Mahaya Petrosian
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Mahaya Petrosian (in Persian:ماهایا پطروسیان) is an Iranian Actress. She was born on 3rd January1970 in Tehran, Iran.
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[edit] Biography
She was born on January 3rd, 1970 in Tehran. Her father is a civil engineer and her mother is a children sanitation specialist. She has a brother and a sister who work in scientific fields, and also she is the youngest child in her family. She passed her primary school at Jandark French school (A two language school that the students were learning the lessons from morning to noon in Persian and from noon to evening in French). After the Islamic revolution and for the first grade of guidance school, she registered in Raazi Guidance school. Then she continued her study in Maryam school (an Armenian school) for next 3 years. After that she passed her last 3 years of high school in Hadaf High school.She got her Diploma in natural science, in 1987 (1366). She was impressed in art and be an actress in the last years of high school. And that was just a personal desire and there wasn't any relationship between her decision and her family field of study and job. After the high school period she participated in concours (university entrance exam) preparation classes. Moreover she passed some courses that are supervised by Shohreh Lorestaani in Jahhad-E-Daneshgahi of Tehran university. Her first experiences in theater were shaped in these classes. She was accepted in general concours of art. She got the first-rate in theater and second-rate in cinema in 1988 (1367). She chose Theater to continue her study and registered in department of fine art in Tehran university. The first professional theater that she acted in was "Khasteghary" (Courtship) , written by Anton Tchekhov, that had been prepared just as a class project but next had been chosen for public show. That was her first serious experience in acting (1989/1368). In the same year she acted in a short role in "Eshgh-o-Marg" (Love and Death) and experienced acting in cinema for the first time. She continued professional acting in cinema and theater during the university period.And also she acted in some amateur theater, when she was a student in the university such as: "Majeraye nime shab" (Midnight story), written by: Sean O’casey, co-star: Hamid Farrokhnejad, and "Daavat" (Invitation), written by: Dr. Gholamhossein Saedi, directed by: Hamid Farrokhnejad, co-star: Elahe Golpari. During that time she directed "Mashin nevisha" (The Typists), written by: Morey Shisgal,co-star: Ali Omrani (but this theater had not been shown in common).She graduated in 1994 (1373). The name of her thesis was "The methods of acting in Marekeh-Dar-Marekeh theater", that had a special look to the methods of acting in that theater and analyzed the theater.
[edit] Filmography
- Eshgh -o -Marg 1368 (Love and death 1989), Director: Mohammadreza Alami
- Pardeye akhar 1369 (The last act 1990), Director : Varouzh Karim Masihi
- Dighe che khabar !? 1370 (What else is new !? 1991), Director : Tahmineh Milani
- Naseredinshah, actore cinema 1370 (Once upon a time cinema 1991), Director : Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Honarpisheh 1371 (The actor 1992) Director : Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Raze gole shab boo 1371 (The secret of the clove 1993) Director : Saeed Khorshidian
- Hasrate didar 1373 (Rendezvous wistfulness 1995) Director : Moharam Zeinalzadeh
- Sheikh-E-Mofid 1373 (Mofid, the sheikh 1995) Director : Fariborz Saaleh
- Nabakhshoudeh 1375 (Unforgivable 1996) Director : Iraj Ghaderi
- Ghasedak 1375 (The dandelion 1996) Director : Ghasem Jafari
- Komakam kon 1376 (Help me 1997) Director : Rasoul Molla Gholipour
- Haft pardeh 1379 (Seven act 2000) Director : Farzad Motamen
- Dokhatry be name Tondar 1379 (A girl named Tondar 2000) Director : Hamidreza Ashtianipour
- Az samime ghalb 1379 (Wholeheartedly 2000) Director : Bahram Kazemi
- Aroosse khosh ghadam 1381 (The lucky bride 2002) Director : Kazem Rastgoftar
- Molaghat ba Tooty 1381 (Meeting with parrot 2003) Director : Alireza Davoudnejad
- Hashtpa 1382 (Octopus 2004) Director : Alireza Davoudnejad
- Entekhab 1383 (The choice 2004) Director : Touraj Mansouri
- Pishnehade 50 Miliooni 1383 (50 million proposal 2004-05) Director : Mehdi Sabaghzadeh
- Zan-e-Badali 1384 (Imitation Woman 2005) Director: Mehrdad Mirfallah
