Hedieh Tehrani

Hediyeh Tehrāni

Hedyeh Tehrāni
Born June 25, 1972 (1972-06-25) (age 39)
Tehran, Iran
Other names Hedyeh Tehrāni
Years active 1996–present
Spouse Hooman Behmanesh
Awards Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress, 17th Fajr Film Festival
Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress, 24th Fajr Film Festival

Hedieh Tehrāni [1] (Persian: هديه تهرانی, born 25 June 1972, Tehran, Iran) is a Crystal-Simorgh winning 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 Soltan (1996). For her appearance in Ghermez (1998) she received the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress from the 17th Fajr Film Festival.[2]

Hediyeh Tehrani received the second Crystal Simorgh of her career from the 24th Fajr Film Festival, for Fireworks Wednesday. In 2006 she appeared in Bahman Ghobadi's Niwemang. The film received the Gold Shell of the 54th San Sebastián International Film Festival.[3]

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Early career

Mohammad Reza Sharifinia and Azita Hajian were the first ones to propose her a role for The Day of Incident.She gave a test for acting in Rooz-e Vaghe'e (aka The Day of Incident) but refused to cooperate and the role went to Ladan Mostofi.[4] Before acting in Sultan, she refused to play a part in Leila directed by famous Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. Kianoosh Ayyari,then proposed her for acting in his movie, Boodan ya Naboodan and again she refused to play. Masoud Kimiayi was the first director who succeeded to have her playing in his film Sultan.[5]

Filmography

Year Film English Title Role Director
1996 Soltan "The King" Maryam Koohsari Masoud Kimiai
1998 Ghermez "Red" Hasti Mashreghi Fereydoun Jeyrani
1998 Gharibaneh "As a Stranger" Behrokh Sabeti Ahmad Amini
1999 Shokaran "Hemlock" Sima Riahi Behrooz Afkhami
1999 Siavash "Siavash" Hedieh Tehrani Saman Moghaddam
1999 Dast-haye Aloodeh "Dirty Hands" Diba Siroos Alvand
2000 Party "The Party" Negar Aryani Saman Moghaddam
2000 Abi "Blue" Mahtab Hamid Labkhandeh
2001 Chatri Baraye Do Nafar "An Umbrella for Two" Yasaman Pakravan Ahmad Amini
2001 Zamaneh "Zamaneh" Zari Hamidreza Selahmand
2002 Khanei Ruye Aab "A House Built on Water" Jaleh Tirandaz Bahman Farmanara
2002 Kaghaz-e bi-khatt "Unruled Paper" Roya Royaei Naser Taghvai
2003 Abadan Abadan Mani Haghighi
2003 Donya Donya Donya Shadab Manoochehr Mosiri
2003 Dokhtar Irooni "Iranian Girl" Maryam Yazdani Mohhammad Hossein Latifi
2004 Jaei Baraye Zendegi "A Place to Live" Golchehreh Mohammadreza Bozorgnia
2004 Duel Duel Haniyeh Ahmadreza Darvish
2005 Yek Boos-e Koochooloo "A Little Kiss" Mysterious Woman\
The Death Angel
Bahman Farmanara
2005 Chashmhayam Khakestari Shod "My Eyes Became Gray" Davoud Rahmati
2006 Chaharshanbe-soori "Fireworks Wednesday" Mozhde Samiei Asghar Farhadi
2006 Niwemang "Half Moon" Hesho Bahman Ghobadi
2006 Nasl-e Jadooyi "The Magic Generation" Iraj Karimi
2007 To Each His Own Cinema "To Each His Own Cinema" Abbas Kiarostami
2009 Farzand-e Sobh "The Son of Dawn" Khomeini's Nursemaid Behrooz Afkhami
2009 Ro be Ghoroub "Towards Sunset" Iraj Emami
2010 Haft Daghigheh Ta Payiz "Seven Minutes until Autumn" Mitra Alireza Amini
2010 Tehran 1500 "Tehran 1500" Bahram Azimi
2011 Pol-e Choobi "The Wooden Bridge" Mehdi Karampoor

Awards and nominations

Notes and references

  1. ^ Hedyeh, meaning Gift, is also transliterated as Hadyeh, Hadieh, Hadiyeh, Hedieh and Hediyeh. Although some pronounce Hedyeh as Hadyeh (note the e instead of a), the latter pronunciation is incorrect in Persian, as it is Arabic. Hedyeh should be pronounced as Hed'yeh.
  2. ^ 17th Fajr Film Festival Awards. Fajr International Film Festival, Retrieved October 5, 2006.
  3. ^ "Iranian Film Niwemang Obtains the Gold Shell of the 54th Festival of Cinema of San Sebastián" (in spanish). IRNA. http://www.irna.ir/es/news/view/menu-366/0609306119202557.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
  4. ^ http://www.cinemaema.com/modules.php?name=TWNews&file=newsview&sid=2117
  5. ^ http://www.sourehcinema.com/People/FullBiography.aspx?Id=138112060066

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