Hedieh Tehrani

Hedieh Tehrani
Hedieh Tehrani
	Hedieh Tehrani at the 33th Fajr International Film Festival (2015)
Born	25 June 1972 (age 49); Tehran, Iran
Citizenship	Iran
Occupation	Actress, Photographer
Years active	1996–present
Notable work	; Fireworks Wednesday; No Date, No Signature; Unruled Paper; ; Shirin
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Website	IMDb profile

Hedieh Tehrani^[3] (Persian: هديه تهرانی‎; born 25 June 1972) is an Iranian actress. She is most noted for willingness to play mysterious, stony-faced and cold-hearted women. She began her acting career with Masoud Kimiai's (1996).

Early career[]

Mohammad Reza Sharifinia and Azita Hajian were the first ones to propose her a role for The Fateful Day. She auditioned for acting in The Fateful Day but refused to cooperate and the role went to Ladan Mostofi.^[4] Before acting in , she refused a part in Leila directed by Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. Kianoush Ayari then approached her for acting in his movie, and again she refused to play. Masoud Kimiayi was the first director who succeeded to have her playing in his film .^[5]^[6]

Personal life[]

The actress was arrested in 2016, in Tehran’s central Lala Garden for campaigning for Animal Rights, due to the gathering not being authorized by the government. The protest was organized after several Iranian municipalities put down a number of street dogs due to over population. The arrest has been condemned by some activists.^[7]^[8]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year	Title	Role	Director
1996		Maryam Koohsari	Masoud Kimiai
1998		Behrokh Sabeti
1999		Sima Riahi	Behrooz Afkhami
		Hedieh Tehrani
		Hasti Mashreghi	Fereydoun Jeyrani
		Diba	Sirus Alvand
2000		Negar Aryani
2000		Mahtab
2001		Yasaman Pakravan
2001		Zari
2002	Unruled Paper	Roya Royaei	Naser Taghvai
2002	A House Built on Water	Jaleh Tirandaz	Bahman Farmanara
2003	Abadan		Mani Haghighi
	Donya	Donya Shadab
		Maryam Yazdani
2004	Duel	Haniyeh
2004		Golchehreh
2005
2005	A Little Kiss	Mysterious Woman\ The Death Angel	Bahman Farmanara
2006	Fireworks Wednesday	Mozhdeh Samiei	Asghar Farhadi
	Half Moon	Hesho	Bahman Ghobadi

2007	To Each His Own Cinema	Hediyeh Tehrani (Herself)	Abbas Kiarostami
2007	Shirin	Woman in the Audience	Abbas Kiarostami
2008		Khomeini's Nursemaid	Behrooz Afkhami
2010		Nazi
2010		Mitra
2011	The Wooden Bridge	Nazli
2012			Hassan Fathi
2012			Mohsen Amiryoussefi
2015
2015
2016
		Mahi

2017	No Date, No Signature	Sayeh	Vahid Jalilvand
2019		Aban
2019		Homa
2020			and
2021		Leili Nazarian

Home Video[]

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2012		Sayeh Solat		distributed in Video CD
2020	The Accomplice	Ziba Fakhri		distributed by and

Awards and Nominations[]

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1999	Fajr Film Festival	Best Actress In a Leading Role		Won
2002		Best Actress In a Leading Role	Unruled Paper	Nominated
2006		Best Actress In a Leading Role	Fireworks Wednesday	Won
2010		Best Actress In a Leading Role		Nominated
2017		Best Actress In a Leading Role		Nominated
1997	Hafez Awards	Best Actress (Film)		Won
1999		Best Actress (Film)		Nominated
2000		Best Actress (Film)		Won
2002		Best Actress (Film)	Unruled Paper	Won
2002		Top Actors In Cinema of Iran After The Iranian Revolution	–	Won
2003		Best Actress (Film)		Nominated
2006		Best Actress (Film)	Fireworks Wednesday	Nominated
2018		Best Actress (Film)		Nominated
2000		Best Actress In a Leading Role		Nominated
2006		Best Actress In a Leading Role	Fireworks Wednesday	Won
2010		Best Actress In a Leading Role		Nominated
2006	Busan International Film Festival	Best Actress In a Leading Role	Fireworks Wednesday	Nominated
2002	Pyongyang International Film Festival	Best Actress In a Leading Role		Won
2019	International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg	Best Actress In a Leading Role		Nominated
2019	Toronto International Film Festival	Best Actress In a Leading Role		Won
1999		Best Actress In a Leading Role		Third Place
2000		Best Actress In a Leading Role		Won
2002		Best Actress In a Leading Role	Unruled Paper	Runner-up
2003		Best Actress In a Leading Role		Runner-up
2019		Best Actress In a Leading Role		Nominated
1999	Three Continents Festival	Best Actress In a Leading Role		Nominated

Notes and references[]

^ ماهنامهٔ دنیای زنان، سال سوم، شمارهٔ ۲۹، آبان ۱۳۸۶ ص ۵۲
^ Vista
^ Hedyeh, meaning Gift, is also transliterated as Hadyeh, Hadiyeh and Hediyeh. Although some pronounce Hedyeh (note the e instead of a), the latter pronunciation is incorrect in Persian, as it is Arabic. Hedyeh should be pronounced as Hed'yeh.
^ "Cinemama". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
^ SCinema
^ "Peaceful Demonstrators for Animal Rights Arrested in Tehran". Iran Human Rights. April 5, 2016.
^ [1]
^ [2]Iranian Film Star Arrested for Animal Rights Protest

External links[]

Hadyeh Tehrani at IMDb

[1] ماهنامهٔ دنیای زنان، سال سوم، شمارهٔ ۲۹، آبان ۱۳۸۶ ص ۵۲

[2] Vista

[3] Hedyeh, meaning Gift, is also transliterated as Hadyeh, Hadiyeh and Hediyeh. Although some pronounce Hedyeh (note the e instead of a), the latter pronunciation is incorrect in Persian, as it is Arabic. Hedyeh should be pronounced as Hed'yeh.

[4] "Cinemama". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-09-21.

[5] SCinema

[6] "Peaceful Demonstrators for Animal Rights Arrested in Tehran". Iran Human Rights. April 5, 2016.

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[8] [2]Iranian Film Star Arrested for Animal Rights Protest

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Hedieh Tehrani
Hedieh Tehrani at the 33th Fajr International Film Festival (2015)
Born	(1972-06-25) 25 June 1972 (age 49) Tehran, Iran
Citizenship	Iran
Occupation	Actress, Photographer
Years active	1996–present
Notable work	Fireworks Wednesday No Date, No Signature Unruled Paper Shirin
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)^[1]^[2]
Website	IMDb profile