Roya Nownahali

Born: 1963-02-13

Roya Nownahali is an actress of theater, cinema, and television who was born in 1963 in Tehran, Iran. After completing her studies, she was first featured in Khosro Sinai's "Yar dar Khaneh" movie. She won the Crystal Simorgh for Best First Role Actress in Fajr Film Festival for "The Marriage of the Blessed" directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. She also became famous with the role played in Mehdi Fakhimzadeh's "Sleep and Awake" television series. She has also been featured in "A Piece of Bread" by Kamal Tabrizi, "The House On Water" by Bahman Farman Ara and "Confessions of My Dangerous Mind" directed by Hooman Seyyedi.


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Nimrokh-ha

as uncredited
Released: 2016-03-15

A lonely wife is helping her hopeless husband who is living his last days of his life because of...

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Sanam

as Sanam
Released: 2001-05-02

In a small valley, riders pursue and kill a man. A horse thief, so his assassins claim. But for...

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Women's Prison

as Mitra
Released: 2002-10-06

Spanning 18 years in an Iranian women's prison, this follows two women: the new prison warden, a...

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Highlight

as uncredited
Released: 2017-02-24

A story of three women in a hair salon - Pegah is getting ready for her wedding when her fiancé...

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It Happened at Midnight

as Ziba
Released: 2016-02-03

When the resident singer at a venue that hosts weddings and funerals abruptly quits his job, a...

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The Fish Fall in Love

as Atieh
Released: 2006-01-01

After 22 years, Aziz decides to return to his hometown, to sell some family possessions,...

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Marriage of the Blessed

as uncredited
Released: 1989-02-01

Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to...

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Confessions of My Dangerous Mind

as uncredited
Released: 2015-07-15

A man wakes up and doesn't remember anything...

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Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

as Woman Hitch-Hiker
Released: 2000-09-08

Death surrounds Bahman, a director who hasn't made a film in 24 years (he can't get past the...

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A House Built on Water

as Mrs. Mohammadi
Released: 2002-04-01

Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts...

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Where Are My Shoes?

as Parinaz (Habib's Wife)
Released: 2016-03-16

After his wife and daughter lose touch with him, Habib starts losing his memory to the point of...

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Tale of the Sea

as uncredited
Released: 2018-04-20

Taher Mohebi is a well-known writer who, after witnessing a violent murder, breaks down and...

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The Mousetrap

as uncredited
Released: 1997-06-21

An Iranian TV-play adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.

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On a Friday Afternoon

as uncredited
Released: 2006-01-01

The life of a single mother living in Tehran gets unsettled by the visit of her enstranged sister.

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I Want to

as uncredited
Released: 2018-06-04

Bahram Farzaneh is a writer who has long been unable to write a story. Suddenly, due to a car...

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Helen

as uncredited
Released: 2017-02-22

Story About A Girl who Want's to Move To Italy But Family Matters Diverts Her To Another Way

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The Fifth Season

as uncredited
Released: 1997-09-02

The fight for power in an isolated village. Two families have been enemies for so long they...

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The Familiar Soil

as uncredited
Released: 2008-04-01

An artist's life who lives in a village of Kurdistan,Iran has been changed because his nephew...

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A Piece of Bread

as uncredited
Released: 2005-02-05

A group of youngsters participate in a race match and endure the difficult route of this race...

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Sedaha

as uncredited
Released: 2009-09-23

A murder takes place in a residential complex, and each of the neighbors gets involved in some way.

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Giti's Problem

as uncredited
Released: 2016-11-23

It's about a couple Iraj and Giti who their life is about to collapse. Their problem is Giti's...

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Shahrzad

as Belgheys Divansalar
First aired: 2015-10-19

A romantic historical drama set around and after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.

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Once Upon a Time in Iran

as Mehrbanoo
First aired: 2021-08-09

It is the story of a family on the first of September 1941, which undergoes changes during the...

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Queen of Beggars

as La'ya
First aired: 2021-01-06

Alborz Shams, a resident of Germany, returns to Iran for the death of his father, but in Iran...

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Asleep and Awake

as Natasha
First aired: 2003-02-27

Between Dreaming and Awakening, an Iranian drama series whose story revolves around gangs that...

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