Mahtab Keramati

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| name = Mahtab Keramati

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| image = Mahtab Keramati, Take off movie opening ceremony (1396012814563030010558244) (cropped).jpg

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| native_name = مهتاب کرامتی

| native_name_lang = Fa

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|10|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

| birth_name = Mahtab Keramati

| nationality = Iranian

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|Film Producer|UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador}}

| years_active = 1998–present

| education = Bachelor of Microbiology

| alma_mater = Azad University

| spouse = {{marriage|Babak Riahipour

|1986|2002|reason=divorced}}

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| signature = Mahtab Keramati signature.svg

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Mahtab Keramati ({{langx|fa|مهتاب کرامتی}}; born 17 October 1970) is an Iranian actress.{{cite web|title=Actress Mahtab Keramati appointed UNICEF National Ambassador|url=http://www.unicef.org/media/media_35587.html|publisher=UNICEF website|access-date=2013-08-08|archive-date=2019-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331160642/https://www.unicef.org/media/media_35587.html|url-status=dead}} She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards. In August 2006, she was appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Iran.

Mahtaab Karami entered the world of acting after marrying Babak Riahipour, with whom she had a daughter. However, this marriage ended in divorce, and she has not remarried since their separation.{{Cite web |title=مهتاب کرامتی - دانشنامه ویکیدا |url=https://fa.wikida.ir/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=fa.wikida.ir |language=fa}}

Career

Keramati was taking acting courses when she was chosen for the role of Helen in The Men of Angelos, which garnered her national recognition. She later went on to appear in films such as Mummy III and Rain Man for which she was nominated for a Fajr International Film Festival Crystal Simorgh. She then appeared in dramas such as Saint Mary and Crimson Soil and the films Hell, Purgatory, Heaven, There Are Things You Don't Know, Alzheimer and The Private Life of Mr. and Mrs. M.. She won a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Twenty. In 2015, she won Best Actor Award Imagineindia Film Festival. She was also featured in Dhaka Film Festival Jury.{{cite web|url= https://financialtribune.com/articles/art-and-culture/56700/3-iranians-in-dhaka-film-festival-jury|title=3 Iranians in Dhaka Film Festival Jury|date= January 3, 2017|newspaper= Financial Tribune}}

Charity and philanthropic activities

After the earthquake of Bam City which occurred on 26 December 2003, she approached philanthropy and charity work and on 30 December she was one of the artists partaking in a charity meeting for quake-stricken people of Bam. From 2013, releasing prisoners-sentenced-to-nemesis, have become one of the charity work she does and she has put some efforts in collecting blood money and getting the next of kin's satisfaction. In this respect Shahab Moradi has been one of her companions.

She is also a women's rights activist.{{cite web|date=2007-05-29|publisher=ایرانیان انگلستان|title=مصاحبه با مهتاب کرامتی در پاریس|url=http://iranianuk.com/20070519223600038/مصاحبه-با-مهتاب-کرامتی-در-پاریس}}

Filmography

= Film =

Mardi Az jense Bolour (1999)
Mumiyayi 3 (2000)
Mard Barani (2000)
Behesht az ane To (2000)
Molaghat ba Tooti (2003)
Shahe Khamoosh (2003)
Hashtpa (2005)
Salvation at 8:20 (2005)
Hess-e Penhan (2007)
The Reward of Silence (2007)
Adam (2007)
Atash-e Sabz (2008)
Shirin (2008)
Tardid (2009)
Women Are Angels (2009)
Doozakh Barzakh Behesht (2009)
Bist (2009)
Shabane Rooz (2010)
Adamkosh (2010)
There Are Things You Don't Know (2010)
Alzheimer (2011)
Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011)
The Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M (2012)
Azar (2012)
The Fourth Child (2013)
Inadvertent (2014)
Hussein Who Said No
Ghosts (2014)
Arghavan (2014)
Jameh Daran (2015)
Ice Age (2015)
BIAFF Film Festival Promo Video 2017 (2017)
Mazar-i-Sharif{{cite news|url= http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/411700/Mazar-i-Sharif-named-best-at-Phoenix-Film-Festival-Melbourne|title= "Mazar-i-Sharif" named best at Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne |date= March 6, 2017|newspaper= Tehran Times}}{{cite news|url= https://financialtribune.com/articles/art-and-culture/61217/award-for-mazar-i-sharif-at-australia-film-festival|title= Award for 'Mazar-i-Sharif' at Australia Film Festival|date= March 12, 2017|newspaper= Financial Tribune|accessdate= October 28, 2017}}
Majan (2015)
mordad (2015)
Boht (2016)
Shayad Eshgh Nabod (2016)
old Road (2016)
orca (2019)
Sahneh Zani (2020)