Fariba Naderi (Persian: فریبا نادری; born April 12, 1984) is an Iranian actress. In 2025, she received critical acclaim and won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress at the 43rd Fajr Film Festival for her breakthrough role as a widow experiencing premature ovarian insufficiency in Setareh's Husband (2025).
Early life Fariba Naderi was born on 12 April 1984 in Tehran. She has one brother and two sisters. Naderi married Mosoud Rassam, who was significantly older than her, at a young age, stating that the marriage was her own decision. Following Rassam's death in 2009, she announced in an interview with ISNA that she would never marry a television or film actor. Regarding her late husband, she said, "I had a loving life with Mosoud Rasam, and despite the twenty-seven-year age difference, I never felt any void in our relationship. Even his smallest words were enlightening to me, and my best memory of him is his profound words, which still remain in my mind."
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes 2009White & BlackGhasem JafariUnreleased film 2011Requirement of MarriageShaghayeghMohsen MonshizadehDirect-to-videoA Double StandardYousef TeymouriDirect-to-videoLove AgainBahman GoudarziDirect-to-video 2012Naive Mohsen MonshizadehDirect-to-video 2014Nights of ShirazAbbas MoradianDirect-to-videoTwo Stupid CharlatansJavanshir RostamiDirect-to-video 2015LoverAbbas MoradianDirect-to-videoSeacoastArash Moayerian2016Good Sense of LifeFarnaz AminiDirect-to-videoGiti's ProblemNader's wifeBahram Kazemi 2017LamborghiniMohammad AsadniaDirect-to-videoMe & SharminTina's friend Bijan Shirmarz2022Killing a TraitorNaziMasoud Kimiai2023Wind of ChangeFaribaAbbas RafeiEmpty PerfumesSamiraBahareh Rahnama2024Summer TimeMarziMahmoud Kalari2025Setareh's HusbandSetarehEbrahim Irajzad2026The RoofFaribaEbrahim Amini
Web YearTitleRoleDirectorPlatformNotes 2015Love Is Not ClosedBijan BirangCancelled after five episodesStop, God SeesPedram ZamaniUnreleased series; 1 episode 2020Iranian DinnerHerselfSaeed AboutalebFilimo, NamavaReality show; 4 episodes2021Mafia NightsHerselfSaeed AboutalebFilimoGame show; 6 episodesAhangi NightHerselfHamed AhangiFilmnetTalk show; 1 episode2023–2024Guardiola's FatherBanafshehSaeed NematollahTamashakhanehSupporting roleI'll Die Without YouAbbas MoradianSupporting role
Television YearTitleRoleDirectorNetworkNotes 2005The Red PearlMasoud RasamIRIB TehranTV series; main role2007Rainy FlowerAbbas RanjabrIRIB TV3TV series; main role2008Me & PoutiHamid Ghadakchian, Masoud FarkhondehIRIB TV2TV series; season 3, main roleLittle Great ManMasoud RasamIRIB TV2TV series; supporting role2009Non-ConfidentialMasoud RasamIRIB TV5TV series; main roleFactor VIIIMina IranmaneshReza KarimiIRIB TV1TV series; supporting role 2010The Years of ConstitutionReyhanMohammad Reza VarziIRIB TV3TV series; supporting roleThe Sky Is Not Always CloudySahar PouyaSaeed AlemzadehIRIB TV1TV series; main role 2011ForgottenNaziFereydoun HassanpourIRIB TV1TV series; supporting role2011–2012The WindowHedieh HedayatGhodratollah SolhmirzaeeIRIB TV5TV series; main role 2012Like GlassesMajor AhmadiJavad MozdabadiIRIB TV1TV miniseries; supporting roleBad ChequeRahelehSirous MoghaddamIRIB TV1TV series; supporting roleLong PathReza KarimiIRIB TV1TV series; supporting roleThe BillionaireAlireza AminiIRIB TV1TV series; supporting role2013Rainy LandJavad MozdabadiIRIB TV2TV film; supporting role2014SunglassesReza RashidpourIRIB NasimTV series; main roleThe OstrichAli AsadollahiRadio NamayeshTV film; main roleCuckooFaribaMahmoud MoazemiIRIB TV2TV series; main role39 WeeksFaezehMorteza Ahmadi HarandiIRIB TV5TV series; supporting role 2014–2019SetayeshParisima SafaeeSaeed SoltaniIRIB TV3TV series; season 2–3, main role2015On the Way to the Bride's HouseAfshin SadeghiIRIB NamayeshTV film; main role2016, 2022KhandevanehHerselfRambod JavanIRIB NasimTV program; guest appearance 2017NursesMahboubeh EzatiAlireza Afkhami, Shahram Shah HosseiniIRIB TV1TV series; main roleBetter Days: Alone in TehranZohrehNavid MihandoostIRIB TV1TV miniseries; main roleThe Lost OnesReza KarimiIRIB TV2TV series; main rolePassion of HusaynHerselfHamed NegareshIRIB TV2TV program; guest appearance, 1 episode2019–2022From DestinyElhamMohammad Reza Kheradmandan, Alireza BazrafshanIRIB TV2TV series; season 1–3, main role 2020The NeighborManouchehr's wifeAhmad DarvishalipourIRIB TV2TV series; season 3, main roleGet TogetherHerselfMehran ModiriIRIB NasimTV program; guest appearance, 1 episode2022Under One RoofHamed Tehrani AlaviIRIB NasimTV miniseries; main role 2025New YearHerselfIRIB TV3TV special; guest appearance, 1 episodeA Lock of Hair & All These HeartsHerselfAmin TalebiIRIB NasimTV special; guest appearance, 1 episode
Theatre Year Title Playwright Director Stage 2019UtopiaArash SanjabiArash SanjabiFourth Wall Theatre2023The Story of Lasting SongsJalaloddin DorriJalaloddin DorriSa'dabad Complex2025Lost Pieces of a Marriage StoryMohammad RahmanianMohammad RahmanianMall of the Emirates
Awards and nominations +Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nominationAwardYearCategoryNominated WorkResultDhaka International Film Festival2026Best ActressSetareh's HusbandFajr Film Festival2025Best Actress in a Leading RoleSetareh's HusbandSlemani International Film Festival2026Best International Leading ActressSetareh's Husband
References
External links
Fariba Naderi On SourehCinema (in Persian)