Mahnaz Afshar

Acting

Mahnaz Afshar

Born June 11, 1977 · Tehran, Iran (age 49)

Mahnaz Afshar (مهناز افشار) was born on 11 June 1977 in Tehran. Having studied video editing, Mahnaz Afshar participated in an assembly of training materials for Ketabe Avval directed by Dariush Mehrjui. Her first official appearance as a film actress was in a work called Shoure Eshgh. Having gained substantial fame, she later appeared in such films as Atashbas and Salade Fasl. Mahnaz Afshar also …

Known For

ShirinShirin · 2009
Shirin
★ 6.22009
MovieDrama
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.
BolbolBolbol · 2025
Bolbol
2025
MovieDrama
Bolbol tells the story of three generations of Iranian women under one roof in London. Maryam dedicates her life to care for her elderly mother Maman Joon who has dementia while simultaneously raising her teenage daughter Sadira who struggles with her Iranian-British identity.
PigPig · 2018
Pig
★ 5.72018
MovieDramaComedy
A serial killer is going around killing Iran's most beloved filmmakers. Hasan, a blacklisted filmmaker himself, is depressed and wonders: why isn't he being targeted?
Sperm WhaleSperm Whale · 2015
Sperm Whale
★ 5.12015
MovieComedy
Arjang, who was born before the revolution in Iran, has been in love with his childhood sweetheart, Roya, for the past 40 years. Roya, however, has brought him nothing but trouble. Now 50, and having experienced a revolution, a war, a divorce and both poverty and wealth, Arjang finds himself still in love with Roya.
Tonight, a Moonlight NightTonight, a Moonlight Night · 2008
Tonight, a Moonlight Night
2008
MovieDrama
Sahar and Payam have recently married. Two simultaneous events change their lives.
Suddenly a TreeSuddenly a Tree · 2019
Suddenly a Tree
★ 4.62019
MovieDramaFantasy
Farhad tells the story of his life to a psychiatrist. In the time of the Iran-Iraq War, Farhad is arrested and charged with illegal migration. When he is freed years later, he goes to his old love, Mahtab. Through conversations with his psychoanalyst and interrogations with the police, Farhad reveals the story of his life.
The TeacherThe Teacher · 2014
The Teacher
2014
MovieDrama
The events of the film take place in the Tajik outback. The story which presented is the story of two-three families. The large-scale drama of ideas in the film becomes the drama of several people living in a remote village, and the conflict, which may seem civilizational to someone, ends completely at home and so that everyone has time in the future.
Passion of LovePassion of Love · 1999
Passion of Love
1999
MovieDramaRomance
Sahar and Kian are in love and want to get marry but Sahar's parents are disagreeing with that so they decide to run away together to the north of Iran. But in the way in the bus they face new troubles.

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