Mahnaz Afshar

Mahnaz Afshar (Persian: مهناز افشار‎; born 10 June 1977) is an Iranian actress.[2] She gained wide recognition in the record-breaking film Cease Fire.

Mahnaz Afshar
Afshar in February 2018
Born (1977-06-10) 10 June 1977
Tehran, Imperial Iran
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
Notable work
Cease Fire
Season Salad
Eve's Daughter, Adam's Son
Felicity Land
Sperm Whale
Sperm Whale 2: Roya's Selection
Spouse(s)
Mohammad Yasin Ramin[1]
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(m. 2014; div. 2019)​
Children1

Life and career
AlAfshar and Payman Maadi at the 37th Fajr International Film Festival.

Afshar was born in Tehran, Iran. She graduated in natural science in high school. After graduation, one of her relatives who was the Theater Affairs Assistant in "Soureh" college introduced her to "Hannaneh" Art institute. Having studied video editions in the following years, she participated in the assembly job of "Ketāb-e Avval as a Golddigger" training materials, directed by Dariush Mehrjui.

Later on, she was invited by Shamsi Fazlollahi to act in a TV series called Gomshodeh (Lost) directed by Masoud Navaii, making her first official play in the TV industry. Her professional career continued by acting in a movie called "Doostam" (Friends) directed by Abdollah Eskandari. The film, however, was not released in movie theaters due to complications with the authorities regarding the story and morals of the film.[3]

Her first official appearance as an actress in the cinema industry debuted in a work called "Shour-e Eshgh" (Passion of Love), which received positive reviews by audiences and critics of the time. Having gained substantial fame for her act, she later appeared in "Atash-bas" (Ceasefire), a major hit, and "Salad-e Fasl" (Season Salad).

Afshar is one of the judges of Persia's Got Talent, a franchise of the British talent show Got Talent, which is aired on MBC Persia.[4][5]

Afshar wrote on Twitter in October 2019 that she and Yasin Ramin had divorced. ”Each person, strong or weak, has an existence. But when you decide to be a single mum, you have to have two existences. You have to be strong for yourself and your child."[6]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director
1999 Friends Sara Ali Shah Hatami
The Young Lions Leila Mohsen Mohseni Nasab
2000 The Passion of Love Sahar Nader Moghaddas
Gray Bita Mehrdad Mir Fallah
2001 Gem Neda Asghar Hashemi
2002 Poisonous Honey Sharareh Ebrahim Sheibani
A Girl in Cage Narges Ghodratollah Solh Mirzayi
2003 13 Cats on The Roof Leila Ali Abdolalizadeh
Coma Maryam Arash Moayerian
2004 Season Salad Mehr Angiz Fereydoun Jeyrani
2005 Men at Work Sahar Mani Haghighi
Who Murdered Amir? Marjan Mehdi Karampour
Trap Nazanin Sirous Alvand
Aquarium Shirin Iraj Ghaderi
2006 Cease Fire Sayeh Tahmineh Milani
The Trial Negar Iraj Ghaderi
The Boss Tala Masoud Kimiai
2007 Kalagh Par Sara Sharam Shah Hosseini
Pay Back Sara Tahmineh Milani
Reflection Nasim Reza Karimi
2008 The Day Goes and the Night Comes Foujan Rahaei Omid Bonakdar , Keyvan Alimohammadi
Invitation Shaida Ebrahim Hatamikia
Shirin Woman in audience Abbas Kiarostami
Poopak and Mash Mashallah Poopak Farzad Motamen
2009 Tonight Is The Moonlight Night Sahar Hadi Karimi
Memory Parichehr Nader Tarighat
Eve's Daughter, Adam's Son Mina Rambod Javan
The Third Floor Young Lady Bijan Mirbagheri
2010 Fairy Tale Sarvin Fereydoun Jeyrani
2011 Felicity Land Laleh Maziar Miri
The Snow on the Pines Roya Peyman Moaadi
A Simple Love Story Gandom Saman Moghadam
Wooden Bridge Shirin Mehdi Karampour
2012 No Where No Body Sanaz Ebrahim Sheibani
From Tehran to Paradise Ghazal Abolfazl Saffary
2013 Metropole Khatoon Masoud Kimiai
Good to Be Back Houri Yasaman Dariush Mehrjui
2014 Alien Sepideh Bahram Tavakoli
2015 I Want to Dance Maryam Bahman Farman Ara
Teacher Hedieh Naser Saeidaf
Sperm Whale Rouya Saman Moghadam
A House on 41st Street Forough Hamidreza Ghorbani
Gilda Gilda Omid Bonakdar , Keyvan Alimohammadi
2016 Sperm Whale 2: Roya's Selection Rouya Saman Moghadam
Delighted Tina Abdolreza Kahani
2017 Woodpecker Niloufar Behrouz Shoeibi
Los Angeles Tehran Ayda Tina Pakravan
2018 Pig Herself Mani Haghighi
Blue Like The Color of The Sky Amir Rafiee
The Agitation Darya Fereydoun Jeyrani
Suddenly A Tree Mahtab Safi Yazdanian
2019 Swear Razia Mohsen Tanabandeh
New Moon Hotel Noushin Takefumi Tsutsui

Home video
Year Title Role Director Notes
2015 Love is not Closed Nafas Bijan Birang distributed in Video CD
2016 The Romance Gisou Barazandeh Manouchehr Hadi
2018 Golshifteh Raheleh Golshifteh Behrouz Shoeibi

Television series
Year Title Role Director Network
1998 Lost Sahar Masoud Navabi IRIB TV1
2013 Red Hat Herself Iraj Tahmasb IRIB TV2

References
  1. AlMahnaz AlAfshar and her mother in law, father in law and daughter
  2. "Mahnaz Afshar". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  3. "MEN AT WORK - Buy Foreign Film DVDs - Watch Indie Films Online - Purchase Foreign Films - Stream Indie Films". www.filmmovement.com.
  4. Faghihi, Rohollah (13 December 2019). "Has Iran's award-winning actress left Iran to escape prosecution?". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. "Judging Iranian actress in a remake, Los Angeles + Video". mbs.news.
  6. Mahnaz Afshar divorced Yasin Ramin
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