Behnoosh Tabatabaei (Persian: بهنوش طباطبایی; born May 17, 1981) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Hafez Award. She earned a Crystal Simorgh nomination for her performance in Midday Adventure: Trace of Blood (2019).[1][2][3][4]
Behnoosh Tabatabaei | |
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Behnoosh at the 37th Fajr Film Festival (2019) | |
| Born | (1981-05-17) May 17, 1981 (age 41) Tehran, Iran |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse | |
She has studied computer engineering and a short term of acting at University of Tehran.[5]

She met actor Mahdi Pakdel in 2007, and married him in March 2011. They divorced in 2016.[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Calamities of the Maiden | Masoud Atyabi | ||
| 2007 | Kalagh Par | Roya | Sharam Shah Hosseini | |
| 2008 | Brick Made Boys | Mahour | Majid Gharizadeh | |
| Peel of Banana | Ali Atshani | |||
| 2012 | The Freeway | Parisa | Abbas Rafei | |
| Fasonation Steps | Hamid Bahmani | |||
| My Father's Love Story | Mohammad Reza Varzi | |||
| 2015 | Luck, Love, Accident | Nahid | Arash Moayerian | |
| 2016 | Cyanide | Leila Zomorodian | Behrouz Shoeibi | |
| 2017 | Under the Smoky Roof | Rana | Pouran Derakhshandeh | |
| Lobby | Mohamad Parvizi | |||
| 2019 | Gholamreza Takhti | Shahla Tavakoli | Bahram Tavakoli | |
| Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Sima | Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian | [7] |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Savushun | Zari | Narges Abyar | [8] |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Traveler from India | Katy | Ghasem Jafari | IRIB TV3 | |
| 2004 | Lost Love | Sima / Sima's Mother | Hossein Soheilizadeh | IRIB TV3 | |
| 2010 | Enclosure | Maryam | Siroos Moghaddam | IRIB TV1 | |
| In the Strand of Zayandeh Rud | Mitra Samavati | Hassan Fathi | IRIB TV1 | ||
| Mokhtarnameh | Khaashe'e | Davood Mirbagheri | IRIB TV1 | [9][10] | |
| 2011 | Forgotten | Mina Naderi | Fereidoun Hassanpour | IRIB TV1 | |
| 2015 | Michael | Yas | Siroos Moghaddam | IRIB TV1 |
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fajr Film Festival | 2019 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2011 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | In the Strand of Zayandeh Rud | Won |
| 2016 | Michael | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Nominated | |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2016 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Cyanide | Nominated |