Azita Hajian (, born 10 January 1958) is an Iranian

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

Early life

She was born on 10 January 1958 in

Narmak Narmak () is a neighbourhood in north-east Tehran, the capital of Iran. Located in the 4th and 8th regions, it has 100 little squares named by numbers like "Meidan 68" (68th Square) which some of them are big squares like HaftHoz, Haft Hoz and R ...

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

. She graduated in theatre acting and directing from the ''Faculty of Dramatic Arts'' in Tehran, Azita Hajian started stage acting in 1975 and film acting in 1989 with ''Thief of Dolls'' (

Mohammad Reza Honarmand Mohammad Reza Honarmand (; born 1955) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Directing in Cinema Honarmand has directed films in various genres. In ''Dozd-e arousak-ha'', he experienced a film with an attractive content that was ...

). Due to her theatrical background in the field of children and teenagers, her first films were in the same field. She is one of the major teachers of acting in Iran. She has also played in some TV series.

Personal life

She married

Mohamad Reza Sharifinia Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia (, born 15 June 1955) is an Iranian actor and film producer . Early life Sharifinia was born on 15 June 1955 in Tehran, Iran. After graduating from the ''Faculty of Dramatic Arts'', he married Iranian actress Azita Haji ...

in 1980. Their two daughters, Mehraveh and Melika, are also actresses. Azita and Mohammad-Reza announced their divorce in December 2010 after nearly ten years of living separately.

Selected filmography

* ''The Extraordinary Journey'', 1990 * ''Avinar'', 1991 * ''Dayanbakh'', 1992 * ''The Path to Glory'' * ''The Snowman'', 1994 (released in ’97) * ''

The Red Ribbon ''The Red Ribbon'' (Persian: روبان قرمز) is a 1999 Iranian war drama film directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia. The film was submitted to the 17st Fajr International Film Festival and won three Crystal Simorghs in the fields of best directing, b ...

'', 1998 * ''The Dead Wave'', 2000. * '' Under the Smoky Roof'', 2017. * ''180° Rule'', 2020. *''

The Notebook ''The Notebook'' is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, from a screenplay by Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi, and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel Mc ...

'', 2024

References

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* 20th-century Iranian actresses Iranian film actresses Iranian stage actresses Iranian theatre directors Iranian women theatre directors People from Tafresh 1958 births Living people {{Iran-actor-stub