# Elnaz Shakerdoost

Elnaz Shakerdoost (Persian: الناز شاکردوست; born June 27, 1984) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, four Hafez Awards and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.

## Early life

Shakerdoost was born June 27, 1984, in Tehran, Iran. She is the second child in the family and she has an older brother and a younger sister.
Before entering the cinema, she worked in student theaters, none of which were performed in public. During her school days, she also acted in student theaters. in 1997, she won the Best Actress Award at the Student Fajr Festival.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 2003 | Here Is the End of the World | Golrokh | Ebrahim Bakhshi, Sharareh Yousefinia |
| 2005 | Ice Flower | Targol | Kiumars Pourahmad |
| 2005 | Singles | Zhaleh Poshtkar | Asghar Hashemi |
| 2005 | The Runaway Bride | Sima | Bahram Kazemi |
| 2006 | The Online Murder | Leila | Masoud Abparvar |
| 2006 | Who Killed Amir? | Asal | Mehdi Karampour |
| 2006 | How Much You Want to Cry? | Iran | Shahed Ahmadlo |
| 2006 | The Unfaithful | Zohreh | Asghar Naimi |
| 2007 | First Move | Sara | Farhad Najafi |
| 2007 | The Rule of the Game | Fereshteh | Ahmad Reza Motamedi |
| 2007 | God Is Close | Leila | Ali Vazirian |
| 2007 | The Night Bus | Reyhaneh | Kiumars Pourahmad |
| 2008 | Layla's Majnun | Parvaneh | Ghasem Jafari |
| 2008 | Among the Clouds | Noora | Rouhollah Hejazi |
| 2008 | Wind Blows in the Meadow | Shooka | Khosrow Masoumi |
| 2008 | Checkmate | Parisa | Jamshid Heidari |
| 2008 | Shirin | Woman in audience | Abbas Kiarostami |
| 2009 | The Shell | Roja | Mostafa Al Ahmad |
| 2009 | Bleeding Heart | Delaram | Mohammad Reza Rahmani |
| 2010 | Smell of Gandom | Gandom | Mohammad Reza Khaki |
| 2010 | Two Sisters | Mina | Mohammad Banki |
| 2010 | Distance | Maryam | Kamran Qadakchian |
| 2010 | The Ungrateful | Anael | Hassan Hedayat |
| 2010 | Hey to Love | Elahe | Asghar Naeemi |
| 2010 | Accusation | Nasim | Mehrdad Farid |
| 2010 | Death Carnival | Nahid | Reza Azamian, Habibollah Kasesaz |
| 2010 | Red Light | Roya / Setareh | Ali Ghafari |
| 2011 | Point of No Return | Sayeh | Sirous Ranjbar |
| 2011 | The First Condition | Nazanin | Masoud Atyabi |
| 2011 | Me and You | Mahshid | Mohammad Banki |
| 2013 | Notoriety | Afsaneh | Masoud Dehnamaki |
| 2013 | Fireworks | Maral | Bahman Goodarzi |
| 2014 | Mobarak | Golpari | Mohammad Reza Najafi Emami |
| 2014 | The King's White Horse | Mary | Mohammad Hossein Latifi |
| 2015 | Taboo | Bahar | Khosrow Masoumi |
| 2017 | Asphyxia | Sahra | Fereydoun Jeyrani |
| 2018 | All Through the Night | Mahta / Maryam | Farzad Motamen |
| 2019 | When the Moon Was Full | Faezeh | Narges Abyar |
| 2019 | The Singer | Ziba | Mostafa Kiaee |
| 2020 | I'm Scared | Nasim | Behnam Behzadi |
| 2020 | TiTi | Titi | Ida Panahandeh |
| 2021 | Pinto | Raheleh | Narges Abyar |
| 2023 | A Relic of the South | Rana | Hossein Amiri Doomari, Pedram Pouramiri |
| 2023 | The Last Birthday | Soraya | Navid Mahmoudi |
| 2024 | Bodiless | | Morteza Alizadeh |
| 2025 | Highway Deer | | Abolfazl Saffary |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform |
| 2010–2011 | Icy Heart | Chista | Mohammad Hossein Latifi | Video CD |
| 2012 | Iranian Rally | Herself | Arash Moayerian | Video CD |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Playwright | Director | Stage | Notes |
| 2017 | Lost | Amir Mohandesan, Hadi Ahmadi | Amir Mohandesan | Iranshahr Theater | |
| 2023 | Mad's Girl Love Song | Tala Motazedi | Arvand Dashtaray, Marene Van Holk | City Theater of Tehran | |

## 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 |
| Carcassonne International Political Film Festival | 2019 | Best Actress | When the Moon Was Full | Won |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2008 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Wind Blows in the Meadow | Nominated |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2019 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | When the Moon Was Full | Won |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2020 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | I'm Scared | Nominated |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2021 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Pinto | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2017 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Mobarak | Won |
| Hafez Awards | 2018 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Asphyxia | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2020 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | When the Moon Was Full | Won |
| Hafez Awards | 2023 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Titi | Won |
| Hafez Awards | 2024 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Bodiless | Won |
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2005 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Singles | Nominated |
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2006 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Who Killed Amir? | Nominated |
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2008 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Among the Clouds | Nominated |
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2018 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Asphyxia | Nominated |
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2019 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | When the Moon Was Full | Nominated |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2017 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Asphyxia | Nominated |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2020 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | When the Moon Was Full | Won |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2022 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Titi | Won |
| Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco | 2015 | Best Actress | Taboo | Won |
| Rabat International Film Festival | 2022 | Best Actress | Titi | Won |