Shaghayegh Farahani

About شقایق فراهانی

Shaghayegh Farahani is an Iranian film and television actress born in Tehran in 1972. She comes from an artistic family: her father is the actor and theatre director Behzad Farahani, her mother is the stage actress Fahimeh Rahiminia, and her younger sister is the actress Golshifteh Farahani. She performed in theatre alongside her parents from childhood.

Career

Farahani entered cinema with Dariush Mehrjui's Leila (1996) and has since worked with several of Iran's best-known directors, including Mehrjui, Iraj Ghaderi, Bahram Beyzaie and Masoud Kimiai. Critics have praised her performance in An Umbrella for Two. She herself names that film, Butterfly in the Wind and the TV series The Pahlavi Hat as the roles she considers most lasting. Her other film credits include Tootia, Nights of Tehran, Sharlatan, Bahareh in the Rain and Metropol. On television she also appeared in Matador and A Beautiful Revolution.

On Pardeh

Pardeh has eight of her titles. The Pear Tree (Derakht-e Golabi), Mehrjui's 1998 drama, is a good place to begin. Half Mine, Half Yours and Heart Broken come from the 2000s. Wife's Club and The Crab are more recent comedies, and Boatman and Kooche-ye Zhaponiha are social dramas. The 2026 drama series Ostokhan Sooz is her newest title on Pardeh.

Biographical facts: Wikidata.

Shared cast credits

People credited in the same titles on Pardeh:

• Gohar Kheirandish · 3 shared titles
• محمدرضا شریفی‌نیا · 2 shared titles
• آرام قاسمی · 1 shared title
• الهام فراشاه · 1 shared title
• بیتا خردمند · 1 shared title
• بیژن بنفشه خواه · 1 shared title