# Vishka Asayesh

Vishka Asayesh (Persian: ویشکا آسایش; born November 7, 1972) is an Iranian actress.

## Career

She obtained a degree in set design from the UK. She is also a sculptor and has exhibited her art works at Etemad Gallery in Tehran in 2012. Vishka became a household name after appearing in the historical TV series Imam Ali in 1992. She has appeared in Love + 2 (1998), The Visitor of Rey (2000), Ice Flower (2004), No Men Allowed (2011), Snow on the Pines (2011), Thirteen (2013), I am Diego Maradona (2014), and Sperm Whale (2015).
Her appearance in No Men Allowed (2011) won a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Fajr International Film Festival in 2011. She was nominated and won the best actress award several times at international film festivals for acting in the 2020 movie The Badger, directed by Kazem Mollaie.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1998 | The Sorceress | Ra'na / Lady | Davoud Mirbagheri | |
| 2008 | Shirin | Woman in audience | Abbas Kiarostami | |
| 2011 | No Men Allowed | Bita Darabi | Rambod Javan | |
| 2015 | I Am Diego Maradona | Farzaneh | Bahram Tavakoli | |
| 2015 | Sperm Whale | Farnaz Shahib | Saman Moghaddam | |
| 2016 | Dracula | Susan | Reza Attaran | |
| 2017 | Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection | Farnaz Shahib | Saman Moghaddam | |
| 2018 | Pig | Herself | Mani Haghighi | Cameo |
| 2018 | Sly | Diba Solati | Kamal Tabrizi | |
| 2019 | My Second Year in College | Mrs. Nozad | Rasoul Sadrameli | |
| 2019 | We Are All Together | Razieh | Kamal Tabrizi | |
| 2020 | The Badger | Soodeh Sharifzadegan | Kazem Molaee | |
| 2022 | The Night Guardian | | Reza Mirkarimi | Cameo |
| 2023 | Left, Right | | Hamed Mohammadi | |
| 2024 | Seven Days | | Ali Samadi Ahadi | |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform | Notes |
| 2019 | Blue Whale | Morvarid Parsa | Fereydoun Jeyrani | Filimo | Main role |
| 2021 | Dracula | Zhaleh Kabiri | Mehran Modiri | Filimo, Namava | Main role |
| 2022–2023 | Once Upon a Time Mars | Luna New Akbari / Luna's mother | Peyman Ghasemkhani, Mohsen Chegini | Filimo, Namava | Main role |
| 2022–2023 | The Innocent | Mahtab Joudaki | Mehran Ahmadi | Filimo | Main role |

## Awards and nominations

* Best Actress for No Men Allowed (2011), (dir. Rambod Javan) at the Fajr International Film Festival in 2011.
* Best Actress and Best Ensemble Cast for The Badger, (dir. Kazem Mollaie) at the “19th. Riverside International Film Festival” (USA) / April 2021
* Nominated for the Best Female Actor for The Badger, (dir. Kazem Mollaie) at the “11th. Queens World Film Festival” (USA) / July 2021
* Special Jury Award for Acting for The Badger, (dir. Kazem Mollaie) at the “37th. Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival”, Academy Awards® Qualifying (USA) / Sept. 2021 (The jury shared: “Asayesh commands your attention as the fiercely independent Soodah, an entrepreneur and mother starting her second marriage when tragedy strikes. She is a modern woman in modern Iran, who must face the humiliation of seeking help from various authority figures while maintaining her dignity. She gives a stunning performance that invites you into the complexity of her world.”)
* Best Actress for The Badger, (dir. Kazem Mollaie) at the “10th. Winter Film Awards International Film Festival” (USA) / Oct. 2021
* Best Actress for The Badger, (dir. Kazem Mollaie) at the “6th. Calella Film Festival” [Low Budget Section] (SPAIN) / Oct. 2021