Bahareh Afshari

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Bahareh Afshari is an Iranian actress born on July 5, 1984, in Tehran. She started out as a fashion designer, running her own boutique, and was named Iran’s youngest fashion designer by Chelcheragh magazine in 2004. Four months later she switched to acting after being persuaded by director Kianoush Ayari. He cast her in Roozegare Gharib, where she played two roles, and later introduced her to the film She Was an Angel.

Afshari is best known for She Was an Angel (2005). She received a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Drama at the Hafez Awards for her performance in Distances (2010). She has continued acting in films and TV, while also pursuing other creative work.

Today she co-owns a design company with her brother and leads the fashion design department.

Selected works

Film
- Miss Iran (2008)
- Shirin (2008) – Woman in the audience
- Cottage (2009)
- Sweet Life (2009)
- 24th Street (2009)
- Pay Back (2010)
- Marriage in the Extra Time (2010)
- Big Trouble (2010)
- Thesis (2011)
- 3 Degrees of Fever (2011)
- Miʿrajis (2014)
- Tatal and the Secret of the Chest (2014)
- Love and Madness (2015)
- The Sweet Scent, the Bitter Scent (2016)
- Guidance Patrol 2 (2017)
- Silent Voices (2018)
- Loveulance (2018)
- Alma Group (2018)
- Prisoners (2019)
- Parisa (2021)
- The Future (2022)
- The Sixth Day (2022)
- Upcoming: Agreement in Principal, Dance of the Dolphin

Television
- She Was an Angel (2005) – Satan
- Gharib’s Story (Roozegare Gharib) (2007–2008)
- Distances (2010)
- Hand Over Hand (2012)
- The Silver Man (2012)
- Miʿrajis (2014)
- The Last Game (2015)
- Need (2015)
- Lovers’ Secret (2018)
- Prisoners (2019)
- Parisa (2021)
- The Future (2022)
- The Sixth Day (2022)

Awards
- Hafez Award nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for Distances (2011)

Afshari continues to act in films and TV while also running a fashion-design business with her brother.