Bahar Pars

Bahar Pars (Persian: بهار پارس) (born 28 March 1979) is an Iranian-Swedish actress and director.

Early life

Pars was born in Shiraz, Iran, and came to Trelleborg, Sweden in 1989 with her family after the war between Iran and Iraq. Between 2003 and 2007 she studied to become an actress at Teaterhögskolan in Stockholm (nowadays Stockholms dramatiska högskola).

Career

Pars has had several roles in plays and also several films. She made her film debut in the 2006 film ''När mörkret fallet''. In 2008 she performed the role of Nina in Farnaz Arbabis ''Måsen'' at Backateatern. At Uppsala stadsteater Pars played the title roles in the plays ''Anna Karenina'' in 2010, the stage version of ''Låt den rätta komma'' in 2011, and ''Hedda Gabler'' in 2013, the later directed by Farnaz Arbabi.

In 2014, Pars acted in the Jonas Hassen Khemiris play ''Jag ringer mina bröder'' as the character Valerie, directed by Farnaz Arbabi at The House of Culture (Stockholm). In November the same year she performed the monologue play ''På alla fyra'' at Kilenscenen at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern. The newspaper ''Svenska Dagbladet'' reviewed Pars' performance favourably and described it as "she had total control of her ways of expressions". Outside of acting, Pars has also directed and been one of the creators ''Nyårsklockan'', in which fifteen female culture-personalities appear.

In 2015, she was awarded the Medea Award with the citation "In her own personal way Bahar Pars widens the ways to play classical female roles and bring them into our present time". She had the leading role as Bertha in the play ''Marodörer'', written and directed by Jens Ohlin at Dramaten in 2015.

Ahead of the 2016 Guldbaggen awards she was nominated in the category Best Supporting Actress for her role as Parvaneh in the 2015 film '' A Man Called Ove''.

Television

*2008 ''Åkalla''
*2008 ''Kungamordet'' (TV Mini Series)
*2010 ''Drottningoffret''
*2010 ''Kommissarie Winter''
*2014 ''Den fjärde mannen'' (TV Mini Series)
*2015 ''Arne Dahl: En midsommarnattsdröm''
*2016 ''Finaste familjen''
*2016 ''Vårdgården''
*2016 ''Gåsmamman''
*2017 ''Syrror''
*2018 ''Conspiracy of Silence''
*2018 ''Black Lake''
*2022 ''Vi i Villa''
*2023 ''Ingen Ängel''

Filmography

*2004 ''Flickpingis'' (Short Film)
*2006 '' When Darkness Falls''
*2009 ''Knäcka''
*2009 ''Bebådelse'' (Short Movie)
*2009 ''Portofino: The Philippines''
*2010 ''Fredlösa''
*2010 ''Händelse vid bank''
*2015 '' A Man Called Ove''
*2015 ''Rinkebysvenska'' (Director & Writer)
*2016 ''Baby'' (Short Film)
*2016 ''Zon 261''
*2017 ''Ariel'' (Short Film)
*2017 ''TurkKiosken'' (Director)

*2018 ''Operation Ragnarok''
*2022 ''Maya Nilo (Laura)''
*2022 '' The Year I Started Masturbating''
*2022 ''KageFabrikken''
*2023 ''Donkey Land'' (Director & Writer & Actress)

References

External links

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Agentfirman Planthaber Kilden MandicExpressen intervju med Bahar Pars (Swedish)SituationSTHLM intervju med Bahar Pars (Swedish)Guldbaggen nominering - Bahar Pars (Swedish)

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Living people
1979 births
21st-century Swedish actresses
Iranian emigrants to Sweden
Actors from Shiraz
Refugees in Sweden
Iranian refugees
Swedish film actresses
Swedish television actresses
Swedish women film directors