Sahar Dolatshahi

Sahar Dolatshahi (Persian: سحر دولتشاهی; born in October 8, 1979) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Ice Age (2015), Istanbul Junction (2018), The Frog (2020–2021), I Want to Live (2021), and Viper of Tehran (2024). She has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

Sahar Dolatshahi
سحر دولتشاهی
Dolatshahi at the 2018 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1979-10-08) October 8, 1979 (age 45) Tehran, Iran
Alma mater	Soore University Azad University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Rambod Javan ​ ​ (m. 2008; div. 2014)​
Parents	Fazlollah Dolatshahi (father) Fereshteh Adl (mother)

Early life

She is a graduate from the Department of Dramatic and Translational Literature in French. She began her acting career in the theater.^[1][2][3][4]

Career

In the film Gold and Copper directed by Homayoun Asadiyan in 2011, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 14th Iran Cinema Celebration.^[5][6] In the 33rd Fajr Film Festival, Dolatshahi won a Crystal Simorgh for best supporting actress in the film Ice Age.^[7] The film 180° Rule starring Dolatshahi and directed by Farnoush Samadi received an award at 65th Valladolid International Film Festival for the Best Film of Meeting Point section.^[8][9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
2006	Fireworks Wednesday	Mozhdeh's sister	Asghar Farhadi		[10]
	M for Mother	Farzaneh	Rasoul Mollagholipour		[11]
2008	Shirin	Woman in audience	Abbas Kiarostami		[12]
2009	When We Are All Asleep	Kamand	Bahram Beyzai		[13]
2010	Gold and Copper	Nurse	Homayoon As'adian		[14]
	The Earth Marathon	Bahar Malekshahi	Kamal Tabrizi		[15]
2011	The Son of Dawn	Khomeini's mom	Behrouz Afkhami		[16]
	Mourning	Nahid	Morteza Farshbaf		[17]
2013	The Shallow Yellow Sky	Sara	Bahram Tavakoli		[18]
2014	Metropole	Khosrow's sister	Masoud Kimiai		[19]
	Mastaneh	Mastaneh	Hossein Farahbakhsh		[20]
2015	Gap	Nasim	Kiarash Asadizadeh		[21]
	Ice Age	Asal	Mostafa Kiaee		[22]
	Death of the Fish	Mahnaz	Rouhollah Hejazi		[23]
	Twenty Weeks	Arghavan	Masoud Gharagozlu		[24]
2016	Profiles	Zhila	Iraj Karimi		[25]
	Inversion	Niloofar	Behnam Behzadi		[26]
	Barcode	Nazi	Mostafa Kiaee		[27]
	Lobby		Mohamad Parvizi	Unreleased film	[28]
	Delighted	Mahsa	Abdolreza Kahani		[29]
2017	I Want to Dance	Patient	Bahman Farmanara	Cameo	[30]
2018	Reza	Fati	Alireza Motamedi		[31]
	Istanbul Junction	Farangis	Mostafa Kiaee		[32]
	Cold Sweat	Mehraneh	Soheil Beiraghi		[33]
	Amir	Rima	Nima Eghlima		[34]
2020	Atabai	Sima	Niki Karimi		[35]
	180° Rule	Sara	Farnoosh Samadi		[36]
2023	A Relic of the South	Hara	Hossein Amiri Doomari, Pedram Pouramiri		[37]
2024	When You Were Not Here	Marzieh	Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini		[38]
	Go Free	Niloofar	Adel Tabrizi		[39]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Ref(s)
2012	Icy Heart 3	Samie	Saman Moghadam	Video CD	[40]
2017	The Excellency	Janet Anahita Nuremberg	Sam Gharibian		[41]
2018	Made in Iran 2	Bita Niakan	Borzou Niknejad		[42]
2020–2021	The Frog	Faranak Bahrami	Houman Seyyedi	Namava	[43]
2021	I Want to Live	Homa Haghi	Sharam Shah Hosseini	Filimo	[44]
2023	Vertigo	Therapist (voice)	Behrang Tofighi	Namava	[45]
2024	Viper of Tehran	Mojgan Moshtagh	Saman Moghaddam	Filmnet	[46]
	Dariush	Saghi	Hadi Hejazifar	Filmnet	[47]
TBA	1001 Nights		Mostafa Kiaee	Filimo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Network	Notes
2006	Hod Hod Bookstore	Niloofar Nili	Marzieh Boroumand	IRIB TV3	TV series
2007	Forgetfulness		Masoud Madadi		TV film
	Outcast		Mehdi Karimpour		TV film
2009	The Passengers	Nahid Keyhani	Rambod Javan	IRIB TV3	TV series
	A Name		Bijan Mirbagheri		TV film
	Amnesia	Azar	Masoud Madadi		TV film
2010	No Pain, No Gain	Marzieh	Alireza Bazrafshan	IRIB TV3	TV series
	Radio 7	The Narrator	Mansour Zabetian	IRIB Amoozesh	TV program
2011	The Family Conspiracy	Ladan Rahmani	Rambod Javan	IRIB TV1	TV series
	The Da Book	The Narrator	Sina Ataeian Dena		TV program
	GAP	The Executor	Rambod Javan	IFilm	TV program
2012	Ab Paria	Samira	Marzieh Boroumand	IRIB TV2	TV series
2013	A Few More Days	Ghazal Sadr	Parisa Gorgin		TV film
2015	Red Hat 94	Herself	Iraj Tahmasb	IRIB TV2	TV program
2018	Get Together	Herself	Mehran Modiri	IRIB Nasim	TV program

