Mahtab Keramati (; born 17 October 1970) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a

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, two

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. In August 2006, she was appointed as

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. Mahtaab Karami entered the world of acting after marrying Babak Riahipour, with whom she had a

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. However, this marriage ended in

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, and she has not remarried since their separation.

Career

Keramati was taking acting courses when she was chosen for the role of Helen in ''

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'', which garnered her national recognition. She later went on to appear in films such as ''Mummy III'' and ''Rain Man'' for which she was nominated for a

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Crystal Simorgh. She then appeared in dramas such as ''

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'' and ''Crimson Soil'' and the films ''Hell, Purgatory, Heaven'', '' There Are Things You Don't Know'', ''

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'' and ''The Private Life of Mr. and Mrs. M.''. She won a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for '' Twenty''. In 2015, she won Best Actor Award Imagineindia Film Festival. She was also featured in Dhaka Film Festival Jury.

Charity and philanthropic activities

After the earthquake of Bam City which occurred on 26 December 2003, she approached philanthropy and charity work and on 30 December she was one of the artists partaking in a charity meeting for quake-stricken people of Bam. From 2013, releasing prisoners-sentenced-to-nemesis, have become one of the charity work she does and she has put some efforts in collecting blood money and getting the next of kin's satisfaction. In this respect Shahab Moradi has been one of her companions. She is also a women's rights activist.

Filmography

Film

*''Mardi Az jense Bolour'' (1999) *''Mumiyayi 3'' (2000) *''Mard Barani'' (2000) *''Behesht az ane To'' (2000) *''Molaghat ba Tooti'' (2003) *''Shahe Khamoosh'' (2003) *''Hashtpa'' (2005) *''Salvation at 8:20'' (2005) *''Hess-e Penhan'' (2007) *''The Reward of Silence'' (2007) *''Adam'' (2007) *''Atash-e Sabz'' (2008) *''

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'' (2008) *'' Tardid'' (2009) *''Women Are Angels'' (2009) *''Doozakh Barzakh Behesht'' (2009) *'' Bist'' (2009) *''Shabane Rooz'' (2010) *''Adamkosh'' (2010) *'' There Are Things You Don't Know'' (2010) *''

'' (2011) *'' Absolutely Tame Is a Horse'' (2011) *''The Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M'' (2012) *''Azar'' (2012) *''The Fourth Child'' (2013) *''Inadvertent'' (2014) *'' Hussein Who Said No'' *''

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'' (2014) *''Arghavan'' (2014) *'' Jameh Daran'' (2015) *''

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'' (2015) *BIAFF Film Festival Promo Video 2017 (2017) * ''Mazar-i-Sharif'' *''Majan '' (2015) *''mordad '' (2015) *''Boht '' (2016) *''Shayad Eshgh Nabod '' (2016) *''old Road '' (2016) *''orca '' (2019) *''Sahneh Zani'' (2020)

Television series

* ''

'' (1998) * ''

'' (2002) * ''Khake Sorkh'' (2002)

Producer

*''Orca'' (2019) *''Platform'' (2017) *''Take Off'' (2017)

References

External links

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