# Sahar Dolatshahi

Sahar Dolatshahi (Persian: سحر دولتشاهی; born in October 8, 1979) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Ice Age (2015), Istanbul Junction (2018), The Frog (2020–2021), I Want to Live (2021), and Viper of Tehran (2024). She has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

## Early life

She is a graduate from the Department of Dramatic and Translational Literature in French. She began her acting career in the theater.

## Career

In the film Gold and Copper directed by Homayoun Asadiyan in 2011, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 14th Iran Cinema Celebration. In the 33rd Fajr Film Festival, Dolatshahi won a Crystal Simorgh for best supporting actress in the film Ice Age. The film 180° Rule starring Dolatshahi and directed by Farnoush Samadi received an award at 65th Valladolid International Film Festival for the Best Film of Meeting Point section.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2006 | Fireworks Wednesday | Mozhdeh's sister | Asghar Farhadi | |
| 2006 | M for Mother | Farzaneh | Rasoul Mollagholipour | |
| 2008 | Shirin | Woman in audience | Abbas Kiarostami | |
| 2009 | When We Are All Asleep | Kamand | Bahram Beyzai | |
| 2010 | Gold and Copper | Nurse | Homayoon As'adian | |
| 2010 | The Earth Marathon | Bahar Malekshahi | Kamal Tabrizi | |
| 2011 | The Son of Dawn | Khomeini's mom | Behrouz Afkhami | |
| 2011 | Mourning | Nahid | Morteza Farshbaf | |
| 2013 | The Shallow Yellow Sky | Sara | Bahram Tavakoli | |
| 2014 | Metropole | Khosrow's sister | Masoud Kimiai | |
| 2014 | Mastaneh | Mastaneh | Hossein Farahbakhsh | |
| 2015 | Gap | Nasim | Kiarash Asadizadeh | |
| 2015 | Ice Age | Asal | Mostafa Kiaee | |
| 2015 | Death of the Fish | Mahnaz | Rouhollah Hejazi | |
| 2015 | Twenty Weeks | Arghavan | Masoud Gharagozlu | |
| 2016 | Profiles | Zhila | Iraj Karimi | |
| 2016 | Inversion | Niloofar | Behnam Behzadi | |
| 2016 | Barcode | Nazi | Mostafa Kiaee | |
| 2016 | Lobby | | Mohamad Parvizi | Unreleased film |
| 2016 | Delighted | Mahsa | Abdolreza Kahani | |
| 2017 | I Want to Dance | Patient | Bahman Farmanara | Cameo |
| 2018 | Reza | Fati | Alireza Motamedi | |
| 2018 | Istanbul Junction | Farangis | Mostafa Kiaee | |
| 2018 | Cold Sweat | Mehraneh | Soheil Beiraghi | |
| 2018 | Amir | Rima | Nima Eghlima | |
| 2020 | Atabai | Sima | Niki Karimi | |
| 2020 | 180° Rule | Sara | Farnoosh Samadi | |
| 2023 | A Relic of the South | Hara | Hossein Amiri Doomari, Pedram Pouramiri | |
| 2024 | When You Were Not Here | Marzieh | Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini | |
| 2024 | Go Free | Niloofar | Adel Tabrizi | |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform |
| 2012 | Icy Heart 3 | Samie | Saman Moghadam | Video CD |
| 2017 | The Excellency | Janet Anahita Nuremberg | Sam Gharibian | Video CD |
| 2018 | Made in Iran 2 | Bita Niakan | Borzou Niknejad | Video CD |
| 2020–2021 | The Frog | Faranak Bahrami | Houman Seyyedi | Namava |
| 2021 | I Want to Live | Homa Haghi | Sharam Shah Hosseini | Filimo |
| 2023 | Vertigo | Therapist (voice) | Behrang Tofighi | Namava |
| 2024 | Viper of Tehran | Mojgan Moshtagh | Saman Moghaddam | Filmnet |
| 2024 | Dariush | Saghi | Hadi Hejazifar | Filmnet |
| TBA | 1001 Nights | | Mostafa Kiaee | Filimo |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Network | Notes |
| 2006 | Hod Hod Bookstore | Niloofar Nili | Marzieh Boroumand | IRIB TV3 | TV series |
| 2007 | Forgetfulness | | Masoud Madadi | | TV film |
| 2007 | Outcast | | Mehdi Karimpour | | TV film |
| 2009 | The Passengers | Nahid Keyhani | Rambod Javan | IRIB TV3 | TV series |
| 2009 | A Name | | Bijan Mirbagheri | | TV film |
| 2009 | Amnesia | Azar | Masoud Madadi | | TV film |
| 2010 | No Pain, No Gain | Marzieh | Alireza Bazrafshan | IRIB TV3 | TV series |
| 2010 | Radio 7 | The Narrator | Mansour Zabetian | IRIB Amoozesh | TV program |
| 2011 | The Family Conspiracy | Ladan Rahmani | Rambod Javan | IRIB TV1 | TV series |
| 2011 | The Da Book | The Narrator | Sina Ataeian Dena | | TV program |
| 2011 | GAP | The Executor | Rambod Javan | IFilm | TV program |
| 2012 | Ab Paria | Samira | Marzieh Boroumand | IRIB TV2 | TV series |
| 2013 | A Few More Days | Ghazal Sadr | Parisa Gorgin | | TV film |
| 2015 | Red Hat 94 | Herself | Iraj Tahmasb | IRIB TV2 | TV program |
| 2018 | Get Together | Herself | Mehran Modiri | IRIB Nasim | TV program |

