Zar Amir
Born on 9 July 1981 in Tehran, Zar Amir Ebrahimi is a Franco-Iranian actress, producer and director. After studying theatre in Tehran, she directed her first short film Khat in 2000. Her role in the Iranian series Nargess (2006) brought her to public attention. In 2017, she starred in Tehran Taboo, directed by Ali Soozandeh and presented at Cannes as part of Critics’ Week. She set up her own production company in 2019 and that same year, alongside actress Golshifteh Farahani, received the Hamburg Award for Cultural Freedom; the Persian Spring Festival in Hamburg rewarded their struggles as independent Iranian artists and women.
In 2022 she won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her role as the journalist Rahimi in the film Holy Spider (2022) by director Ali Abbasi. She also worked as casting director and producer on the film. She is the first Iranian woman to receive this distinction.
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Zar Amir
Born on 9 July 1981 in Tehran, Zar Amir Ebrahimi is a Franco-Iranian actress, producer and director. After studying theatre in Tehran, she directed her first short film Khat in 2000. Her role in the Iranian series Nargess (2006) brought her to public attention. In 2017, she starred in Tehran Taboo, directed by Ali Soozandeh and presented at Cannes as part of Critics’ Week. She set up her own production company in 2019 and that same year, alongside actress Golshifteh Farahani, received the Hamburg Award for Cultural Freedom; the Persian Spring Festival in Hamburg rewarded their struggles as independent Iranian artists and women.
In 2022 she won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her role as the journalist Rahimi in the film Holy Spider (2022) by director Ali Abbasi. She also worked as casting director and producer on the film. She is the first Iranian woman to receive this distinction.
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