Saba Kamali ( fa, صبا کمالی; born October 17, 1976) is an Iranian actress.
Career
She began her career with
stage
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Acting
* Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions
* Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage"
* ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper
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acting in 1997, and later made her film debut with 'Born in the Month of Mehr' (1999).
Kamali, however, found fame with the series ''
After the Rain'' (2000).
She established herself as an actress with the period dramas 'The British Briefcase' (1999) and 'Shahriyar' (2006).
The Iranian actress has also appeared in 'The Black Eyes' (2002), 'Boutique' (2003), 'There's Always a Woman Involved' (2007) and 'The Redemption' (2010).
She won the Best Actress Award at the 3rd Tehran Theater Festival for her performance in the play 'From Nothingness to Humanity'.
Arrest
On 12 September 2019, an
arrest warrant was issued for Kamali after her post on
Instagram in support of
Sahar Khodayari, who
self-immolated
The term self-immolation broadly refers to acts of altruistic suicide, otherwise the giving up of one's body in an act of sacrifice. However, it most often refers specifically to autocremation, the act of sacrificing oneself by setting oneself o ...
after she was prosecuted for trying to enter the
Azadi Stadium
The Azadi Stadium ( fa, ورزشگاه آزادی Varzešgâh''-è Âzâdi''), opened as the Aryamehr Stadium ( fa, ورزشگاه آریامهر Varzešgâh-è ''Âryâmehr''), is an all-seater football stadium in Tehran, Iran. The stadium wa ...
, an act which is considered illegal for Iranian females. In her post, she published an imaginary dialogue with
Husayn ibn Ali questioning the relevance of ceremonial
Ashura event.
Filmography
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After the Rain (TV series)
After the Rain is an Iranian television series produced for IRIB TV3 created by Saeed Soltani. This film is about a story in Reza Shah era.
Plot
After the Rain’ narrates the story of serfdom during a time in Iran’s history. A couple is killed ...
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Roozegar-e Gharib
''Roozegar-e Gharib'' ( fa, روزگار قریب, italic=yes, literally "Gharib's Story") is an Iranian TV series about Dr. Mohammad Gharib, the father of Pediatrics in Iran directed by Kianoush Ayari.
Story
Ayyari wrote the script and the film r ...
'' TV series
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The English Briefcase (TV series)''
*''Motevalled-e Mah-e Mehr''
*''Cheshman-e'' Siah
*''Boutique''
*''Hamisheh Pa-ye yek zan dar mian ast''
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The Redemption''
References
External links
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Living people
1976 births
People from Sari, Iran
Actresses from Tehran
Iranian film actresses
Iranian stage actresses
Iranian television actresses
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