Setareh Eskandari ( fa , ستاره اسکندری; also

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as "Setāreh Eskandari", ; born June 15, 1974) is an

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stage, movie, and TV

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. She is mostly known for her parts in TV series since 1994, especially the TV series ''Narges'', where she took the place of Poupak Goldareh as "Narges" after the latter’s unexpected death. She has twice won the best actress award at

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for her parts in the plays ''Unfortunate People’s Shaky Happiness'' (2000) and ''Co-aspiration'' (2014).

Life and career

Setareh Eskandari was born in 1974 in

Torbat-e Heydarieh Torbat-e Heydarieh ( fa, تربت حيدريه, also Romanized as Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh; also known as Torbat-e Heydari, Turbat-i-Haidari, Torbate Heydari, and Turbet-i-Haidari, and for short Torbat) is a city and capital of Torbat-e Heydarieh Co ...

, Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern

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. A sophomore in English translation, she dropped out to pursue her acting career, and joined the students of The Faculty of Fine Arts in 1993. Eskandari appeared in students’ festivals for about six years, getting nominated for an award in 1995 for her part in the play Legend and two years later at

for her part in the play ''Earth’s Last Heroes''. Her movies include ''The Visitor to Rey'' (2000), ''Parya's Story'' (2010), ''Yousef'' (2010), ''Unplanned'' (2013), ''The Unwished'' (2016). Eskandari’s debut as a professional stage actor was the play ''The Gold-Toothed'' (1999), directed by Davoud Mirbagheri, while she started playing in the stage group "Dey" under the management of Ali Rafiei, as well as taking parts on TV and in movies. Her debut as a movie actor was ''Rival of the Heart'' (1996), directed by Abdorreza Ganji. She won Best Actress Award at the Fajr Theater Festival in 2001 for ''The Joy of Influencing the Lives of the Unfortunate''. Eskandari starred in the series ''The Gradual Death of a Dream'' (2006), ''Until Morning'' (2006), ''Factor 8'' (2008) and ''Passion to Fly'' (2011). Having directed two plays on TV, Eskandari has been also the producer of a number of plays, including The House of ''Bernarda Alba'', directed by Ali Rafiei.

Awards

* Best actress in 19th "Fajdr "festival 2001 * Best actress in "Iranian society of theater critics" 2001 * Best actress in 33rd "Fajdr" festival 2015 * Best actress in "iran's house of Theater " 2015 * Two awards as best actress in TV 2006 and 2008 .

Television series

* '' Narges'' * ''Majerahaye khneye shomare 13'' * ''Ta Sobh'' * ''Factor 8'' * ''Marge tadrigiye yek roya'' * ''

Flying Passion Flying Passion ( fa, شوق پرواز ; Shoghe Parvaz) is an Iranian Drama series. The series is directed by Yadollah Samadi. Storyline The story of ''Flying Passion'' series is make about the life of Abbas Babaei, one of the pilots of the ...

'' * ''Heyrani''

Theatres

*''Dandoon Tala'' (Golden Teeth) *''Romeo and Juliet'' *''Shazdeh Ehtejab'' (Prince Ehtejab) *''Divar'' (Te Wall) *''Saadate Larzane Mardomane Tirerooz'' (won best actress in Fajr International Festival) *''Ghahveye talkh'' (Dark Coffee) *''Shabe hezaro yekom'' (The 1001st Night) *''Dar mesr barf nemibarad'' (There is no snowing in the Egypt) *''Ashaghe'' *''Eshgh va Alijenab'' (Love and His Excellency) *''Shekare roobah'' (Hunting a Fox) * ''Ham Havayea'' ( A mountain climbing term that means adaptation of body and height )

References

External links

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