Elnaz Shakerdoost

About الناز شاکر دوست

Elnaz Shakerdoost, born in Tehran in 1984, is an Iranian actress who built her career from school theatre to leading roles in some of the most discussed Iranian films of the 2010s.

She showed an interest in acting from primary school and won Best Actress at the student edition of the Fajr Festival in 1997. She then placed 11th nationally in the university entrance exam for the arts and studied theatre at the University of Tehran's Faculty of Architecture, while continuing to act on stage.

Career highlights

Shakerdoost's first major recognition came with a Crystal Simorgh nomination for Best Actress for When the Wind Blows Through the Meadow (2007). She later won Best Actress at the Hafez Awards for the series Mubarak. Her two collaborations with director Narges Abyar were turning points. She won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress for When the Moon Was Full and was nominated again for Pinto (Ablagh). In early 2026 she announced that she was stepping away from acting.

Her films on Pardeh

When the Moon Was Full (Shabi Ke Mah Kamel Shod) is the obvious first choice, a tense drama based on real events. Pinto continues her work with Abyar. Titi and Akharin Tavalod are dramas, and Fireworks (Atish Bazi) and Unfaithful (Bi Vafa) are lighter. Kaj Pileh (2025) is one of her most recent films.

Biographical facts: Wikidata.

Shared cast credits

People credited in the same titles on Pardeh:

• Hootan Shakiba · 3 shared titles
• آرمین رحیمیان · 1 shared title
• امین حیایی · 1 shared title
• بانیپال شومون · 1 shared title
• پارسا پیروزفر · 1 shared title
• پدرام شریفی · 1 shared title