Sarah Kazemy
{{short description|Iranian French actress (born 1987)}}
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| birth_place = Neuilly sur Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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| citizenship = Iran
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2011–present
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Sarah Kazemy ({{langx|fa|سارا کاظمی}}; born 26 October 1987) is an Iranian actress who born in France.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-aug-28-la-ca-indie-focus-20110828-story.html|title= Indie Focus: A distinctly varied team effort for 'Circumstance'|newspaper=LA Times.com|date=2011-08-28|access-date=2012-03-06}} She is best known for her role in the independent film Circumstance.
Early life
Sarah was born in Neuilly sur Seine, France to an Iranian father and Algerian mother.{{cite web|url=https://www.yogajournalfrance.fr/sarah-kazemy-un-melange-de-cultures/|title=Sarah Kazemy, un mélange de cultures|date=2016-05-11|accessdate=2020-05-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/11/jul/1212.html|title=Circumstance A groundbreaking, sensual film about youth in search of freedom in Iran|publisher=PayVand.com|date=2011-07-21|accessdate=2012-03-06}} She grew up in France and studied law, Arabic, German and Italian before becoming an actress.
Career
She had no experience in acting when she was asked to play one of the leads in the 2011 Iranian independent film Circumstance, in which she plays a young woman who discovers her sexuality and develops a lesbian relationship. She prepared for the role by staying with her relatives in Tehran, to gain personal experience from the situation there.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/movies/circumstance-a-film-of-underground-life-in-iran.html?pagewanted=all|title=Living and Loving Underground in Iran|newspaper=New York Times.com|date=2011-08-19|accessdate=2012-03-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2011/08/iranian-actresses-nikohl-boosheri-sarah-kazemy|title=Nikohl Boosheri & Sarah Kazemy|publisher=W magazine.com|date=August 2011|accessdate=2012-03-06|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225064828/http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2011/08/iranian-actresses-nikohl-boosheri-sarah-kazemy|archivedate=2011-12-25}} Soon after she was cast as the female lead in the film Kanyamakan.
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Circumstance | Shireen Arshadi |
| 2014 | Kanyamakan | Aida |
| 2014 | Salaud, on t'aime | Automne Kaminsky |
| 2016 | The Bureau (TV series) | Daria Shahafi |
| 2018 | This Teacher | Sarah |
| 2019 | House of La Reine | Eva |
References
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External links
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- [http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews39_39/mobile/page23.cfm Stars of Iranian film discuss forbidden love: An interview with Circumstance's Nikohl Boosheri and Sarah Kazemy] Seattle Gay News
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Category:French people of Iranian descent
Category:French people of Algerian descent
Category:Actresses of Algerian descent
Category:French film actresses
Category:Actresses from Neuilly-sur-Seine
Category:21st-century French actresses
Category:Iranian diaspora film people
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