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Zahra Amir Ebrahimi ( fa, زهرا اميرابراهيمی; born July 9, 1981) known professionally as Zar Amir Ebrahimi (), is an Iranian-French actress, producer and director. She is best known for her performance as journalist Arezoo Rahimi in the crime thriller ''

Holy Spider ''Holy Spider'' ( fa, عنکبوت مقدس, Ankabut-e moqaddas) is a 2022 Persian-language crime thriller film directed by Ali Abbasi (director), Ali Abbasi, starring Mehdi Bajestani and Zar Amir Ebrahimi. Based on the true story of Saeed Hanaei ...

'' (2022), for which she won the

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award at the

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. She is also a producer and host for the

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and oversees a cultural program for the Persian branch of

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. In 2022, Amir Ebrahimi appeared on

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's '' 100 Women'' list as one of the world's inspiring and influential women of the year.

Early life

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi was born on July 9, 1981 in Tehran, Iran. She studied theater in

Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; fa, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a private university system headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleg ...

and started her professional career by making short films. She speaks Persian, Pashto, English and French fluently, and knows basic Arabic, German and Italian.

Career

1999–2004: Career beginnings

Amir Ebrahimi started her career by directing her first short film, ''Khat'' (2000), when she was only eighteen. In the same year, she starred in Reza Keshavarz's play ''Water'', which was performed in the 19th Fajr Theatre Festival. In 2001, Amir Ebrahimi made her feature film debut in ''Waiting'', directed by

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. The same year, she acted in

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's play ''Sleepy Noon'' at the Niavaran Cultural Center of Téhéran. In 2003, Amir Ebrahimi starred in two plays, Rahman Seifi Azad's ''Gathering in Hell'' and Reza Hadad's ''There Is No One Who Can Remember All the Stories''. Both were performed at the 22nd Fajr Theatre Festival. ''There Is No One Who Can Remember All the Stories'' was also performed at the Lakoon Theatre Festival in Hamburg. In 2004, she appeared in three television projects, ''Help Me'', ''Like a Stranger'' and ''Vow''. The first two, which are television series, were directed by Ghasem Jafari and the last one, which is a television film, was directed by Mehrdad Khoshbakht. All three projects were broadcast in different networks.

2006: Rising popularity through ''Nargess''

In 2006, Amir Ebrahimi starred in the hit television series '' Nargess'' directed by Sirous Moghaddam. The series was one of the most successful series of the year and during its airing, Amir Ebrahimi became very popular. The series later won the Hafez Award for Best Television Series. The same year, Amir Ebrahimi starred in the critically acclaimed drama film ''Trip to Hidalou'', directed by Mojtaba Raie. The film premiered at the 34th

Fajr Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

and won the Best Art & Experience Film award. Months after the final episode of ''Nargess'' was broadcast, Amir Ebrahimi became the center of a national scandal when a homemade sex tape purportedly featuring her was leaked to the internet. Due to the scandal, she was banned from appearing in Iranian films and television for 10 years. ''Trip to Hidalou'' was also banned from screening due to the scandal and was never released.

2008–2019: Emigration and new projects

After Amir Ebrahimi was in danger of being imprisoned, she fled Iran and moved to Paris, France in 2008. Months before her emigration, she had a small role in

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's 2008 film ''

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'', which premiered at the

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. In 2009, she started over her acting career in France with Mohamad Rezaierad's play ''Silent Taheregan's Dream'', alongside Shabnam Tolouei. She also appeared in the film '' Women Without Men'', directed by

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and

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, which won the

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at the

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. In 2010, Amir Ebrahimi starred in Tinouche Nazmjou's play ''Voices of Women / Voices of Blood'' at Théâtre Pentu et Parole Avalancheuse, Théâtre de l'Épée de Bois and Festival de l'arpenteur in Grenoble. In 2011, she appeared in the television documentary ''Great Persians'', directed by Wesley Eremenko-Dodd and broadcast by

