Mahaya Petrosian
Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress at the 19th Fajr International Film Festival for Seven Acts (2001). Mahaya Petrosian (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.
Also recorded as Petrosian, Mahaya
Mahaya Petrosian

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- Name
- Mahaya Petrosian
- Born
- 3 January 1970
- Birthplace
- Tehran, Iran
- Occupation
- Actress
- Awards
- Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Fajr International Film Festival for The Last Act (1991).
- Nationality
- Iran
- Education
- University of Tehran
- Honours
- Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress
- Languages
- Persian · Armenian · French
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Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress at the 19th Fajr International Film Festival for Seven Acts (2001). Mahaya Petrosian (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.
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• Name — Mahaya Petrosian • Native Name — ماهایا پطروسیان • Born — 3 January 1970 • Birthplace — Tehran, Iran • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1989–present • Awards — Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Fajr International Film Festival for The Last Act (1991).
Biography
Biography
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.
Filmography
Filmography
• 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
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Petrosian, Mahaya. Her recorded languages were Persian, Armenian and French. Her recorded confession was Islam.
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