Roya Nonahali ( fa, رویا نونهالی; born February 13, 1963) is an Iranian

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

and director. She studied painting, and has worked in theatre since 1984. Nonahali started film acting with ''The Beloved Is at Home'' (1987, by Khosrow Sinai). Then she was selected by

Mohsen Makhmalbaf Mohsen Makhmalbaf ( fa, محسن مخملباف, ''Mohsen Makhmalbaaf''; born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won some 50 awards and been a juror in more than ...

for ''Marriage of the Blessed'' and received an award from

Fajr International Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

. Her performance in '' Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine'' was awarded with the Best Supporting Actress award at the festival. She started acting in TV programs by ''Asleep & Awake'' in 2001. In 2019, she referee's in first Iranian Talent Show called Asre Jadid Produced by

Ehsan alikhani Ehsan Alikhani (; born 6 November 1982, in Tehran) is an Iranian producer, television presenter, director, and assistant director. He is a graduate of Business Administration، from the University of Tehran. The first live program that he wor ...

Filmography

* ''The Imperfect Man'', 1992 * ''The Fifth Season'', 1996 * ''Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine'' (directed by Bahman Farmanara), 2000 * ''

Women's Prison This article discusses the incarceration of women in correctional facilities. As of 2013 across the world, 625,000 women and children were being held in penal institutions, and the female prison population was increasing in all continents.< ...

'', 2002 * ''The House Built on Water'', 2002 * ''A Piece of Bread'' (''Yek Tekke Nan'', directed by Kamal Tabrizi), 2005 * '' Niloofar'', (directed by Sabine El Gemayel), 2008 * ''It Happened at Midnight'', 2016 * ''

Shirin Shirin ( fa, شیرین; died 628) was a Christian wife of the Sasanian King of Kings (''shahanshah'') Khosrow II (). In the revolution after the death of Khosrow's father Hormizd IV, the General Bahram Chobin took power over the Persian empire. ...

'', 2008 * '' Helen'', 2017 * '' Shahrzad'', 2017 * ''The Waltz of Grey Years'', 2020 * '' Queen of Beggars (TV series)'', 2021

TV Show

* Asre Jadid (season 1) 2019 * Asre Jadid 2020-present

References

External links

* * 1964 births 20th-century Iranian actresses Living people Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress winners Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress winners {{Iran-actor-stub