# Setareh Pesyani

Setareh Pesyani (Persian: ستاره پسیانی; born September 8, 1985) is an Iranian actress. She has won an Honorary Diploma at the 39th Fajr Film Festival and an Urban International Film Festival Award for her performance in the war drama Yadoo (2021).

## Career

Setareh Pesyani is daughter of Atila Pesyani, the late Iranian actor. Her debut happened when she was 5 years old, in a play directed by her father. She has directed the play of ‘Magic Musical Instrument’ (1995), when she was 13. In 1991, she entered cinema by acting in World's Greatest Dad. She has played in several movies and series such as Unfinished Narrations (2006), Three Women (2007), The Third Wave (2008), Office No.13 (2009), and No Men Allowed (2011). She has won Best Actress Award of The 28th Fajr Theater Festival for playing in The House (2009) play.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1991 | World's Greatest Dad | | Darioush Farhang | |
| 2006 | Unfinished Narrations | Setareh | Pourya Azarbayjani | |
| 2008 | Three Women | | Manijeh Hekmat | |
| 2008 | Avantage | | Ali Ahmadzadeh | Short film |
| 2008 | Be Ready | | Behrang Tofighi | |
| 2008 | Shirin | Woman in audience | Abbas Kiarostami | |
| 2008 | The Third Wave | Farideh | Farid Sajjadi Hosseini | |
| 2011 | No Men Allowed | Reyhaneh | Rambod Javan | |
| 2013 | Butcher Angels | Gisoo | Soheil Salimi | |
| 2015 | The Nameless Alley | Fatemeh | Hatef Alimardani | |
| 2016 | A Dragon Arrives! | Yagshakha | Mani Haghighi | |
| 2016 | Lantouri | Maryam's friend | Reza Dormishian | |
| 2016 | Inversion | Soodabeh | Behnam Behzadi | |
| 2016 | Twenty Weeks | Yasaman | Masoud Gharagozlu | |
| 2016 | Phenomenon | | Ali Ahmadzadeh | Unreleased |
| 2017 | Helen | Negin | Ali Akbar Saghafi | |
| 2018 | Reza | Violet | Alireza Motamedi | |
| 2019 | Jamshidieh | Nafiseh | Yalda Jebeli | |
| 2019 | The Warden | Ahmad's wife | Nima Javidi | |
| 2019 | Gholamreza Takhti | Hotel worker | Bahram Tavakoli | |
| 2019 | Latyan | Maryam | Ali Teymoori | |
| 2020 | The Good, the Bad, the Corny 2: Secret Army | Mozhdeh | Peyman Ghasem Khani | |
| 2020 | I'm Scared | | Behnam Behzadi | |
| 2020 | Amphibious | Azadeh | Borzou Niknejad | |
| 2020 | After the Incident | | Pouria Heidary Oureh | |
| 2021 | Yadoo | | Mehdi Jafari | |
| 2021 | Last Lullaby in Tehran | | Mohmaad Vahdani | Short film |
| 2022 | Grassland | Shabnam | Kazem Daneshi | |
| 2023 | Leather Jacket Man | | Hossein Mirzamohammadi | |
| 2024 | Barren | | Mansour Vosoughi | |
| 2025 | Antique | | Hadi Naiji | |
| 2025 | Call Me Ziba | | Rasoul Sadrameli | |
| TBA | 48FM Radio | | Kiarash Asadizadeh | Completed in 2018 |
| TBA | Ghost House | | Kiarash Asadizadeh | Completed in 2020 |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform |
| 2014 | I'm Just Kidding | | Mehran Modiri | Video CD |
| 2019 | Blue Whale | Ghazal | Fereydoun Jeyrani | Filimo |
| 2019–2020 | Rhino | Nazanin | Kiarash Asadizadeh | Filimo, Namava |
| 2021 | Predictor | Herself | Pejman Jamshidi | Namava |
| 2021 | Once Upon a Time in Iran | Parvin | Tina Pakravan | Namava |
| 2022–2023 | Jeyran | Noghreh | Hassan Fathi | Filimo |
| 2022 | Party | Herself | Iraj Tahmasb | Namava |
| 2023 | The Lost Prestige | Soheila Zarei | Sajad Pahlevanzadeh | Filimo |
| 2023–2024 | The Marsh | Golrokh | Borzou Niknejad | Filmnet |
| TBA | Drunkard Morning | | Narges Abyar | Sheyda |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Network |
| 2003 | Crystal Garden | | Rambod Javan | TV series | IRIB TV3 |
| 2008 | This Loneliness | Sheida | Saeed Ebrahimifar | TV film | Sahar TV |
| 2008 | All My Children | Bahar | Marzieh Boroumand | TV series | IRIB TV1 |
| 2009 | Office No.13 | | Seyyed Vahid Hosseini | TV series | IRIB TV1 |
| 2021 | Under Ground | Farangis | Jalil Saman | TV series | IRIB TV1 |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2020 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | I'm Scared | Nominated |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2021 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Yadoo | Honorary Diploma |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2023 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Leather Jacket Man | Nominated |
| Fajr Theatre Festival | 2018 | Best Actress – Second National Competition | 100% | Won |
| Hafez Awards | 2025 | Best Actress – Theatre | Dr. Cook's Garden | Nominated |
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2019 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Warden | Nominated |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2022 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | I'm Scared | Nominated |