
Roya Nownahali
Department: Acting
Biography
Roya Nownahali is an actress of theater, cinema, and television who was born in 1963 in Tehran, Iran. After completing her studies, she was first featured in Khosro Sinai's "Yar dar Khaneh" movie. She won the Crystal Simorgh for Best First Role Actress in Fajr Film Festival for "The Marriage of the Blessed" directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. She also became famous with the role played in Mehdi Fakhimzadeh's "Sleep and Awake" television series. She has also been featured in "A Piece of Bread" by Kamal Tabrizi, "The House On Water" by Bahman Farman Ara and "Confessions of My Dangerous Mind" directed by Hooman Seyyedi.
Known For

Marriage of the Blessed
1989

Women's Prison
2002

Confessions of My Dangerous Mind
2015

Where Are My Shoes?
2016

Helen
2017

Sanam
2001

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
2000

I Want to
2018

The Familiar Soil
2008

Tale of the Sea
2018

Nimrokh-ha
2016

Niloofar
2008

It Happened at Midnight
2016

The Fish Fall in Love
2007

The Mousetrap
1997

Giti's Problem
2016

Highlight
2017

A Piece of Bread
2005

A House Built on Water
2002

Sedaha
2009

On a Friday Afternoon
2006

The Fifth Season
1997

Shirin
2009

Wild
2024

A Bumpy Story
2021

Mana
2008

Queen of Beggars
2021

Once Upon a Time in Iran
2021

Sleep and Awake
2003

Shahrzad
2015

The Beheading
2024

Sleep and Awake
2001

Roshanaeie Shab
2026