Setareh Eskandari


Setareh Eskandari is an Iranian stage, movie, and TV actress. She is mostly known for her parts in TV series since 1994, especially the TV series Narges, where she replaced Poupak Goldareh as "Narges" after the latter's unexpected death.
She has twice won the best actress award at Fajr International Theater Festival for her parts in the plays Unfortunate People’s Shaky Happiness and Co-aspiration.

Life and career

Setareh Eskandari was born in 1974 in Torbat-e Heydarieh, Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran. A sophomore in English translation, she dropped out to pursue her acting career and joined the students of The Faculty of Fine Arts in 1993. Eskandari appeared in students’ festivals for about six years, getting nominated for an award in 1995 for her part in the play Legend and two years later at Fajr International Theater Festival for her role in the play Earth’s Last Heroes.
Her movies include The Visitor to Rey, Parya's Story, Yousef, Unplanned, The Unwished.
Eskandari's debut as a professional stage actor was the play The Gold-Toothed, directed by Davoud Mirbagheri. She started playing in the stage group "Dey" under the management of Ali Rafiei, as well as taking parts on TV and in movies. Her debut as a movie actor was Rival of the Heart, directed by Abdorreza Ganji.
She won the Best Actress Award at the Fajr Theater Festival in 2001 for The Joy of Influencing the Lives of the Unfortunate.
Eskandari starred in the series The Gradual Death of a Dream, Until Morning, Factor 8, and Passion for Flying.
Having directed two plays on TV, Eskandari has also produced several plays, including The House of Bernarda Alba, directed by Ali Rafiei.
She is the director of the film The sun of that moon, about the women of Baluchistan; the film has been praised by critics and at international festivals.
Eskandari has been the manager of Iranian Puppet Museum since 2019. The museum is in Mana Cafe House in the middle of Tehran.
Her first experience as a member of jury delegation was at 22nd Pune international film festival in India in 2023.

Theatre

  • Dandoon Tala
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Shazdeh Ehtejab
  • Divar
  • Saadate Larzane Mardomane Tirerooz
  • Ghahveye talkh
  • Shabe hezaro yekom
  • Dar mesr barf nemibarad
  • Ashaghe
  • Eshgh va Alijenab
  • Shekare roobah Ham Havayea Nafare dovom
  • ''Man ye zanam, sedamo mishnavi?''

Filmography

Movies

  • Harif e del
  • Mosafer e Rey
  • Tarzán and Tarzän
  • Movajehe
  • Shabaneh
  • Shirin
  • Shabaneh rooz
  • Molaghat
  • Ghese Pariya
  • Ghabrestan e Gheir e Entefaei
  • Agha Yousef
  • Shir tu shir
  • Hiss!dokhtara faryad nemizanand
  • Na khāste
  • Farda
  • Nazdiktar
  • Nime shab etefagh oftad
  • Mali va rah-haye narafte-ash
  • Khaneye kaghazi
  • Daryache Mahi Sarv-e zir-e ab
  • Chemical
  • SudabehThe Killer and the Savage
  • Chap rast

Television series

  • Mah e Mehraban Majerahaye khneye shomare 13
  • Istgah
  • Ba man Beman
  • Roozhaye be yad mandani
  • Biganei dar mian e ma
  • Eshgh e gomshode NargesTa Sobh Marge tadrijiye yek roya Factor 8Shogh e parvaz
  • Heyrani
  • Haft-sin
  • Hame bachehaye ma
  • Zaferani
  • Gomshodegan
  • Gileh Va
  • Terror e khamush

Awards