Behnoush Tabatabaei (; born ) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including two Hafez Awards. 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 DirectorNotes 2006Calamities of the MaidenMasoud Atyabi2007Kalagh ParRoyaSharam Shah Hosseini2008Brick Made BoysMahourMajid GharizadehPeel of BananaAli Atshani2012The FreewayParisaAbbas RafeiFasonation StepsHamid BahmaniMy Father's Love StoryMohammad Reza Varzi2015Luck, Love, AccidentNahidArash Moayerian2016CyanideLeila ZomorodianBehrouz Shoeibi2017Under the Smoky RoofRa'naPouran DerakhshandehLobbyMohamad ParviziUnreleased film2019Gholamreza TakhtiShahla TavakoliBahram TavakoliMidday Adventures: Trace of BloodSimaMohammad Hossein Mahdavian
Web Year Title Role Director Platform Notes 2025–presentSavushunZahra "Zari"Narges AbyarNamavaLeading role
Television Year Title Role Director Network 2001Traveler from IndiaKatiGhasem JafariIRIB TV32004Lost LoveSima / Sima's motherHossein SoheilizadehIRIB TV32010EnclosureMaryamSirous MoghaddamIRIB TV1In the Strand of Zayandeh RudMitra SamavatiHassan FathiIRIB TV1MokhtarnamehKhashe'eDavood MirbagheriIRIB TV12011ForgottenMina NaderiFereydoun HassanpourIRIB TV12015MichaelYasSirous MoghaddamIRIB TV1
Awards and nominations Award Year Category Nominated Work ResultFajr Film Festival2019Best Actress in a Leading RoleMidday Adventures: Trace of Blood Hafez Awards2011Best Actress – Television Series DramaIn the Strand of Zayandeh Rud 2016Michael 2020Best Actress – Motion PictureMidday Adventures: Trace of Blood 2025Best Actress – Television Series DramaSavushunIran's Film Critics and Writers Association2016Best Actress in a Supporting RoleCyanide
References
External links
Behnoosh Tabatabaei at Sureh cinema centre Behnoosh Tabatabaei in Simin story(film) Behnoosh Tabatabaei in Mikaeel(TV serial)