Rana Azadivar

Rana Azadivar (Persian: رعنا آزادی‌ور; born 6 April 1983) is an Iranian actress.^[1][2] She is best known for her role as Faezeh in The Lizard (2004).^[3][4] Azadivar gained wide recognition after portraying the leading role of Samira Bakhshi in the widely streamed drama series Mortal Wound (2021).^[5][6][7][8]

Rana Azadivar
رعنا آزادی‌ور
Azadivar at the 2018 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1983-04-06) 6 April 1983 (age 42) Tehran, Iran
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Mahdi Pakdel ​ (m. 2020)​

Personal life

In 2020, Azadivar married actor Mehdi Pakdel.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Ref(s)
2004	The Lizard	Faezeh	Kamal Tabrizi	[9]
2006	Havoo	Rana	Alireza Davood Nejad
	Zagros	Mahsa	Mohammad Ali Najafi
	Men At Work	Jalil's accompany	Mani Haghighi	[10]
2007	Parkway	Raha	Fereydoun Jeyrani
2008	Shirin	Woman in audience	Abbas Kiarostami	[11]
	Familiar Territory	Mehrmah	Bahman Farmanara
	Tehran In Search of Beauty	Sara	Mehdi Karampour	[12]
2009	About Elly	Nazi	Asghar Farhadi	[13]
	The Sun Behind The Snow		Reza Sobhani
	Lil' Pea		Jalal Fatemi
2014	This Apple Is For You	Bita	Sirus Alvand	[14]
2015	The Girl's House	Samira	Shahram Shah Hosseini	[15]
	Muhammad: The Messenger of God	Umm Jamil	Majid Majidi	[16]
	Morning Is Close		Yalda Jebeli	[17]
	The Time I Came Back	Fara	Vahid Mousaian	[18]
2016	Sound and Fury	Tina	Houman Seyyedi	[19]
	Privacy	Darya	Ahmad Moazami	[20]
	August	Roya	Bahman Kamyar	[21]
2018	Bearer	Shahla	Bahman Kamyar	[22]
	Vespiary	Mahtab	Borzou Niknejad	[23]
	Istanbul Junction	Zohre	Mostafa Kiaei	[24]
	Consternation	Leila	Abbas Rafei	[25]
	Hangover Time	Nasrin	Mohammad Hossein Latifi	[26]
2019	Tsunami	Parisa Hemati	Milad Sadrameli	[27]
2021	Tara		Kaveh Ghahreman	[28]
	Be Human Once A Week	Ali's wife	Shahram Shah Hosseini	[29]
	At the End of Evin		Mehdi Torab Beigi, Mohammad Torab Beigi	[30]
2022	The Loser Man	Somayyeh	Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian	[31]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Notes	Ref(s)
2021–2025	Mortal Wound	Samira Bakhshi	Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian	Filimo	Main role	[32]
2022–2023	Jeyran	Taj ol-Dowleh	Hassan Fathi	Filimo	Main role	[33]
2023	Vertigo	Fariba Moghaddam	Behrang Tofighi	Namava	Main role	[34]
TBA	Untitled Homayoun As'adian project		Homayoun As'adian	Filmnet	Main role

Music video

Year	Title	Artist	Ref(s)
2017	The Cloud and the Rain	Homayoun Shajarian	[35]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
Hafez Awards	2005	Best Actress – Motion Picture	The Lizard	Nominated
	2021	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Mortal Wound	Won	[36]
	2023		Vertigo	Nominated	[37]
Iran Cinema Celebration	2010	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	About Elly	Nominated