Other works

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref.
2008	The Busy City Notes	Reporter	Babak Goudarzi Nejad	Documentary	[48]
2012	Ibrahim In The Fire	Narrator	Keyvan Alimohammadi, Omid Bonakdar	Documentary	[49]
2013	Opinions of A Cinema Actor		Manijeh Hekmat	Program	[50]
2015	Gozal, The Gazelle of My Fortune		Mani Haghighi	Audio book; author: Mahmoud Dowlatabadi	[51]
2021	Deer Lady			Audio book; author: Maryam Hosseinian

Theatre

Sahar Dolatshahi and Saber Abar in a theatre

Year	Title	Playwright	Director	Stage
2001	Sleepy Midday		Ayat Najafi
	Seagull		Ayat Najafi
2002	Stronger		Ayat Najafi, Sahar Dolatshahi
	Miss Julie		Ayat Najafi
2003	The Pilgrim		Hamid Amjad
2004	News from Tehran 2		Ayat Najafi
	Recent Experiences		Amir Reza Kouhestani
	The Crow and The Bike		Atila Pesyani
	No Milk No Sugar		Hamid Amjad
	Hey Big Man,Don't cry		Jalal Tehrani
	Bitter like Honey		Atila Pesyani
2006	The Razor and The Moon		Atila Pesyani
	Pick on Geomancy		Atila Pesyani
2007	Anato Blade		Atila Pesyani
	A Tuneless Symphony		Atila Pesyani
2008	Devil's Ship		Atila Pesyani
2011	A Woman from The Past		Mohamad Aghebati
	The Footnote		Ahmad Kache Chian
	The Dracula		Setareh Pesyani
2012	Long Spiral Road		Setareh Pesyani	City Theater of Tehran - Chaharso Hall[52]
	Tran		Nima Dehghan	City Theater of Tehran[53]
	Tintin And The Secret Of Moundas Castle		Arvand Dashtaray	Iranshahr Theater[54]
2013	From Jerusalem to Jericho		Bita Elhamian	Hafez Hall[55]
	Lead House		Ali Narges Nejad	City Theater of Tehran[56]
	Old Songs		Mohamad Rahmanian	Eko Diplomatic Conference Hall[57]
2014	Drought and Lies		Mohamad Yaghoubi	Iranshahr Theater[58]
	Gathering of Shakespeare's Women		Bahareh Rahnama	Iranshahr Theater[59]
	Death of Hutan		Yousef Bapiri	Paliz Theater[60]
2017	Si - A Multimedia Concert and Performance		Asghar Dashti	Sa'dabad Complex[61]
2018	Les Misérables	Victor Hugo	Hossein Parsaee	Tehran Royal Hall[62]
2022	The Maids	Jean Genet	Morteza Mirmontazemi	Vahdat Hall[63]

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	Ref.
Beirut International Women Film Festival	2021	Best International Ensemble Cast	180° Rule	Won
Fajr Film Festival	2015	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Ice Age	Won	[64]
	2018		Istanbul Junction and Cold Sweat	Won
	2023		A Relic of the South	Nominated
	2024	Best Actress in a Leading Role	When You Were Not Here	Nominated
Hafez Awards	2016	Best Actress – Motion Picture	Ice Age and Gap	Nominated
	2017		Inversion	Nominated
	2019		Cold Sweat	Nominated
	2020		Amir	Nominated
	2021	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	The Frog	Nominated
	2022	Best Actress – Theatre	Les Misérables	Nominated
Iran Cinema Celebration	2006	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	M for Mother	Nominated
	2010		Gold and Copper	Nominated
	2016		Gap	Nominated
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2013	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	The Shallow Yellow Sky	Nominated
	2015		Ice Age	Honorary Diploma
			Gap	Nominated
	2016	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Inversion	Nominated
	2018		Amir	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Cold Sweat	Won
Urban International Film Festival	2019	Best Actress	Istanbul Junction	Nominated