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. In 2012, she starred in Ebrahim Makki's play ''The Land of Fear and Hope'' at Salle Ayad Paris. She also acted in Hamid Djavdan's play ''Little Red Boy'' (2014–2015) at La Compagnie des Mirages. In 2015, Amir Ebrahimi acted in two short films, ''A Souvenir for My Mother'' and ''Jila'' directed by Iranian directors Mohammad Reza Kalani and Karim Lakzadeh. She also did voice acting in

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's ''Silex and the City'' from 2015 to 2017. She got her first leading role by starring as Vida Irandoost in the Swedish drama film ''Bride Price vs. Democracy'' (2016) directed by Reza Rahimi. For her performance in the film, she won the award for Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Language Film at the 2018 Nice International Film Festival and received two other nominations. In 2017, she played Sara in the German-Austrian film ''

Tehran Taboo ''Tehran Taboo'' ( fa, تهران تابو) is a 2017 Persian-language German-Austrian animated romance film directed by Ali Soozandeh. Animated through rotoscope, the film tells the story of three women and a male musician living in Tehran a ...

'', directed by

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, which used

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technique and premiered at the

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section at the

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. In 2018, Amir Ebrahimi worked in four television projects. She did the voice acting of Siri Perse and Ishtar in

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's animated television series ''50 Shades of Greek'' from 2018 to 2020. She directed two television documentaries for

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and

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, titled ''Amir Naderi by Amir Naderi'' and ''Kahani's Cinema''. Her last television project of 2018 was

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's television documentary ''One Day in Tehran'', directed by five Iranian directors. In 2019, Amir Ebrahimi created her own production company, Alambic Production. She is also a producer and host for the

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and oversees a cultural program for the Persian branch of

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. In 2019, she appeared in two feature films, a short film and a television program. She acted as Farzaneh Rezvani in the French film ''Adopt a Daddy'' by Xavier de Choudens; as Nadia in Hossein Pourseifi's film ''Tomorrow We Are Free'' premiered at the 2019

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; as Alma in Manon Coubia's short film ''Tide'', premiered at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival, and as herself in the three episodes of

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's ''40 Years, 40 Films'' directed by Bibi Khajehnouri''. In March 2019, along with

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 ...

, she received the Hamburg Award for Cultural Freedom at the Persian Spring Festival in Germany, for the exemplary nature of her fight and her itinerary as an artist and independent Iranian woman. Amir Ebrahimi is also a professional photographer, whose work focuses on social topics and issues.

2022: Acclaim and worldwide recognition for ''Holy Spider''

In 2022, Amir Ebrahimi directed, produced and also hosted in

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's documentary ''Portrait of Women in Iranian Cinema''. Amir Ebrahimi also starred in Ali Abbasi's critically acclaimed thriller ''

Holy Spider ''Holy Spider'' ( fa, عنکبوت مقدس, Ankabut-e moqaddas) is a 2022 Persian-language crime thriller film directed by Ali Abbasi (director), Ali Abbasi, starring Mehdi Bajestani and Zar Amir Ebrahimi. Based on the true story of Saeed Hanaei ...

'' (2022), inspired by the true story of

Saeed Hanaei Saeed Hanaei or Said Hanai ( fa, سعید حنایی; 1962 – April 8, 2002) was an Iranian serial killer. Personal life Hanaei was born in 1962. He had a dysfunctional relationship with his mother, who violently abused him; he later claimed t ...

, a serial killer who targeted sex workers and killed 16 women from 2000 to 2001 in Iran, in which she played journalist Arezoo Rahimi and won the

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award at the

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, becoming the first Iranian actress to win the award. Her performance garnered widespread critical acclaim.

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critic, Clayton Davis, said "both lead actors (Amir Ebrahimi and

Mehdi Bajestani Mehdi Bajestani ( fa, مهدی بجستانی; born January 12, 1975) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his performance as Saeed Hanaee in the crime thriller '' Holy Spider'' (2022). Career He is member of the Naqshineh Theatre group ...

