Sara Bahrami

Sara Bahrami (Persian: سارا بهرامی; born January 22, 1983) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Cymorgh, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

Sara Bahrami
سارا بهرامی
Bahrami at the 2018 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1983-01-22) January 22, 1983 (age 42) Isfahan, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	Tonekabon University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009–present

Career

Bahrami began her artistic journey at the age of nine by attending acting classes at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults. This early involvement introduced her to theater, laying the foundation for her acting career.^[1] Born in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, Sara Bahrami has studied Theater at university.^[2]

Sara Bahrami holds a bachelor's degree in theater from Tonekabon University in Mazandaran. After graduating, she moved to Tehran, where she enrolled in various acting workshops. Notably, she attended the Karnameh Institute, led by renowned Iranian actors Parviz Parastui and Habib Rezaei.^[1]

Bahrami's first on-screen appearance was in a short film. However, her official film debut came in 2009 with the movie Facing Mirrors (Āyenehā-ye Ruberu). Her breakthrough role in television came with the series Parvaneh, where she garnered attention as a rising star in Iranian cinema and television. She further solidified her reputation with her performances in the TV series Pardeh Neshin and gained fame in the film industry with roles in Italy Italy and Woodpecker (Darkoob).^[1]

She has acted in series such as ‘Euphrates’, ‘Like a Nightmare’, ‘Parvaneh’, and ‘The Recluse’.^[3]

Bahrami has also appeared in a number of movies, including ‘Gita’, ‘Teheran’, ‘A Simple Romance’, ‘Italy Italy’, ‘A House on 41st Street’ and ‘I am Diego Maradona’.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
2009	Tehran		Nader Takmil Homayoun
	A Song for Louba	Louba	Toufan Nahan Ghodrati	Short film
2010	I Can't Imagine Tomorrow		Kaveh Sabaghzadeh	Short film
2011	Facing Mirrors	Marjan	Negar Azarbaijani
2012	A Simple Love Story	Khorshid	Saman Moghaddam
2013	Before Sunrise	Shirin	Tahmineh Bahramalian	Short film
2015	I Am Diego Maradona	Roya	Bahram Tavakoli
	Sympathy		Samira Shakouri	Short film
2016	Gita	Nastaran	Masoud Maddadi
	A House on 41st Street	Hamideh	Hamid Reza Ghorbani
	You Just Be My Mother	Sara	Roghayeh Tavakoli	Short film
2017	Italy Italy	Barfa	Kaveh Sabaghzadeh
	Let Us Move On		Maryam Naraghi	Short film
2018	Axing	Mahsa	Behrouz Shoeibi
	Centipede	Elham	Abolhassan Davoudi
	Staircase		Mohsen Banihashemi	Short film
2019	Jamshidieh	Taraneh	Yalda Jebeli
	Repression	Paria	Reza Gouran
2020	Latyan	Yasi	Ali Teymoori
	The Painter's Wife		Soheil Danesh Eshraghi	Short film; unreleased	[5]
2021	Bright House	Maryam	Rouhollah Hejazi
	Barter	Naghmeh	Ziba Karamali	Short film
	Dear Enemy		Soheil Danesh Eshraghi	Short film; unreleased	[6]
2022	Killing a Traitor	Atlas	Masoud Kimiai
	Grassland	Sara	Kazem Daneshi
2023	Left, Right	Masoumeh	Hamed Mohammadi		[7]
	The Orange Forest	Maryam Seifi	Arman Khansarian		[8]
	After Leaving	Mona	Reza Nejati		[9]
	Terrestrial Verses	School Principal (voice)	Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami
2024	The Year of the Cat		Mostafa Taghizadeh		[10]
2025	Khati		Fereydoun Najafi		[11]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Ref(s)
2018	Made in Iran 2	Parisa	Borzou Niknejad	Video CD
2019–2020	Rhino	Raha / Najmeh	Kiarash Asadizadeh	Filimo, Namava
2021	Mutual Friendship	Herself	Shahab Hosseini	Namava
2021–2022	The Professional	Sonia	Mostafa Taghizadeh	Namava
2022	The Therapist		Amin Hosseinpour	Filimo
	Cold Blooded	Rana	Amir Hossein Torabi	Filmnet
2023	You Only Go Around Once	Herself	Soroush Sehhat	Filimo, Namava
	The Accomplice	Mitra	Maziar Miri	Namava	[12]
2024	The Loser	Arghavan Amini	Amin Hosseinpour	Filimo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Network	Ref(s)
2011	Euphrates		Maziar Miri	TV series	IRIB TV2
	Like a Nightmare		Shahram Shah Hosseini	TV series	IRIB TV1
2013	Parvaneh	Parvaneh	Jalil Saman	TV series	IRIB TV3	[13]
2014	Curtain Dweller	Maedeh	Behrouz Shoeibi	TV series	IRIB TV1	[14]
2018	Get Together	Herself	Mehran Modiri	TV program	IRIB Nasim	[15]

Awards and nominations

Bahrami holding Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress for her role in Axing at the 36th Fajr Film Festival, February 2018

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.
Fajr Film Festival	2017	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Italy Italy	Nominated	[16]
	2018		Axing	Won	[17]
	2022		Grassland	Nominated
	2023		The Orange Forest	Nominated	[18]
Hafez Awards	2017	Best Actress – Motion Picture	A House on 41st Street	Nominated
	2018		Italy Italy	Nominated
	2019		Axing	Nominated
	2024		The Orange Forest	Nominated	[19]
	2025	Best Actress – Theatre	Pockets Full of Bread	Nominated	[20]
Iran Cinema Celebration	2017	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	A House on 41st Street	Nominated
	2019	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Axing	Won
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2016	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	A House on 41st Street	Honorary Diploma
	2017	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Italy Italy	Nominated
	2018		Axing	Won
Malaysia International Film Festival	2019	Best Actress	Axing	Won	[21][22]