Setareh Pesyani

Setareh Pesyani (Persian: ستاره پسیانی; born September 8, 1985) is an Iranian actress. She has won an Honorary Diploma at the 39th Fajr Film Festival and an Urban International Film Festival Award for her performance in the war drama Yadoo (2021).^[1]

Setareh Pesyani
ستاره پسیانی
Pesyani at the 2020 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1985-09-08) September 8, 1985 (age 39) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Parent(s)	Atila Pesyani (father) Fatemeh Naghavi (mother)
Relatives	Jamileh Sheykhi (grandmother)

Career

Setareh Pesyani is daughter of Atila Pesyani, the late Iranian actor. Her debut happened when she was 5 years old, in a play directed by her father. She has directed the play of ‘Magic Musical Instrument’ (1995), when she was 13. In 1991, she entered cinema by acting in World's Greatest Dad. She has played in several movies and series such as Unfinished Narrations (2006), Three Women (2007), The Third Wave (2008), Office No.13 (2009), and No Men Allowed (2011). She has won Best Actress Award of The 28th Fajr Theater Festival for playing in The House (2009) play.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
1991	World's Greatest Dad		Darioush Farhang		[2]
2006	Unfinished Narrations	Setareh	Pourya Azarbayjani		[3]
2008	Three Women		Manijeh Hekmat		[4]
2008	Avantage		Ali Ahmadzadeh	Short film	[5]
	Be Ready		Behrang Tofighi		[6]
	Shirin	Woman in audience	Abbas Kiarostami		[7]
	The Third Wave	Farideh	Farid Sajjadi Hosseini		[8]
2011	No Men Allowed	Reyhaneh	Rambod Javan		[9]
2013	Butcher Angels	Gisoo	Soheil Salimi		[10]
2015	The Nameless Alley	Fatemeh	Hatef Alimardani		[11]
2016	A Dragon Arrives!	Yagshakha	Mani Haghighi		[12]
	Lantouri	Maryam's friend	Reza Dormishian		[13]
	Inversion	Soodabeh	Behnam Behzadi		[14]
	Twenty Weeks	Yasaman	Masoud Gharagozlu		[15]
	Phenomenon		Ali Ahmadzadeh	Unreleased	[16]
2017	Helen	Negin	Ali Akbar Saghafi		[17]
2018	Reza	Violet	Alireza Motamedi		[18]
2019	Jamshidieh	Nafiseh	Yalda Jebeli		[19]
	The Warden	Ahmad's wife	Nima Javidi		[20]
	Gholamreza Takhti	Hotel worker	Bahram Tavakoli		[21]
	Latyan	Maryam	Ali Teymoori		[22]
2020	The Good, the Bad, the Corny 2: Secret Army	Mozhdeh	Peyman Ghasem Khani		[23]
	I'm Scared		Behnam Behzadi		[24]
	Amphibious	Azadeh	Borzou Niknejad		[25]
	After the Incident		Pouria Heidary Oureh		[26]
2021	Yadoo		Mehdi Jafari		[27]
	Last Lullaby in Tehran		Mohmaad Vahdani	Short film	[28]
2022	Grassland	Shabnam	Kazem Daneshi		[29]
2023	Leather Jacket Man		Hossein Mirzamohammadi		[30]
2024	Barren		Mansour Vosoughi		[31]
2025	Antique		Hadi Naiji		[32]
	Whisper My Name		Rasoul Sadrameli		[33]
	Molotov Cocktail	Zhila	Hossein Amiri Domari		[34]
	The House of Ghosts		Kiarash Asadizadeh	Completed in 2020	[35]
TBA	48FM Radio		Kiarash Asadizadeh	Completed in 2018	[36]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Ref(s)
2014	I'm Just Kidding		Mehran Modiri	Video CD	[37]
2019	Blue Whale	Ghazal	Fereydoun Jeyrani	Filimo	[38]
2019–2020	Rhino	Nazanin	Kiarash Asadizadeh	Filimo, Namava	[39]
2021	Predictor	Herself	Pejman Jamshidi	Namava	[40]
	Once Upon a Time in Iran	Parvin	Tina Pakravan	Namava	[41]
2022–2023	Jeyran	Noghreh	Hassan Fathi	Filimo	[42]
2022	Party	Herself	Iraj Tahmasb	Namava	[43]
2023	The Lost Prestige	Soheila Zarei	Sajad Pahlevanzadeh	Filimo	[44]
2023–2024	The Marsh	Golrokh	Borzou Niknejad	Filmnet	[45]
TBA	Drunkard Morning		Narges Abyar	Sheyda

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Network	Ref(s)
2003	Crystal Garden		Rambod Javan	TV series	IRIB TV3
2008	This Loneliness	Sheida	Saeed Ebrahimifar	TV film	Sahar TV	[46]
	All My Children	Bahar	Marzieh Boroumand	TV series	IRIB TV1	[47]
2009	Office No.13		Seyyed Vahid Hosseini		IRIB TV1	[48]
2021	Under Ground	Farangis	Jalil Saman		IRIB TV1	[49]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref(s)
Fajr Film Festival	2020	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	I'm Scared	Nominated	[50]
	2021	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Yadoo	Honorary Diploma	[51]
	2023	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Leather Jacket Man	Nominated	[52]
Fajr Theatre Festival	2018	Best Actress – Second National Competition	100%	Won
Hafez Awards	2025	Best Actress – Theatre	Dr. Cook's Garden	Nominated	[53]
Iran Cinema Celebration	2019	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	The Warden	Nominated
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2022	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	I'm Scared	Nominated