Shaghayegh Dehghan (Persian: شقایق دهقان, born February 1, 1979) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including three Hafez Awards nominations.
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Born | (1979-02-01) 1 February 1979 (age 43) Giessen, Germany |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1996–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Shaghayegh Dehqan was born in Germany, three months before her family returned to Iran. At the age of 17, she started her career as a puppeteer. At the same time, she turned to writing scripts for children’s TV shows and later, made her acting debut, appearing in a movie for kids.
So far, she has appeared in series Twenty (1998), Tiptoe (2002), Aqaqiya Alley (2003), Barareh Nights (2005), Mozaffar's Garden (2006), The Night Shall Pass (2008), The Man of a Thousand Faces (2007), The Passengers (2009), Stepmother (2010), Medical Building (2011), Detour (2011), Cops and Robbers (2012), Mehrabad (2013) and Pejman (2013). Dehqan has also appeared in movies, including Under the Moonlight (2000), Cinderella (2001) and Treasure of Javaher Poshte (2011).
She married Mehrab Ghasemkhani in 2002, who is an Iranian screenwriter. They have a son, Noyan who was born in 2007. The couple separated in 2018. Her former brother-in-law, Peyman Ghasemkhani is also a writer and his former spouse, Bahareh Rahnama, is an actress.[1]
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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2013 | Mozaffar's Treasure | Nazi | Mehran Modiri | distributed in Video CD |
2021 | Mafia Nights | Herself | Saeid Aboutaleb | distributed by Filimo |
His Majesty | Malek Jahan Khanom | Hamed Mohammadi | distributed by Filimo |