Pegah Ahangarani

About Pegah Ahangarani

Pegah Ahangarani, born in 1984, is an Iranian actress and documentary filmmaker with a screen career of more than three decades. She is the daughter of two filmmakers, Manijeh Hekmat and Jamshid Ahangarani. She studied music at an art conservatory before choosing acting.

Actress

Ahangarani first appeared on screen at six, in Kambuzia Partovi's The Singing Cat. She became famous at 15 as Tadaei in Rasoul Sadrameli's The Girl in the Sneakers (1999). Over more than 40 feature films she won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress for Darband. She also received awards for Women's Prison, Zadboom and No Prior Appointment.

Filmmaker

She later moved into documentary directing. Her films include the essay documentaries I Am Trying to Remember (2021) and My Father (2023), as well as Child Soldier (2024) and Taraneh (2025). Her work has screened and won awards at international festivals, including IDFA and Busan.

On Pardeh

Six of her films are available. No Prior Appointment (Bedoon Gharar Ghabli) is a drama and one of her award-winning roles. For Marjan and Gisoum are dramas, and The Worker Bee (Zanboor-e Kargar) is a crime drama. Domestic Killer (Ghatel-e Ahli) is Masoud Kimiai's social drama, and No Men Allowed is a lighter family comedy.

Biographical facts: Wikidata.

Shared cast credits

People credited in the same titles on Pardeh:

• الهام کردا · 1 shared title
• امیر جدیدی · 1 shared title
• بهاره رهنما · 1 shared title
• پرویز پرستویی · 1 shared title
• پرویز پورحسینی · 1 shared title
• پری‌ناز ایزدیار · 1 shared title