# Bahareh Afshari

Bahareh Afshari (Persian: بهاره افشاری; born July 5, 1984) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her role in She Was an Angel (2005). She earned a Hafez Award nomination for her performance in Distances (2010).

## Early life and career

Before becoming an actress, Bahareh Afshari worked in editing and painting. She was originally a professional fashion designer, with her own boutique and a client list that included numerous actors. In 2004, Chelcheragh magazine even named her the youngest fashion designer in Iran during an interview.
Four months later, Afshari stepped into the world of acting but chose to proceed cautiously, turning down roles that didn’t align with her goals. Years earlier, she had made her first appearance in a television series, an experience she found unsatisfactory, which led her to consider leaving acting altogether. However, after some time, director Kianoush Ayari persuaded her to join the cast of Roozegare Gharib, a biographical series about Dr. Mohammad Gharib. In this series, Afshari portrayed two different roles, and Ayari later introduced her for a part in She Was an Angel.
Currently, Bahareh Afshari co-manages a design company with her only brother, where she leads the fashion design department.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2008 | Miss Iran | | Saman Moghaddam | Banned without a reason given |
| 2008 | Shirin | Woman in audience | Abbas Kiarostami | |
| 2009 | Cottage | | Javad Afshar | |
| 2009 | Sweet Life | Azar | Ghodratollah Solhmirzaee | |
| 2009 | 24th Street | Arezoo Hakami | Saeed Asadi | |
| 2010 | Pay Back | Leila | Tahmineh Milani | |
| 2010 | Marriage in the Extra Time | Shirin | Saeed Soheili | |
| 2010 | Big Trouble | | Mehdi Golestaneh | |
| 2011 | Thesis | Azar | Hamed Kolahdari | |
| 2011 | 3 Degrees of Fever | Soheil's first love | Hamid Reza Salahmand | |
| 2014 | Miʿrajis | Razieh Zamani | Masoud Dehnamaki | |
| 2014 | Tatal and the Secret of the Chest | | Vahid Golestan | |
| 2015 | Love and Madness | | Hassan Najafi | |
| 2016 | The Sweet Scent, the Bitter Scent | | Naser Mohammadi | |
| 2017 | Guidance Patrol 2 | | Saeed Soheili | |
| 2018 | Silent Voices | | Sahabanoo Zolghadr | |
| 2018 | Loveulance | Maryam | Mohsen Mahini | |
| 2018 | Alma Group | | Abbas Moradian | |
| 2019 | Prisoners | Setareh | Masoud Dehnamaki | |
| 2021 | Parisa | | Mohammad Reza Rahmani | |
| 2022 | The Future | | Amir Pourkian | |
| 2022 | The Sixth Day | Negin | Hojat Ghasemzadeh Asl | |
| TBA | Agreement in Principal | | Amir Pourkian | Post-production |
| TBA | Dance of the Dolphin | | Alireza Amini | Post-production |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform |
| 2018 | 13 Shomali | Herself | Alireza Amini | Filmnet |
| 2018–2019 | Forbidden | Taraneh Mashayekh | Amir Pourkian | Filimo |
| 2021 | Mafia Nights | Herself | Saeed Aboutaleb | Filimo |
| 2021 | Predictor | Herself | Reza Baharvan, Amin Entezari | Namava |
| 2022–2023 | Godfather | Herself | Saeed Aboutaleb | Filmnet |
| 2023 | Camp Nou | Maryam Sarcheshmeh | Manouchehr Hadi | Filimo |
| 2023 | The Lost Prestige | Hajar Falahzadeh | Sajad Pahlevanzadeh | Filimo |
| TBA | Heartless | | Kamal Tabrizi | I Net |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Network |
| 2005 | She Was an Angel | Satan | Alireza Afkhami | IRIB TV2 |
| 2007–2008 | Gharib's Story | Zari Maman | Kianoush Ayari | IRIB TV3 |
| 2010 | Distances | Bita Rahimi | Hossein Soheilizadeh | IRIB TV3 |
| 2012 | Hand Over Hand | Noushin Zandi | Mohsen Yousefi | IRIB TV3 |
| 2012 | Silver Man | Noura Falah / Noura Kouhzad | Kazem Masoumi | IRIB TV3 |
| 2014 | Miʿrajis | Razieh Zamani | Masoud Dehnamaki | IRIB TV1 |
| 2015 | The Last Game | Nastaran Boustani | Hossein Soheilizadeh | IRIB TV5 |
| 2015 | Need | | Hossein Soheilizadeh | IRIB TV1 |
| 2018 | Lovers' Secret | Samira | Mohammad Hossein Latifi | IRIB TV1 |
| TBA | Midnight Dream | | Hassan Akhoundpour | |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref(s) |
| Hafez Award | 2011 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Distances | Nominated | |