
Roya Nownahali
Acting • Born 1963-02-13
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.
Filmography
32 credits
Marriage of the Blessed
Movie • 1989

Women's Prison
Movie • 2002
Mitra

Confessions of My Dangerous Mind
Movie • 2015

Where Are My Shoes?
Movie • 2016
Parinaz (Habib's Wife)

Helen
Movie • 2017

Sanam
Movie • 2001
Sanam

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
Movie • 2000
Woman Hitch-Hiker

I Want to
Movie • 2018

Tale of the Sea
Movie • 2018

The Familiar Soil
Movie • 2008

Nimrokh-ha
Movie • 2016

Niloofar
Movie • 2008

It Happened at Midnight
Movie • 2016
Ziba

The Fish Fall in Love
Movie • 2007
Atieh

The Mousetrap
Movie • 1997

Giti's Problem
Movie • 2016

Highlight
Movie • 2017

A Piece of Bread
Movie • 2005

A House Built on Water
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Mohammadi

Sedaha
Movie • 2009

On a Friday Afternoon
Movie • 2006

The Fifth Season
Movie • 1997

Shirin
Movie • 2009

Wild
Movie • 2024

A Bumpy Story
Movie • 2021
Masti Ebrahimi

Mana
Movie • 2008

Queen of Beggars
TV • 2021
La'ya

Once Upon a Time in Iran
TV • 2021
Mehrbanoo

Sleep and Awake
TV • 2003
Natasha

Shahrzad
TV • 2015
Belgheys Divansalar

The Beheading
TV • 2024
Giso

Sleep and Awake
TV • 2001