Laleh Marzban

Laleh Marzban (Persian: لاله مرزبان; born January 19, 1994) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Under the Smoky Roof (2017), New Moon Hotel (2019), Majority (2021), and Aban (2025). Marzban earned a Crystal Simorgh and a Hafez Award nominations for her performance as a working class girl who is hard of hearing in The Night Guardian (2022).^[1][2][3][4]

Laleh Marzban
لاله مرزبان
Marzban at the 2022 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1994-01-19) January 19, 1994 (age 31) Azna, Lorestan, Iran
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

Early life

Laleh Marzban was born on January 19, 1994, in Azna, Lorestan, Iran.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
2013	Hush! Girls Don't Scream	Shirin's classmate	Pouran Derakhshandeh	the second highest-grossing film of 2013 in Iran	[15]
2017	Under the Smoky Roof	Kiana	Pouran Derakhshandeh		[16]
	Cousins	Secretary Ghafari	Roohangiz Shams		[17]
2018	Damascus Time	Leila	Ebrahim Hatamikia		[18]
	Gray		Laleh Marzban	Short film, also as producer	[19]
2019	New Moon Hotel	Mona Tavakol	Takefumi Tsutsui		[20]
	Aysan	Female employee	Mehrshad Kheradmandi	Short film	[21]
2021	Majority	Asieh	Mohsen Gharaee	the fourth highest-grossing film of 2021 in Iran	[22]
	Dang		Khashayer Atefi	Short film	[23]
2022	The Night Guardian	Nasibeh	Reza Mirkarimi		[24]
TBA	Court		Ali Hazrati	Filming

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Notes	Ref(s)
2025	Aban	Aban Esfandiyari	Reza Dadooi	Sheyda	Leading role	[25][26]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Network	Notes	Ref(s)
2010	Black Intelligence	Zohreh	Masoud Abparvar	IRIB TV3	Recurring role	[27]
2018	My Mother	Afarin Servatian	Javad Afshar		Main role	[28]
2019	Setayesh	Nazgol Ferdos	Saeed Soltani		Main role; season 3	[29]

Theater

Year	Title	Playwright	Director	Stage	Ref(s)
2016	Blood Wedding	Federico García Lorca	Ehsan Malmir	Mehrab Theater	[30]
2017–2018	I am Oscar!	Mohammad Reza Sattari	Mohammad Reza Sattari	Paliz Theater	[31]
2018	The Other	Mohammad Hatami	Mohammad Hatami	Hafez Hall	[32][33]
2020	Le Prénom	Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patellière	Reza Javidi	Shahrzad Theater Complex	[34]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Lost to	Ref(s)
Fajr Film Festival	2022	Best Actress in a Leading Role	The Night Guardian	Nominated	Tannaz Tabatabaei (Without Her)	[35]
Hafez Awards	2023	Best Actress – Motion Picture	The Night Guardian	Nominated	Elnaz Shakerdoost (Titi), Sadaf Espahbodi (Grassland)	[36]

See also

• Iranian women
• Iranian cinema
• Fajr International Film Festival