# Behnoosh Tabatabaei

Behnoosh Tabatabaei (Persian: بهنوش طباطبایی; born (1981-05-17)May 17, 1981) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Hafez Award. She earned a Crystal Simorgh nomination for her performance in Midday Adventure: Trace of Blood (2019).

## Early life

She has studied computer engineering and a short term of acting at University of Tehran.
Behnoush Tabatabaei was born on May 17, 1981, in Tehran, Iran. Her father, Seyed Nasser Tabatabaei, was a civil engineering expert in the former Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, and her mother was a schoolteacher. She is the second child in her family and has an older sister named Tinoosh. Tabatabaei developed an interest in acting during her elementary school years, where she was classmates with actress Merila Sharifinia. Inspired by Sharifinia’s role in the film The Doll Thief, Tabatabaei pursued her interest in acting and began formal training in 1993. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and a doctorate in psychology. Additionally, she completed an acting course at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran.

## Personal life

She met actor Mahdi Pakdel in 2007, and married him in March 2011. They divorced in 2016.
Tabatabaei met actor Mahdi Pakdel while working on the film Miss Dilemma. The two married on March 2, 2011, but after six years of marriage, they divorced in 2016.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2006 | Calamities of the Maiden | | Masoud Atyabi | |
| 2007 | Kalagh Par | Roya | Sharam Shah Hosseini | |
| 2008 | Brick Made Boys | Mahour | Majid Gharizadeh | |
| 2008 | Peel of Banana | | Ali Atshani | |
| 2012 | The Freeway | Parisa | Abbas Rafei | |
| 2012 | Fasonation Steps | | Hamid Bahmani | |
| 2012 | My Father's Love Story | | Mohammad Reza Varzi | |
| 2015 | Luck, Love, Accident | Nahid | Arash Moayerian | |
| 2016 | Cyanide | Leila Zomorodian | Behrouz Shoeibi | |
| 2017 | Under the Smoky Roof | Ra'na | Pouran Derakhshandeh | |
| 2017 | Lobby | | Mohamad Parvizi | Unreleased film |
| 2019 | Gholamreza Takhti | Shahla Tavakoli | Bahram Tavakoli | |
| 2019 | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Sima | Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian | |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 2025 | Savushun | Zari | Narges Abyar | Namava | Main role | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Network |
| 2001 | Traveler from India | Katy | Ghasem Jafari | IRIB TV3 |
| 2004 | Lost Love | Sima / Sima's Mother | Hossein Soheilizadeh | IRIB TV3 |
| 2010 | Enclosure | Maryam | Siroos Moghaddam | IRIB TV1 |
| 2010 | In the Strand of Zayandeh Rud | Mitra Samavati | Hassan Fathi | IRIB TV1 |
| 2010 | Mokhtarnameh | Khashe'e | Davood Mirbagheri | IRIB TV1 |
| 2011 | Forgotten | Mina Naderi | Fereidoun Hassanpour | IRIB TV1 |
| 2015 | Michael | Yas | Siroos Moghaddam | IRIB TV1 |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2019 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2011 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | In the Strand of Zayandeh Rud | Won |
| Hafez Awards | 2016 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Michael | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2020 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Nominated |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2016 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Cyanide | Nominated |