017 Syrror
- 2018 Conspiracy of Silence
- 2018 Black Lake
- 2022 Vi i Villa
- 2023 Ingen Ängel
Filmography
- 2004 Flickpingis (Short Film)
- 2006 When Darkness Falls
- 2009 Knäcka
- 2009 Bebådelse (Short Movie)
- 2009 Portofino: The Philippines
- 2010 Fredlösa
- 2010 Händelse vid bank
- 2015 A Man Called Ove
- 2015 Rinkebysvenska (Director & Writer)
- 2016 Baby (Short Film)
- 2016 Zon 261
- 2017 Ariel (Short Film)
- 2017 TurkKiosken (Director)
- 2018 Operation Ragnarok
- 2022 Maya Nilo (Laura)
- 2022 The Year I Started Masturbating
- 2022 KageFabrikken
- 2023 Donkey Land (Director & Writer & Actress)
- 2023 The Conference
- 2024: Handling the Undead
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|2560232}}
- [http://www.agentfirman.com/clients/BaharPars Agentfirman Planthaber Kilden Mandic]
- [http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/jag-vill-vara-varsta-forebilden-for-min-sort Expressen intervju med Bahar Pars (Swedish)]
- [http://www.situationsthlm.se/artikel/klar-for-sin-roll SituationSTHLM intervju med Bahar Pars (Swedish)]
- [http://guldbaggen.se/nominering/bahar-pars/ Guldbaggen nominering - Bahar Pars (Swedish)]
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Category:21st-century Swedish actresses
Category:Iranian emigrants to Sweden
Category:Swedish film actresses
Category:Swedish television actresses