Sahra Asadollahi (Persian: صحرا اسدالهی; born August 18, 1992) is an Iranian actress, short film director, and documentary filmmaker. She began her professional career with a role in the feature film The Salesman (2016), directed by Asghar Farhadi.
In 2024, Asadollahi won the "Best Actress" award at the 7th Beirut International Women’s Film Festival for her performance in the short film Spasm. In the same year, she received the Golden Horse Award for "Most Impactful Actress" at the Sorocaba Film Festival in Brazil for her role in the feature film Parisan.
Early life and career Sahra Asadollahi was born on August 18, 1992, in the village of Kandar, Karaj, Alborz Province. She holds a degree in architecture and a bachelor’s degree in film directing from Soore University in Tehran. She began her acting career in theater under the guidance of Hamid Samandarian. Asadollahi made her television debut with the series Gahi Be Posht-e Sar Negah Kon (2014), directed by Maziar Miri. Her first on-screen appearance was as a reporter on the program Good Morning Iran.
Asadollahi launched her professional acting career with a role in Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman (2016). Other notable acting credits include the web series Shabhaye Mafia and Pedarkhandeh, as well as the feature films Pesarkoshi, Parisa, Aradatmane; Nazanin Bahareh Tina, Tabaghe Yek o Nim, Bi-Aban, and Biro. In Biro, she portrayed the mother of Alireza Biranvand, and the film was screened at the 40th Fajr Film Festival.
Filmography
Cinema YearTitleDirectorProducer2015The SalesmanAsghar FarhadiAlexandre Mallet-Guy, Asghar Farhadi2015Aradatmane; Nazanin Bahareh TinaAbdolreza KahaniAbdolreza Kahani, Saeed Khani2017AppendixHossein NamaziMaghsoud Jabbari2017Mah-e DaryaMaryam DoostiSaeed Saadi2019Molaqat Ba JadugarHamid BahramianHamid Etebarian2020PesarkoshiMohammad Hadi KarimiSadegh Yari2020Aghaye SansourAli JabarzadehGholamreza Gomrokki2020Joojeh TighiMastaneh Mohajer2020ParisaMohammadreza RahmaniSaeed Saadi2020Yeghe SefidhaShahramm Meslekhi2021Homa va KhaharanHoma BazrafshanNima Hassani-Nasab2021ParisanKambiz Babaei2021BiroMorteza-Ali Abbas MirzaeiMajid Barzegar2022Tabaghe Yek o NimNavid EsmaeiliGholamreza Azadi2022Bi-AbanMehrdad KouroshniaAli Mohammad Ghasemi2022Shomareh 10Hamid ZargarnezhadEbrahim Asghari2025Anja Kasi Divaneh NistNima Hashemi
Television YearTitleDirectorProducer2015Gahi Be Posht-e Sar Negah KonMaziar MiriReza Ansarian2017Dar Jostejouye ArameshSaeed SoltaniAli Ashtianipour2017Bia Az Gozashteh Harf BezanimHamid NematollahMohammadreza Shafiei, Hamid Nematollah2018Bache Mohandes 2Ali GhaffariSaeed Saadi2019Az Yadha RaftehBahram BahramianAkbar Tahvilian2019Sharayet-e KhasVahid AmirkhaniSeyed Morteza Fatemi2019DeldarJamshid Mahmoudi, Navid Mahmoudi2020Bache Mohandes 3Ali GhaffariSaeed Saadi2021Zendegi ZibastQasem JafariAli Hajazimehr2022Dastan-e Yek ShahrMohammadreza AhangFarshid Mahmoudi2024Salmane FarsiDavood MirbagheriHossein Taheri
Web YearTitleDirectorProducer2020Shabhaye MafiaSaeed AboutalebSaeed Aboutaleb2022JadugarMasoud AtyabiIraj Mohammadi2022AntenSeyed Ebrahim Amerian2022PedarkhandehSaeed Aboutaleb2022MaarekehBehnam TashakkorYousef Bachari2023TNTHamed AhangiMohammadreza Rezaeian2023ChidmanehIraj TayefehSeyed Javad Hashemi2024Sham-e Irani 4Saeed Aboutaleb
Directing
Short film Tari (2024) Feature documentary Camera Test (2016) Feature documentary Abbas Dariush (2017) Documentary Empty (2019) Short film If Only (2019) Short film Massage Room (2021) Documentary Saru (2021) Short film Masseur (2021) Short film Spasm (2022) Documentary Goluni (2022) Documentary Groups Create Stories (2022)
Awards and nominations
Winner of the "Best Actress" award at the 7th Beirut International Women’s Film Festival for the short film Spasm (2024) Winner of the Golden Horse Award for "Most Impactful Actress" at the Sorocaba Film Festival in Brazil for the feature film Parisan (2024) Nominated for Best Actress at the 15th World Music and Independent Film Festival in the USA for the short film Spasm (2024) Nominated for Best Director at the Black Moons Festival in London for the feature documentary Camera Test (2017) Winner of the Best Actress award at the Los Angeles Asian Film Festival for the feature film Homa and Sisters (2020) Winner of the Festival Trophy and Audience Award for Best Film for the feature documentary Camera Test at the 11th Tehran Shadow Film Festival (2017) Nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Wind International Film Festival in the USA for the feature documentary Camera Test (2016) Nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Black Star International Film Festival in Ghana for the feature documentary Camera Test (2016) Nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Peloponnisos International Film Festival in Greece for the feature documentary Camera Test (2017) Nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the San Mauro Torinese International Film Festival in Italy for the feature documentary Camera Test (2017) Nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Noida International Film Festival in India for the feature documentary Camera Test (2017)
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