Roya Nownahali
Actor
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.
Filmography
Marriage of the Blessed
1989
Women's Prison
as Mitra 2002
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
as Woman Hitch-Hiker 2000
Sanam
as Sanam 2001
It Happened at Midnight
as Ziba 2016
The Fish Fall in Love
as Atieh 2007
A Piece of Bread
2005
A House Built on Water
as Mrs. Mohammadi 2002
Confessions of My Dangerous Mind
2015
Where Are My Shoes?
as Parinaz (Habib's Wife) 2016
Nimrokh-ha
2016
On a Friday Afternoon
2006
Tale of the Sea
2018
Niloofar
2008
Giti's Problem
2016
Wild
2024