) are worthy of

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attention". She won the Best Actress award at the 2022

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, and earned a

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nomination at the 35th European Film Awards, and a nomination for

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at the 40th

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for her performance. She also worked as a casting director and associate producer on the film, which was selected as Denmark's entry for Best International Feature Film at the

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. Following her win at the Cannes Film Festival, the Cinema Organization of Iran's

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issued a statement condemning the festival for awarding Amir Ebrahimi the Best Actress award, calling it "an insulting and politically-motivated move". Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance

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also threatened to punish Iranians who worked on ''Holy Spider''. Amir Ebrahimi told ''

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'' in June 2022 that she had received around 200 threats since winning the award at Cannes. The same year, she had a leading role in the French thriller film '' White Paradise'', directed by Guillaume Renusson. The film premiered at the 2022 Angoulême Film Festival in August 2022. In December 2022, Amir Ebrahimi appeared on

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's '' 100 Women'' list as one of the world's inspiring and influential women of the year.

2023: Upcoming projects

Amir Ebrahimi played the title role in Noora Niasari's directional debut, '' Shayda,'' executive produced by

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. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in the World Dramatic Competition. It was announced that Amir Ebrahimi will be starring in the short film ''Please Rise'' directed by Sheida Sheikhha. From 27 January to 5 February 2023, Amir Ebrahimi will head the jury of the Nordic competition at Sweden's

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. She will also lead a manifestation in support of actress Taraneh Alidoosti and the people of Iran who have been threatened by the government, arrested or sentenced to prison as they protested against the oppressive Iranian regime. Amir Ebrahimi starred in the Mehran Tamadon's documentary ''My Worst Enemy'', which will have its world premiere at the

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's Encounters section.

Other activities

Politics and activism

Amir Ebrahimi has publicly supported the protests led by Iranian women following the death of

Mahsa Amini On 16 September 2022, the 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini,; ku, ژینا ئەمینی, Jîna Emînî died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances. The Guidance Patrol, the religious mor ...

under suspicious circumstances after being arrested by Iran's

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for not wearing a

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in accordance with government standards in September 2022, and often shares on her social media the news about the protests and how people can help Iranian women.

Personal life

Sex tape scandal

In 2006, Amir Ebrahimi became the center of an Iranian sex tape scandal when a videotape of a woman, claimed to be Ebrahimi, having sex with a man was leaked to the internet and released on DVD. She subsequently became the subject of an official investigation handled by

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's chief prosecutor,

Saeed Mortazavi Saeed Mortazavi ( fa, سعید مرتضوی, born 26 November 1967) is an Iranian conservative politician, former judge and former prosecutor. He was prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, and Prosecutor General of Tehran, a position he h ...

. In an interview with ''

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'', Amir Ebrahimi denied being the woman in the film and dismissed it as a forgery made by a vengeful former fiancé who used studio techniques to form a montage of incriminating images designed to destroy her career. However, she later admitted that the tape depicted her and a boyfriend and had been stolen from their apartment. The unnamed man on the tape reportedly fled to

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but was subsequently returned to Iran and charged with breach of public morality laws. Rumours of an attempted suicide were also denied by Amir Ebrahimi with a public message: "I just want to tell my country's people that I am alive. I am thinking about the strength of Iranian women and will defend the respect of the girls and women of my nation." Due to the sex tape scandal, Amir Ebrahimi was banned from appearing in Iranian films and television for 10 years, and was also sentenced to prison and ninety-nine lashes, which made her flee Iran and move to Paris, France, where she has lived in exile since 2008. The man who leaked the tape—a friend of Amir Ebrahimi's and fellow actor who did not feature in it—was sentenced to six years in prison, but was released after two months. In France, she was able to rely upon the support of other Iranian exiles, such as her close friend

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 ...

. Amir Ebrahimi became a French citizen in 2017.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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