Asal Badiee ( fa, عسل بدیعی; May 9, 1977 – April 1, 2013) was an Iranian actress. She started her cinema career with the film ''To Be or Not to Be'', a product of Kianoosh Ayari. The main subject of the film was organ donation; a task which Badiee performed in her real life.

Early life

Asal Badiee was born in

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. Her father, Shahrokh, was an employee at

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Personal life

She married

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, an Iranian cinema actor and film director in 2000, but they separated after four years; they had one son Johnyar.

Death

She was transferred to Loghman Hospital after a drug overdose on March 31, 2013, and died the next day from cardiac and respiratory problems. Her doctor also announced that she had died after cerebral vessels burst. Two days after her death, it was announced that her internal organs would be donated, with her family's agreement. Her

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liver The liver is a major Organ (anatomy), organ only found in vertebrates which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the Protein biosynthesis, synthesis of proteins and biochemicals necessary for ...

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, and

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were donated on April 5–6, giving seven people new lives, making her the first Iranian cinema actress to do so. Her funeral took place on April 7, 2013 at Vahdat Hall, with the participation of a large number of Iranian cinema and television actors and many fans. She was buried in

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Filmography

Film

*''To Be or Not to Be'', Kianoosh Ayari, 1997 *''Dirty Hands'',

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, 1999 *''Haft Pardeh'', Farzad Motamen, 2000 *''Dearly'', Bahram Kazemi, 2000 *''Candle in the Wind'',

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, 2003 *''Butterfly in May'', Mohammad-Javad Kazeh Saz, 2005 *''Sarboland, Saeed Tehrani'', 2006

TV Series

*''Until Morning'' (2005–06) *''8th Day'' (2009) *''Mankind's land'' (2009–10) *''The sixth person'' (2010–11) *''Ghazal'' (2010) *''My father's house'' (2012) *''Walk in the Line'' (2012)Asal Badiei (Persian,English)
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References

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