Hedieh Tehrani

Hedieh Tehrani (Persian: هديه تهرانی; born June 25, 1972) is an Iranian actress.^[1] She is most noted for willingness to play mysterious, stony-faced and cold-hearted women. She has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs, four Hafez Awards, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

Hedieh Tehrani
هديه تهرانی
Tehrani in 2015
Born	(1972-06-25) June 25, 1972 (age 53) Tehran, Iran
Occupations	Actress photographer
Years active	1996–present

Career

Mohammad Reza Sharifinia and Azita Hajian were the first ones to propose her a role for The Fateful Day. She auditioned for acting in The Fateful Day but refused to cooperate and the role went to Ladan Mostofi.^[2] Before acting in The King, she refused a part in Leila directed by Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. Kianoush Ayari then approached her for acting in his movie, To Be or Not to Be and again she refused to play. Masoud Kimiayi was the first director who succeeded to have her playing in his film The King.^[3][4]

Personal life

The actress was arrested in 2016, in Tehran's central Lala Garden for campaigning for Animal Rights, due to the gathering not being authorized by the government. The protest was organized after several Iranian municipalities put down a number of street dogs due to over population. The arrest has been condemned by some activists.^[5][6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
1997	The King	Maryam Koohsari	Masoud Kimiai
1998	As a Stranger	Behrokh Sabeti	Ahmad Amini
1999	Siavash	Hedieh Tehrani	Saman Moghaddam
	Hemlock	Sima Riahi	Behrooz Afkhami
	Red	Hasti Mashreghi	Fereydoun Jeyrani
	An Umbrella for Two	Yasaman Pakravan	Ahmad Amini
2000	Corrupt Hands	Diba	Sirus Alvand
2001	The Party	Negar Aryani	Saman Moghaddam
	Blue	Mahtab	Hamid Labkhandeh
	The Times	Zari	Hamid Reza Selahmand
2002	Unruled Paper	Roya Royaee	Naser Taghvai
	A House Built on Water	Zhaleh Tirandaz	Bahman Farmanara
2003	Donya	Donya Shadab	Manouchehr Mosiri
	A Place to Live	Golchehreh	Mohammad Bozorgnia
	Abadan	Arezoo	Mani Haghighi	Banned
	Iranian Girl	Maryam Yazdani	Mohammad Hossein Latifi
2004	Duel	Hanieh	Ahmad Reza Darvish
2005	Thirteen		Vahid Rahbani	Short Film
	A Little Kiss	Mysterious Woman / The Death Angel	Bahman Farmanara
2006	Fireworks Wednesday	Mozhdeh Samiee	Asghar Farhadi
	Half Moon	Hesho	Bahman Ghobadi
2007	To Each His Own Cinema	Herself	Abbas Kiarostami
	The Magical Generation	Forough	Iraj Karimi
2009	Shirin	Woman in audience	Abbas Kiarostami
2010	Seven Minutes Until Autumn	Mitra	Alireza Amini
2011	The Son of Dawn	Khomeini's Nursemaid	Behrooz Afkhami
	Nightly	Shabnam Nami	Omid Bonakdar
2012	Tehran 1500	Nazi	Bahram Azimi
	The Wooden Bridge	Nazli	Mehdi Karampour
	Another Day		Hassan Fathi
2015	For a Rainy Day		Faezeh Azizkhani
2016	Duet	Minoo	Navid Danesh
	We Will Not Get Used To	Sima	Ebrahim Ebrahimian
	Phenomenon		Ali Ahmadzadeh	Unreleased film	[7]
2017	Israfil	Mahi	Ida Panahandeh		[8]
	No Date, No Signature	Sayeh	Vahid Jalilvand		[9]
2018	Orange Days	Aban	Arash Lahooti		[10]
2019	A Hairy Tale	Homa	Homayoun Ghanizadeh		[11]
	Lovely Trash	Sima	Mohsen Amiryoussefi		[12]
2020	Shahre Gheseh Cinema		Keyvan Alimohammadi, Ali Akbar Heidari		[13]
2021	Majority	Lily Nazarian	Mohsen Gharaee		[14]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform
2012–2014	Frozen Heart	Sayeh Solat	Saman Moghaddam	Namava
2020	The Accomplice	Ziba Fakhri	Mostafa Kiaee	Filimo, Namava
TBA	1001 Nights		Mostafa Kiaee	Filimo

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
Busan International Film Festival	2006	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Fireworks Wednesday	Nominated
Fajr Film Festival	1999	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Red	Won
	2002		Unruled Paper	Nominated
	2006		Fireworks Wednesday	Won
	2010		Seven Minutes Until Autumn	Nominated
	2017		Israfil	Nominated
Hafez Awards	1997	Best Actress – Motion Picture	The King	Won
	1999		Red	Nominated
	2000		Hemlock	Won
	2002		Unruled Paper	Won
		Top Actors in Cinema of Iran After The Iranian Revolution	–	Won
	2003	Best Actress – Motion Picture	Iranian Girl	Nominated
	2006		Fireworks Wednesday	Nominated
	2018		Israfil	Nominated
	2021	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	The Accomplice	Nominated
	2023	Best Actress – Motion Picture	Majority	Nominated
Imagineindia International Film Festival	2019	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Orange Days	Nominated
International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg	2019	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Orange Days	Nominated
Iran Cinema Celebration	2000	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Hemlock	Nominated
	2006		Fireworks Wednesday	Won
	2010		Seven Minutes Until Autumn	Nominated
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	1999	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Red	Third Place
	2000		Hemlock	Won
	2002		Unruled Paper	Runner-up
	2003		Iranian Girl	Runner-up
	2022		Majority	Nominated
Pyongyang International Film Festival	2002	Best Actress in a Leading Role	The Party	Won
Three Continents Festival	1999	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Red	Nominated