Mahaya Petrosian (Persian: ماهایا پطروسیان, born 3 January 1970) is an Iranian actress of Armenian descent. She is also a director, A Beautiful Snowy Day being her first movie as director.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Mahaya Petrosian
ماهایا پطروسیان
In February 2017
Born (1970-01-03) 3 January 1970 (age 54)
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present
AwardsCrystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Fajr International Film Festival for The Last Act (1991).
Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress at the 19th Fajr International Film Festival for Seven Acts (2001).

Biography

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Mahaya Petrosian was born in Tehran on January 4, 1970, and after earning a diploma, she went to the Faculty of Fine Arts and was able to graduate in theater from this university. Mahaya Petrosyan was from the Armenian minority living in Tehran and converted to Islam after marrying a Muslim man. Her first artistic activity was acting in the movie "Love and Death" directed by Mohammad Reza Alami and she entered the field of acting. Acting in this film did not have much work for him due to his small role, but by acting in the film The Last Act and his second cinematic activity, he was able to show his abilities.[7]

Filmography

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Title Title in English Year Director
Eshgh -o -Marg Love and death 1989 Mohammadreza Alami
Pardeye akhar The last act 1990 Varouzh Karim Masihi
Dighe che khabar !? What else is new !? 1991 Tahmineh Milani
Naseredinshah, actor e cinema Once upon a time cinema 1991 Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Honarpisheh Actor 1993 Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Raze gole shab boo The secret of the clove 1993 Saeed Khorshidian
Hasrate didar Rendezvous wistfulness 1995 Moharam Zeinalzadeh
Sheikh-E-Mofid Mofid, the sheikh 1995 Fariborz Saaleh
Nabakhshoudeh Unforgivable 1996 Iraj Ghaderi
Ghasedak The dandelion 1996 Ghasem Jafari
Komakam kon Help me 1997 Rasoul Molla Gholipour
Haft pardeh Seven acts 2000 Farzad Motamen
Dokhatry be name Tondar A girl named Tondar 2000 Hamidreza Ashtianipour
Az samime ghalb Wholeheartedly 2000 Bahram Kazemi
Aroosse khosh ghadam The lucky bride 2002 Kazem Rastgoftar
Molaghat ba Tooty Meeting with parrot 2003 Alireza Davoudnejad
Hashtpa Octopus 2004 Alireza Davoudnejad
Entekhab The choice 2004 Touraj Mansouri
Pishnehade 50 Miliooni 50 million proposal 2004–05 Mehdi Sabaghzadeh
Zan-e-Badali Imitation Woman 2005 Mehrdad Mirfallah
Khabe Leila Leila's dream 2006-07 Mehrdad Mirfallah
Mosahebe Interview 2007 Bahram Kazemi
Entekhab election 2008 Tooraj Mansoori
Asb Heyvan Najibist Horses Are Noble Animals 2011 Abdolreza Kahani
Mojarad-e 40 Saleh Single 40 years old 2014 Shahin Bababpour
Khafegi Asphyxia 2017 Fereydoun Jeyrani

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mahaya Petrosian: Iranian actress takes a turn behind the camera". CS Monitor. March 10, 2009.
  2. ^ "Winners of Third Parvin Etesami Film Festival Announced". May 1, 2008.
  3. ^ "جستجو". www.filimo.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  4. ^ "جوانی که در زندگی ماهایا پطروسیان طوفان به‌پا کرد و زود رفت/ عکس - خبرآنلاین". www.khabaronline.ir. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  5. ^ "Namava". www.namava.ir. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  6. ^ "ماهایا پطروسیان چرا مسلمان شد ! / ردپای یک مرد + عکس ها". رکنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  7. ^ "ماهایا پطروسیان - عکس ها و تصاویر، بیوگرافی و زندگی نامه | منظوم". Manzoom (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
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