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Zar Amir Ebrahimi

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Born: July 9, 1981
From: Tehran, Iran

Also known as

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi · زهرا امیرابراهیمی

Biography

Zar Amir Ebrahimi (born Zahra Amir Ebrahimi) is an Iranian-French actress, producer and director. She is known for her role in television series Nargess, and for her performance as journalist Rahimi in the crime-thriller Holy Spider, which won her the Best Actress award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

Known for

Holy Spider

White Paradise

Two People Exchanging Saliva

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Tehran Taboo

Seven Winters in Tehran

Filmography

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2026

Pieces of a Foreign Life

Acting (Amal Petmani) 6 EP

2025

In the Land of Arto

Acting (Arsiné)

Two People Exchanging Saliva

Acting (Angine) Production (Associate Producer)

The Vanishing

Acting (Malika)

Satisfaction

Acting (Elena) Production (Executive Producer)

2024

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Acting (Sanaz)

The Trainer

Acting (Zar Amir Ebrahimi)

The Darwinners

Acting (Furniture builder (voice))

My Worst Enemy

Acting (Self)

Acting (Maryam Ghanbari) Directing (Director)

2023

Please Rise

Production (Casting Director)

Acting (Shayda)

Inside the Iranian Uprising

Acting (Self)

Seven Winters in Tehran

Acting (Narrator (Voice over))

Acting (Self) 1 EP

White Paradise

Acting (Chehreh)

2022

Holy Spider

Acting (Rahimi) Production (Associate Producer) Production (Casting Director)

2021

The Great Leap

2019

Tomorrow We Are Free

Acting (Nadja)

Acting (Alma)

Adopt a Daddy

Acting (Farzaneh Rezvani)

2018

Amir Naderi by Amir Naderi

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

2017

Tehran Taboo

Acting (Sara)

2016

Bride Price vs. Democracy

Acting (Vida)

2014

Beach Flags

Acting (voice)

2009

Undated

Forough: Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season

Honor of Persia

Acting (Herself) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

Keep Her Quiet

Acting (Gülmira)