Shaghayegh Farahani ( fa, شقایق فراهانی; born ) is an Iranian actress. She is the daughter of actor

Behzad Farahani Behzad Farahani ( fa, بهزاد فراهانی; born ) is an Iranian actor and screenwriter. He is the father of actresses Shaghayegh Farahani and Golshifteh Farahani. Early and personal life Farahani was born in Arak, Iran. He is married to s ...

, and sister of actress

Golshifteh Farahani Rahavard Farahani ( fa, رهاورد فراهانی; born 10 July 1983), known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani (), is an Iranian-French actress. She is known for her performances in ''M for Mother'' (2006), '' Body of Lies'' (2008), ''Abo ...

Early life

Farahani was born

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

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. She is the oldest daughter of veteran Iranian actor

and stage actress Fahimeh Rahiminia. Her sister is actress

.Tehrani, Souraya
"Hollywood postponed : Golshifteh Farahani has been prevented from heading to the US to discuss future film roles"
Guardian (UK), Friday 22 August 2008.

Career

Some of her other works include ''

Tootia Tootia ( fa, طوطیا) is a 1998 Iranian drama film written by Alireza Davood Nejad and directed by Iraj Ghaderi. Plot ''Shaghayegh'' (Shaghayegh Farahani), the CEO of a cooperative, needs more money to build a specialized pediatric medical ...

'' (1998), ''Cinderella'' (2001), ''Butterfly in the Wind'' (2003), ''Charlatan'' (2004), ''The Trial'' (2006), '' Bahareh in the Rain'' (2008), ''The Sinners'' (2012), ''Metropol'' (2013) and ''Resurrection Day'' (''Hussein Who Said No'') (2014). She has appeared in a few TV productions, including ''The Pahlavi Hat'' (2012–2013), ''Matador'' (2013), ''Motherly'' (2013), ''A Beautiful Revolution'' (2014).

Personal life

She was married, and divorced some years later. She became the mother of a son named Sam at the age of 20.

Selected Filmography

* '' Leila'', 1996 * ''Love is not Enough'', 1998 * '' The Pear Tree'', 1998 * ''

'', 1998 * ''Nights of Tehran'', 1999 * ''An Umbrella for Two'', 2001 * ''Butterfly in the Wind'', 2004 * ''Sharlatan'', 2005 * '' The Guest'', 2006 * '' Bahareh in the Rain'', 2008 * ''Metropol'', 2013 * '' Conditional Release'', 2016 * ''

My Second Year in College My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Mar ...

'', 2019 * ''

Angel Street Bride ''Angel Street Bride'' ( fa, عروس خیابان فرشته) is a 2021 Iranian comedy-drama film directed by Mehdi Khosravi. Plot The ''Mohajer'' family lives in an old house in the heart of Fereshteh (Angel) Street, which belongs to the famil ...

'', 2021

References

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* 1972 births Living people People from Tehran Actresses from Tehran Iranian film actresses Iranian television actresses 20th-century Iranian actresses 21st-century Iranian actresses Islamic Azad University alumni {{Iran-actor-stub