Negar Javaherian

Negar Javaherian (Persian: نگار جواهریان; born January 12, 1983) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her acting in Gold and Copper (2010), Here Without Me (2011), A Cube of Sugar (2011) and The Painting Pool (2013). She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award, in addition to nominations for two Hafez Awards.

Negar Javaherian
نگار جواهریان
Javaherian at 2019 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1983-01-12) January 12, 1983 (age 42) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Education	Azad University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Rambod Javan ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	1

Early life

Negar Javaherian was born on January 12, 1983, in Tehran. She was one of the candidates for the lead role in I, Taraneh, Am 15 (2001), which went to Taraneh Alidoosti, but she played a minor role in the film.^[1] She won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress at the 28th Fajr Film Festival for her role in Gold and Copper.^[2] She also received the Best Actress award at the 14th House of Cinema Celebration for Gold and Copper.^[3][4] Additionally, she dubbed Kristen Stewart’s voice in the Persian version of the film Camp X-Ray (2014).^[5]

Personal life

Negar Javaherian married Rambod Javan in 2016.^[6] In July 2019, their daughter was born in Canada, and they named her Noordoxt.^[7][8][9] Javaherian’s presence in Canada during her pregnancy, alongside Javan, with the intention of giving birth there resulting in Canadian citizenship for their child sparked reactions from the public on social media and from various prominent figures in the country, creating controversies surrounding the personal life of this actress and her husband.^[10] Ultimately, on July 18, 2019, Noordoxt Javan, the daughter of Negar Javaherian and Rambod Javan, was born in Canada.^[9] Previously, Rambod Javan had stated in an interview that he had not traveled to Montreal, Canada, for the screening of the film Murphy’s Law, but coincidentally, the film was screened during his trip.^[8][9][11]

Career

Translation

She also co-translated Harold Pinter's play, Betrayal along with Tinouche Nazmjou.^[12][13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
2002	I'm Taraneh, 15	Maryam	Rasul Sadrameli
2004	Ghadamgah	Hananeh	Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour
	Girls' Dormitory	Shirin	Mohammad Hossein Latifi
2005	A Few Strands of Hair	Sima	Iraj Karimi
2007	The Music Box	The Young Girl	Farzad Motamen
	Barefoot in Paradise	Masoumeh	Bahram Tavakoli
	The Magical Generation		Iraj Karimi
2008	Miss Iran		Saman Moghaddam	Banned and unreleased film
	We Only Live Twice	Shahrzad	Behnam Behzadi
	Shirin	Woman in audience	Abbas Kiarostami
	The Book of Law	Kokab	Maziar Miri
2010	Gold and Copper	Zahra Sadat	Homayoun As'adian
	Nothing	Leila	Abdolreza Kahani
	The Day Goes and the Night Comes		Keivan Alimohammadi, Omid Bonakdar
2011	Here Without Me	Yalda	Bahram Tavakoli
	A Cube of Sugar	Pasandideh	Reza Mirkarimi
2012	Needlessly and Causelessly	Elahe	Abdolreza Kahani
2013	The Painting Pool	Maryam	Maziar Miri		[14]
2014	The Next Morning	Sahar	Ali Hashemi	Short film	[15]
	Tales		Rakhshan Banietemad		[16]
	Melbourne	Sara	Nima Javidi		[17]
2015	Temporary		Amir Azizi		[18]
	Dowry's Sugar Bowl	Masoumeh	Ali Mollagholipour		[19]
	Confessions of My Dangerous Mind	Aida	Houman Seyyedi		[20]
	A Minor Leap Down	Nahal	Hamed Rajabi		[21]
2016	Come with Me	She	Shahab Hosseini	Short film	[22]
	Duet	Sepideh	Navid Danesh		[23]
2017	Negar	Negar	Rambod Javan		[24]
2018	A Bigger Game	Parastoo	Abbas Nezamdoost		[25]
2019	Gold	Darya	Parviz Shahbazi		[26]
	Lovely Trash	The Young Woman	Mohsen Amiryoussefi		[27]
2020	No Choice	Sara Nedaee	Reza Dormishian		[28]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Notes	Ref(s)
2021–2022	Once Upon a Time in Iran	Khatoon Bakhtiari	Tina Pakravan	Namava	Leading role	[29]
2025	The Savage	Raha Jahanshahi	Houman Seyyedi	Filmnet	Main role	[30]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Network	Ref(s)
2003	This Isn't the Way		Reza Mihandoost	TV series	IRIB TV3	[31]
2006–2007	Under the Blade	Fakhri	Mohammad Reza Honarmand		IRIB TV1	[32]
2011, 2014	The Red Hat	Herself	Iraj Tahmasb	TV program	IRIB TV2	[33]
2017	Khandevaneh	Herself	Rambod Javan		IRIB Nasim	[34]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role
2011	Rewards of a repertoire
2012	The Fourth Wall
2013	Drama: two clowns and a half
2016	The Gun is My Honor	Voice
	Anton Chekhov's Ivanov

• Divan-e Theatral – (Directed by Mahmoud Ostad Mohammad)
• Red and the Others – (Directed by Mohammad Yaghoubi)
• Invisible Cities – (Directed by Mohammad Hasan Majouni)
• Where were you on Day the 17th? (Directed by Amir Reza Kouhestani)^[12]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
Asia Pacific Screen Awards	2013	Best Performance by an Actress	The Painting Pool	Nominated
Fajr Film Festival	2010	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Gold and Copper	Won
	2013		The Painting Pool	Nominated
Hafez Awards	2011	Best Actress – Motion Picture	Gold and Copper	Nominated
	2014		The Painting Pool	Nominated
Iran Cinema Celebration	2008	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	The Book of Law	Nominated
	2010	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Gold and Copper	Won
	2011	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Here Without Me	Won
	2014	Best Actress in a Leading Role	The Painting Pool	Nominated
	2016		Dowry's Sugar Bowl	Nominated
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2011	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Gold and Copper	Won
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Nothing	Nominated
	2013		Needlessly and Causelessly	Nominated
Les Rimbaud du Cinéma	2021	Best Leading Actress in a Feature Film	A Minor Leap Down	Won
Mar del Plata International Film Festival	2014	Best Actress	Melbourne	Won
Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema	2009	Best Actress	We Only Live Twice	Won
Trans Saharan International Film Festival	2016	Best Actress	A Minor Leap Down	Won	[35]