Mahnaz Afshar
{{short description|Iranian actress (born 1977)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mahnaz Afshar
| image = February 2018 Mahnaz Afshar - Full.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption = Afshar in 2018
| native_name = مهناز افشار
| native_name_lang = Fa
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|6|10}}
| birth_place = Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
| agent =
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1998–present
| notable_works =
| spouse = {{marriage|Mohammad Yasin Ramin[https://web.archive.org/web/20171210160847/http://www.soozheha.org/afshar-mother-father-daughter/ AlMahnaz AlAfshar and her mother in law, father in law and daughter]
|2014|2019|reason=divorced}}
| children = 1
}}
Mahnaz Afshar ({{langx|fa|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.{{Cite web|title=The first part of the Fajr Film Festival competition awards were presented|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/8911-18138/}} ISNA News
Life and career
File:Payman Maadi and Mahnaz Afshar 20190201 04.jpg at the 37th Fajr Film Festival.]]
Afshar was born in Tehran, Imperial State of 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?MerchandiseID=92|title=MEN AT WORK - Buy Foreign Film DVDs - Watch Indie Films Online - Purchase Foreign Films - Stream Indie Films|website=www.filmmovement.com}}
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.{{cite news|title=Has Iran's award-winning actress left Iran to escape prosecution? |first= Rohollah|last= Faghihi |url= https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/12/iranian-artist-becomes-controversy-between-iran-and-saudia.html |work= Al-Monitor|access-date=29 January 2020|publication-date=13 December 2019}}{{cite web |title= Judging Iranian actress in a remake, Los Angeles + Video |url= https://www.mbs.news/2019/11/judging-iranian-actress-in-a-remake-los-angeles-video.html |publisher= mbs.news }}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director !Notes |
| 1999
| Friends |Sara | Ali Shah Hatami | |
| 2000
| The Young Lions |Leila | Mohsen Mohseni Nasab | |
| rowspan="2" |2001
| The Passion of Love |Sahar | Nader Moghaddas | |
| Gray
| Bita | Mehrdad Mir Fallah | |
| rowspan="2" |2002
| Gem | Neda |Asghar Hashemi | |
| A Girl in Cage
|Narges |Ghodratollah Solh Mirzayi | |
| 2003
| Poisonous Honey |Sharareh |Ebrahim Sheibani | |
| rowspan="2" |2004
| Coma |Maryam |Arash Moayerian | |
| 13 Cats on the Roof
|Leila |Ali Abdolalizadeh | |
| rowspan="2" |2005
| Mehr Angiz | |
| Aquarium
|Shirin | |
| rowspan="4" |2006
|Sahar | |
| Cease Fire
| Sayeh | |
| Who Killed Amir?
|Marjan | |
| Trap
|Nazanin | |
| rowspan="3" |2007
| The Trial |Negar | |
| The Boss
| Tala | |
| Kalagh Par
|Sara |Sharam Shah Hosseini | |
| rowspan="4" |2008
| Reflection |Nasim |Reza Karimi | |
| Invitation
| Shaida | |
| Shirin
| Woman in audience | |
| Tonight is the Moonlight Night
| Sahar | Hadi Karimi | |
| rowspan="2" |2009
|The Day Goes and the Night Comes |Foujan Rahaei |Omid Bonakdar, Keyvan Alimohammadi | |
| Poopak and Mash Mashallah
| Poopak | |
| rowspan="4" |2010
| Pay Back | Sara | |
| Memory
|Parichehr | Nader Tarighat | |
| Eve's Daughter, Adam's Son
| Mina | |
| The Third Floor
| Young Lady |Bijan Mirbagheri | |
| rowspan="2" |2011
| Fairy Tale |Sarvin | |
| Felicity Land
|Laleh | |
| rowspan="3" |2012
| A Simple Love Story | Gandom | Saman Moghaddam | |
| Wooden Bridge
|Shirin | |
| The Snow on the Pines
|Roya | |
| rowspan="3" |2013
|No Where, No Body |Sanaz |Ebrahim Sheibani | |
| From Tehran to Paradise
|Ghazal | Abolfazl Saffary | |
| Good to Be Back
|Houri Yasaman | |
| rowspan="3" |2014
|Metropole |Khatoon | |
| Alien
| Sepideh | |
| Teacher
| Hedieh | Naser Saeidaf | |
| 2015
| Rouya | Saman Moghaddam | |
| rowspan="2" |2016
| A House on 41st Street | Forough | Hamidreza Ghorbani | |
| Delighted
|Tina | |
| rowspan="2" |2017
|I Want to Dance |Maryam | |
| Gilda
|Gilda |Omid Bonakdar, Keyvan Alimohammadi | |
| rowspan="4" |2018
|Sperm Whale 2: Roya's Selection |Roya |Saman Moghaddam | |
| Axing
|Niloufar | Behrouz Shoeibi | |
| Pig
|Herself | |
| Los Angeles Tehran
|Ayda | |
| rowspan="6" |2019
| The Agitation | Darya | |
| Suddenly a Tree
| Mahtab | Safi Yazdanian | |
| Oath
| Razia | |
| Hotel New Moon
| Noushin | Takefumi Tsutsui | |
| Kingslayer
|Ayda |Vahid Amirkhani | |
| Blue Like the Color of the Sky
|Herself |Amir Rafiee | |
= Web =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Director !Platform |
| 2015
|Nafas | rowspan="2" |Video CD |
| 2016
|Gisou Barazandeh |Manouchehr Hadi |
| 2018
|Golshifteh |Raheleh Golshifteh |Behrouz Shoeibi |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Director !Notes !Network |
| 1998
|Lost |Sahar |Masoud Navabi |TV series |
| 2013
|Red Hat |Herself |TV program |
| 2020–present
|Judge | |Talent show |
References
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External links
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- [http://mahnazafshar.com/ Official website]
- {{Instagram|mahnaz_afshar}}
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{{Crystal Simorgh Best Actor}}
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Category:Actresses from Tehran
Category:Iranian film actresses
Category:Iranian stage actresses
Category:Iranian record producers
Category:Iranian television actresses
Category:20th-century Iranian actresses
Category:21st-century Iranian actresses
Category:Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress winners