Sahra Asadollahi

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, 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.

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 Year Title Director Producer 2015 The Salesman Asghar Farhadi Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Asghar Farhadi 2015 Aradatmane; Nazanin Bahareh Tina Abdolreza Kahani Abdolreza Kahani, Saeed Khani 2017 Appendix Hossein Namazi Maghsoud Jabbari 2017 Mah-e Darya Maryam Doosti Saeed Saadi 2019 Molaqat Ba Jadugar Hamid Bahramian Hamid Etebarian 2020 Pesarkoshi Mohammad Hadi Karimi Sadegh Yari 2020 Aghaye Sansour Ali Jabarzadeh Gholamreza Gomrokki 2020 Joojeh Tighi

2020 Parisa Mohammadreza Rahmani Saeed Saadi 2020 Yeghe Sefidha

2021 Homa va Khaharan Homa Bazrafshan Nima Hassani-Nasab 2021 Parisan

2021 Biro Morteza-Ali Abbas Mirzaei Majid Barzegar 2022 Tabaghe Yek o Nim

Television

Web

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) 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) 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)