Setareh Eskandari

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Setareh Eskandari
ستاره اسکندری
Born (1974-06-15) June 15, 1974 (age 49)
Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
RelativesLaleh Eskandari (Sister)

Setareh Eskandari (

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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).

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 role 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. 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 the 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 for Flying (2011).

Having directed two plays on TV, Eskandari has also produced several plays, including The House of Bernarda Alba, directed by Ali Rafiei.

She is the director of the film: The sun of that moon,a film about the women of Baluchistan and its little-known culture that has been praised by critics and international festivals.https://www.irimageco.com/line-up/the-sun-of-that-moon/ Eskandari is the current manager of Iranian Puppet Museum since 2019. This museum is located in Mana Cafe House in the heart of Tehran.https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/434177/Museum-opens-for-traditional-Iranian-puppet-show-kheimeh-shab-bazi Her first experience as a member of jury delegation shaped at 22nd Pune international film festival in India on 2023.https://www.piffindia.com/jury-2024.php

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 .
  • Idromeno Independent Film Festival (May 2023 – Albania), Best Director Award https://www.irimageco.com/line-up/the-sun-of-that-moon/
  • international IMAGO Film Festival of Civitella del Tronto 2023,Casablanca Award’ for the best foreign movie and Stanley Kubrick Award for the best film director. (Italy – July 2023)https://www.irimageco.com/line-up/the-sun-of-that-moon/

Asia Pacific Film Festival (Macau – China, November 2023).Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best Cinematography, Best Costume http://thesunofthatmoon.com/

Television series

  • Narges
  • Majerahaye khneye shomare 13
  • Ta Sobh
  • Factor 8
  • Marge tadrigiye yek roya
  • Flying Passion
  • 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 )

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. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved 2017-03-29.

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