Pantea Panahiha

Pantea Panahiha (Persian: پانته‌آ پناهی‌ها; born November 29, 1977) is an Iranian actress and. She is best known for her performance in Breath (2016), which was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

Pantea Panahiha
پانته‌آ پناهی‌ها
Panahiha in 2016
Born	(1977-11-29) November 29, 1977 (age 47) Tehran, Iran
Alma mater	Soore University
Occupations	Actress casting director script supervisor
Years active	2001–present

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Ref(s)
2001	Scent of Paradise	Hamid's family friend	Hamid Reza Mohseni	[1]
2003	Don't Kill That Man	Woman in love	Mohammad Arbabian
2006	The Confrontation		Saeed Ebrahimifar
2013	Acrid	Azar	Kiarash Asadizadeh	[2]
	Lady	Reza's wife	Tina Pakravan	[3]
2014	Ginkgo: Suspended Narrative		Touraj Aslani	[4]
2015	I Am Diego Maradona	Lili	Bahram Tavakoli	[5]
	The Buffalo		Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini	[6]
	In Silence	Firouzeh	Zharzh Hashemzadeh	[7]
2016	Duet	Samira	Navid Danesh	[8]
	Sister		Marjan Ashrafizadeh	[9]
	Breath	Bahar's grandmother	Narges Abyar	[10]
	Red Nail Polish	Azam	Seyyed Jamal Seyyed Hatami	[11]
	Arvand	Mahboobeh	Pourya Azarbayjani	[12]
	We Will Not Get Used To	Samar	Ebrahim Ebrahimian	[13]
2018	Nostalgia Celebration	Afsaneh	Pourya Azarbayjani	[14]
2019	Suddenly a Tree	Psychiatrist	Safi Yazdanian	[15]
	Jamshidieh	Charkchi's wife	Yalda Jebeli	[16]
	Darkhoongah	Shahrzad	Siavash Asadi	[17]
2020	Exodus	Mehrbanoo	Ebrahim Hatamikia	[18]
	Tale of the Sea	Mahin	Bahman Farmanara	[19]
2021	Hit the Road		Panah Panahi	[20]
2022	Squad of Girls	Vajihe	Monir Gheidi	[21]
	19		Manijeh Hekmat	[22]
2023	After Leaving		Reza Nejati	[23]
	Leather Jacket Man		Hossein Mirzamohammadi	[24]
	Captain		Mohammad Hamzei	[25]
	In the Form of Love		Siavash Asadi	[26]
	Hedgehog		Mastaneh Mohajer	[27]
2024	Aryashahr, Two People		Hamid Bahramian	[28]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Notes	Ref(s)
2015–2017	Shahrzad	Sharbat	Hassan Fathi	Lotus Play	Supporting role; season 1	[29]
2019–2020	Rhino	Vanousheh Azimi	Kiarash Asadizadeh	Filimo, Namava	Main role	[30]
2021–2022	Once Upon a Time in Iran	Gohar	Tina Pakravan	Namava	Supporting role; also as casting director	[31]
2023	The Translator	Nahid	Bahram Tavakoli	Namava	Main role	[32]
	The Marsh	Afagh	Borzou Niknejad	Filmnet	Main role	[33]
2025	Tasian	Homa Nejat	Tina Pakravan	Filimo	Main role	[34]
	Girls of Grief Alley		Ali Jafarabadi	Filmnet		[35]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Network	Ref(s)
2017–2018	Lady of the Mansion	Afsarolmolouk	Azizollah Hamidnezhad	TV series; main role	IRIB TV3	[36]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref(s)
Fajr Film Festival	2015	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	I Am Diego Maradona	Nominated	[37]
	2019		Darkhoongah	Nominated	[38]
	2023		After Leaving	Nominated	[39]
Fajr International Film Festival	2016	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Breath	Won	[40]
Hafez Award	2017	Best Actress – Motion Picture	Breath	Nominated	[41]
	2019	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Lady of the Mansion	Won	[42]
	2024		The Marsh	Nominated	[43]
Iran Cinema Celebration	2015	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Acrid	Won	[44]
	2017	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Breath	Nominated	[45]
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Red Nail Polish	Won	[46]
	2018		Nostalgia Celebration	Nominated	[47]
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2015	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	I Am Diego Maradona	Nominated	[48]
	2016	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Breath	Nominated	[49]
Urban International Film Festival	2022	Best Actress	Squad of Girls	Nominated	[50]