Aida Mohammadkhani ( fa, آیدا محمدخانی, born June 2, 1987) is an Iranian actress working in

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film. She is best known for her portrayal of an innocent child who lost her money on the way to buy

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from the market, in the film ''

The White Balloon '' The White Balloon'' ( fa, بادکنک سفيد , ) is a 1995 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, with a screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami. It was Panahi's feature-film debut as director. The film received many strong critical reviews and won ...

'' (1995) directed by

Jafar Panahi Jafar Panâhi ( fa, جعفر پناهی, ; born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an ass ...

Early life

Mohammadkhani was born in

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. She is the second oldest of four siblings.

Film and television career

In 1995 Mohammadkhani made her acting debut in the award-winning film ''

'', playing the child protagonist Razieh, a film by

at the age of seven years. She then acted in '' Raaz Mina'' (1996), directed by Abbas Rafei, and another ''Ebrahim'' (1998) directed by Hamidreza Mohseni. Mohammadkhani also worked in the Iranian television serial (

: سرزمين سبز) and "Street Rain" (

: کوچه های باران).

Personal life

Mohammadkhani received her master's degree in clinical psychology from Alzahra University. She received her PhD in 2018 in Cognitive Neurosciences in the school of cognitive sciences at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM). Her research focused on the orexin system in opioid addiction. From 2015 to 2017 she was a visiting scholar at Rutgers University in the laboratory of Dr. Gary Aston-Jones. Currently, she is a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Stephanie Borgland at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute of the University of Calgary. http://www.ipm.ac.ir/personalinfo.jsp?PeopleCode=IP1300016

Awards and honours

* "The Golden Butterfly" award for Best Actress at Isfahan International Festival,

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. * Judge at Isfahan International Festival - (2002) with

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, Reza Davood Nejad, Shahed Ahmadloo, Mehdi Bagherbeigi * Judge at International Fair Festival Iran - (2009) ''The White Balloon''
Caméra d'or
- 1995 at

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Gold Award
- 1995 at

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* Best International Film - 1995 at

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* International Jury Award - 1995 at

São Paulo International Film Festival The São Paulo International Film Festival ( pt, Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo), also known internationally as Mostra, is an annual film festival held in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. A non-profit event, the festival is organized ...

References

External links

*
''White Balloon'' review
Henri Béhar, Film Scouts.
''The White Balloon'' review
Jason Ankeni, Rovi. Fandango.com.
''White Balloon'' (VHS) Editorial review
Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammadkhani, Aida 1988 births Living people Actresses from Tehran Iranian film actresses Iranian child actresses Iranian television actresses 20th-century Iranian actresses