### Other works

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2008 | The Busy City Notes | Reporter | Babak Goudarzi Nejad | Documentary |
| 2012 | Ibrahim In The Fire | Narrator | Keyvan Alimohammadi, Omid Bonakdar | Documentary |
| 2013 | Opinions of A Cinema Actor | | Manijeh Hekmat | Program |
| 2015 | Gozal, The Gazelle of My Fortune | | Mani Haghighi | Audio book; author: Mahmoud Dowlatabadi |
| 2021 | Deer Lady | | | Audio book; author: Maryam Hosseinian |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Playwright | Director | Stage |
| 2001 | Sleepy Midday | | Ayat Najafi | |
| 2001 | Seagull | | Ayat Najafi | |
| 2002 | Stronger | | Ayat Najafi, Sahar Dolatshahi | |
| 2002 | Miss Julie | | Ayat Najafi | |
| 2003 | The Pilgrim | | Hamid Amjad | |
| 2004 | News from Tehran 2 | | Ayat Najafi | |
| 2004 | Recent Experiences | | Amir Reza Kouhestani | |
| 2004 | The Crow and The Bike | | Atila Pesyani | |
| 2004 | No Milk No Sugar | | Hamid Amjad | |
| 2004 | Hey Big Man,Don't cry | | Jalal Tehrani | |
| 2004 | Bitter like Honey | | Atila Pesyani | |
| 2006 | The Razor and The Moon | | Atila Pesyani | |
| 2006 | Pick on Geomancy | | Atila Pesyani | |
| 2007 | Anato Blade | | Atila Pesyani | |
| 2007 | A Tuneless Symphony | | Atila Pesyani | |
| 2008 | Devil's Ship | | Atila Pesyani | |
| 2011 | A Woman from The Past | | Mohamad Aghebati | |
| 2011 | The Footnote | | Ahmad Kache Chian | |
| 2011 | The Dracula | | Setareh Pesyani | |
| 2012 | Long Spiral Road | | Setareh Pesyani | City Theater of Tehran - Chaharso Hall |
| 2012 | Tran | | Nima Dehghan | City Theater of Tehran |
| 2012 | Tintin And The Secret Of Moundas Castle | | Arvand Dashtaray | Iranshahr Theater |
| 2013 | From Jerusalem to Jericho | | Bita Elhamian | Hafez Hall |
| 2013 | Lead House | | Ali Narges Nejad | City Theater of Tehran |
| 2013 | Old Songs | | Mohamad Rahmanian | Eko Diplomatic Conference Hall |
| 2014 | Drought and Lies | | Mohamad Yaghoubi | Iranshahr Theater |
| 2014 | Gathering of Shakespeare's Women | | Bahareh Rahnama | Iranshahr Theater |
| 2014 | Death of Hutan | | Yousef Bapiri | Paliz Theater |
| 2017 | Si - A Multimedia Concert and Performance | | Asghar Dashti | Sa'dabad Complex |
| 2018 | Les Misérables | Victor Hugo | Hossein Parsaee | Tehran Royal Hall |
| 2022 | The Maids | Jean Genet | Morteza Mirmontazemi | Vahdat Hall |

## 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 |
| Beirut International Women Film Festival | 2021 | Best International Ensemble Cast | 180° Rule | Won |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2015 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Ice Age | Won |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2018 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Istanbul Junction and Cold Sweat | Won |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2023 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | A Relic of the South | Nominated |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2024 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | When You Were Not Here | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2016 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Ice Age and Gap | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2017 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Inversion | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2019 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Cold Sweat | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2020 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Amir | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2021 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | The Frog | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2022 | Best Actress – Theatre | Les Misérables | Nominated |
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2006 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | M for Mother | Nominated |
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2010 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Gold and Copper | Nominated |
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2016 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Gap | Nominated |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2013 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Shallow Yellow Sky | Nominated |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2015 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Ice Age | Honorary Diploma |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2015 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Gap | Nominated |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2016 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Inversion | Nominated |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2018 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Amir | Nominated |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2018 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Cold Sweat | Won |
| Urban International Film Festival | 2019 | Best Actress | Istanbul Junction | Nominated |