Shabnam Farshadjoo

Shabnam Farshadjoo is an Iranian actress of stage, film, and television.

Biography

Shabnam Farshadjoo was born in January 1978 in Tehran, Iran. She has a master's degree in performing arts. She began her film acting career in 1999 in the film Rain Man by director.
In September 2022, she removed her hijab in support of the Mahsa [Amini protests]. She retired from the world of acting by announcing it in a post on Instagram two days after the removal of the hijab incident, while she was reportedly visiting Canada. One Iranian news source reported this action was done by Farshadjoo in order to gain asylum.