Nazanin Bayati

Nazanin Bayati (Persian: نازنین بیاتی; born in Tehran, January 5, 1990) is an Iranian actress.^[1] She made her feature film debut in Parviz Shahbazi's Trapped (2013). For her performance in the film, she earned a Crystal Simorgh and a Hafez Award nomination.

Nazanin Bayati
نازنین بیاتی
Bayati at the 2022 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1990-01-05) January 5, 1990 (age 35) Tehran, Iran
Alma mater	Islamic Azad University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

Early life

Nazanin Bayati’s parents hail from Qom and Tafresh, two cities in Iran. She has two sisters named Naghmeh and Neda.^[1]

Nazanin Bayati is a theater graduate of Tonekabon Islamic Azad University.^[2]

Nazanin Bayati shone in her first film appearance in Darband and was nominated for Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 31st Fajr International Film Festival.^[3] She also won the statuette for the best comedy actress from the 19th Hafez Festival for her role in Golshifteh's home drama series.^[4]

Nazanin Bayati appeared in the Shakeristan puppet TV series as a stage designer, costume designer, and voice actor for the characters of "Dream and Prophet" with Hassan Radfar.^[5][6][7][8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2013	Trapped	Nazanin	Parviz Shahbazi	Nominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actress
2014	Obit	Reyhan	Ebrahim Ebrahimian
	Dying in September	Parisa	Hatef Alimardani
	Angels Descend Together	Leila	Hamed Mohammadi
2015	Crazy Rook	Ghazal Moshtagh	Abolhassan Davoodi
	Sweet Taste of Imagination	Shirin	Kamal Tabrizi
2016	Parting	Maryam	Navid Mahmoudi
	Not Yet		Reza Goran	Short film
2017	Motherhood	Nava	Rogiye Tavakoli
	Wing Mirror	Mahnaz	Manouchehr Hadi
2018	Sheeple	Mona	Houman Seyyedi	Cameo
2019	Pig Gene	Mahi	Saeed Soheili
	Zaferanieh, July 5	Mahrokh	Ali Hashemi
2021	Dynamite	Sanaz Goodarzi	Masoud Atyabi
2022	The Late Father	Pari	Hossein Namazi
	Sag Band	Fatemeh	Mehran Ahmadi
2023	People's Wedding	Shima Jahed	Majid Tavakoli
	Hedgehog		Mastaneh Mohajer
2025	Turtle		Bahman Kamyar
	The House of Ghosts		Kiarash Asadizadeh	Completed in 2020
TBA	It Was Winter	Shirin	Vahid Parshad	Post-production

Series

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform
2018	Golshifteh	Goli Delgosha	Behrouz Shoeibi	Filimo
2019	Mannequin	Hamta Mehregan	Hossein Soheilizadeh	Filimo, Namava
2023–present	Seven	Angineh Markarian	Kiarash Asadizadeh	Tamashakhaneh
2024	The North Pole	Sahra Zamani	Amin Mahmoudi Yekta	Filimo
2025	Tasian	Maryam Saman	Tina Pakravan	Filimo

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
Fajr Film Festival	2012	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Trapped	Nominated	[9]
Hafez Festival	2014	Best Actress – Motion Picture	Trapped	Nominated	[10]
	2019	Best Actress – Television Series Comedy	Golshifteh	Won	[11]
	2020	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Mannequin	Nominated	[12]
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2013	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Trapped	Won	[13]