An Iranian-born actor and documentary filmmaker. After gaining recognition for her performance in The Girl in the Sneakers (1999), she went on to appear in more than 40 films over a career spanning three decades. She later expanded her work into documentary filmmaking, directing the short essay films I Am Trying to Remember (2021) and My Father (2023), as well as Child Soldier (2024) and Taraneh (2025), both presented by the BBC. Rehearsals for a Revolution, winner of L’Oeil d’Or at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, is her feature directorial debut.
