
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
Wild
2024The Beheading as Giso
2021Once Upon a Time in Iran as Mehrbanoo
2021A Bumpy Story as Masti Ebrahimi
2021Queen of Beggars as La'ya
2018I Want to
2018Tale of the Sea
2017Highlight
2017Helen
2016Giti's Problem
2016Where Are My Shoes? as Parinaz (Habib's Wife)
2016Nimrokh-ha
2016It Happened at Midnight as Ziba
2015Shahrzad as Belgheys Divansalar
2015Confessions of My Dangerous Mind
2009Sedaha
2009Shirin
2008Niloofar
2008The Familiar Soil
2007The Fish Fall in Love as Atieh
2006On a Friday Afternoon
2005A Piece of Bread
2003Sleep and Awake as Natasha
2002Women's Prison as Mitra
2002A House Built on Water as Mrs. Mohammadi
2001Sanam as Sanam
2001Sleep and Awake
2000Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine as Woman Hitch-Hiker
1997The Fifth Season
1997The Mousetrap
1989Marriage of the Blessed









