Roya Nownahali

Biography

Roya Nownahali is an actress of theater, cinema, and television who was born in 1963 in Tehran, Iran. After completing her studies, she was first featured in Khosro Sinai's "Yar dar Khaneh" movie. She won the Crystal Simorgh for Best First Role Actress in Fajr Film Festival for "The Marriage of the Blessed" directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. She also became famous with the role played in Mehdi Fakhimzadeh's "Sleep and Awake" television series. She has also been featured in "A Piece of Bread" by Kamal Tabrizi, "The House On Water" by Bahman Farman Ara and "Confessions of My Dangerous Mind" directed by Hooman Seyyedi.

Known For

Shahrzad

Once Upon a Time in Iran

Queen of Beggars

The Beheading

Sleep and Awake

Shirin

Women's Prison

Marriage of the Blessed

All Movies (26)

• Wild2024
• A Bumpy Story2021 · as Masti Ebrahimi
• I Want to2018
• Tale of the Sea2018
• Highlight2017
• Helen2017
• Giti's Problem2016
• Where Are My Shoes?2016 · as Parinaz (Habib's Wife)
• Nimrokh-ha2016
• It Happened at Midnight2016 · as Ziba
• Confessions of My Dangerous Mind2015
• Sedaha2009
• Shirin2009
• Niloofar2008
• Mana2008
• The Familiar Soil2008
• The Fish Fall in Love2007 · as Atieh
• On a Friday Afternoon2006
• A Piece of Bread2005
• Women's Prison2002 · as Mitra
• A House Built on Water2002 · as Mrs. Mohammadi
• Sanam2001 · as Sanam
• Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine2000 · as Woman Hitch-Hiker
• The Fifth Season1997
• The Mousetrap1997
• Marriage of the Blessed1989

All TV Shows (8)

• Roshanaeie Shab2026
• The Beheading2024 · as Giso
• Once Upon a Time in Iran2021 · as Mehrbanoo
• Queen of Beggars2021 · as La'ya
• Shahrzad2015 · as Belgheys Divansalar
• Sleep and Awake2003 · as Natasha
• Sleep and Awake2001
• Zaviye Haftom—