Setareh Eskandari

Setareh Eskandari (Persian: ستاره اسکندری‎; also Romanized as "Setāreh Eskandari", Persian pronunciation: [setɒːˈɾe eskændæˈɾiː]; born June 15, 1974 in Torbat-e Heydarieh, Razavi Khorasan Province) is an Iranian stage, movie, and TV actress. Eskankari is mostly known for her parts in TV series since 1994, especially the TV series Narges, in which she took over Poupak Goldareh as "Narges" after the latter’s unexpected death. She has twice won the best actress award at Fajr International Theater Festival for her parts in the plays Unfortunate People’s Shaky Happiness (2000) and Co-aspiration (2014).

Setareh Eskandari
Born
ستاره اسکندری

(1974-06-15) June 15, 1974
Torbat-e Heydarieh, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
RelativesLaleh Eskandari (Sister)

Life and career

Setareh Eskandari was born in 1974 in Torbat-e Heydarieh, Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran. A sophomore in English translation, she dropped out to pursue her acting career, and joined the students of The Faculty of Fine Arts in 1993. Eskandari appeared in students’ festivals for about six years, getting nominated for an award in 1995 for her part in the play Legend and two years later at Fajr International Theater Festival for her part in the play Earth’s Last Heroes. Her movies include The Visitor to Rey (2000), Parya's Story (2010), Yousef (2010), Unplanned (2013), The Unwished (2016).[1]

Eskandari’s debut as a professional stage actor was the play The Gold-Toothed (1999), directed by Davoud Mirbagheri, while she started playing in the stage group "Dey" under the management of Ali Rafiei, as well as taking parts on TV and in movies. Her debut as a movie actor was Rival of the Heart (1996), directed by Abdorreza Ganji.

She won Best Actress Award at the Fajr Theater Festival in 2001 for The Joy of Influencing the Lives of the Unfortunate.

Eskandari starred in the series The Gradual Death of a Dream (2006), Until Morning (2006), Factor 8 (2008) and Passion to Fly (2011).

Having directed two plays on TV, Eskandari has been also the producer of a number of plays, including The House of Bernarda Alba, directed by Ali Rafiei.

Awards
  • Best actress in 19th "Fajdr "festival 2001
  • Best actress in "Iranian society of theater critics" 2001
  • Best actress in 33rd "Fajdr" festival 2015[2]
  • Best actress in "iran's house of Theater " 2015
  • Two awards as best actress in TV 2006 and 2008 .

Television series
  • Narges
  • Majerahaye khneye shomare 13
  • Ta Sobh
  • Factor 8
  • Marge tadrigiye yek roya
  • Shoghe Parvaz
  • Heyrani

Theatres
  • Dandoon Tala (Golden Teeth)
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Shazdeh Ehtejab (Prince Ehtejab)
  • Divar (Te Wall)
  • Saadate Larzane Mardomane Tirerooz (won best actress in Fajr International Festival)
  • Ghahveye talkh (Dark Coffee)
  • Shabe hezaro yekom (The 1001st Night)
  • Dar mesr barf nemibarad (There is no snowing in the Egypt)
  • Ashaghe
  • Eshgh va Alijenab (Love and His Excellency)
  • Shekare roobah (Hunting a Fox)
  • Ham Havayea ( A mountain climbing term that means adaptation of body and height )
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References
  1. N'Duka, Amanda (2016-01-12). "Santa Barbara Film Festival Lineup Set: Terrence Malick's 'Knight Of Cups' To Bow". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  2. correspondent, Tehran Bureau (2015-03-18). "'The glances they withstand': inside the lives of Iranian women". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-03-29.


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