Mahtab Keramati
Mahtab Keramati | |
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مهتاب کرامتی | |
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Born | Mahtab Keramati 17 October 1970 |
Nationality | Iranian |
Education | Bachelor of Microbiology |
Alma mater | Azad University |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1998–present |
Spouse |
Babak Riahipour
(m. 1986; div. 2002) |
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Mahtab Keramati (Persian: مهتاب کرامتی; born 17 October 1970) is an Iranian actress.[1] She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards. In August 2006, she was appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Iran.
Career
[edit]Keramati was taking acting courses when she was chosen for the role of Helen in The Men of Angelos, which garnered her national recognition. She later went on to appear in films such as Mummy III and Rain Man for which she was nominated for a Fajr International Film Festival Crystal Simorgh. She then appeared in dramas such as Saint Mary and Crimson Soil and the films Hell, Purgatory, Heaven, There Are Things You Don't Know, Alzheimer and The Private Life of Mr. and Mrs. M.. She won a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Twenty. In 2015, she won Best Actor Award Imagineindia Film Festival. She was also featured in Dhaka Film Festival Jury.[2]
Charity and philanthropic activities
[edit]After the earthquake of Bam City which occurred on 26 December 2003, she approached philanthropy and charity work and on 30 December she was one of the artists partaking in a charity meeting for quake-stricken people of Bam. From 2013, releasing prisoners-sentenced-to-nemesis, have become one of the charity work she does and she has put some efforts in collecting blood money and getting the next of kin's satisfaction. In this respect Shahab Moradi has been one of her companions.
She is also a women's rights activist.[3]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]- Mardi Az jense Bolour (1999)
- Mumiyayi 3 (2000)
- Mard Barani (2000)
- Behesht az ane To (2000)
- Molaghat ba Tooti (2003)
- Shahe Khamoosh (2003)
- Hashtpa (2005)
- Salvation at 8:20 (2005)
- Hess-e Penhan (2007)
- The Reward of Silence (2007)
- Adam (2007)
- Atash-e Sabz (2008)
- Shirin (2008)
- Tardid (2009)
- Women Are Angels (2009)
- Doozakh Barzakh Behesht (2009)
- Bist (2009)
- Shabane Rooz (2010)
- Adamkosh (2010)
- There Are Things You Don't Know (2010)
- Alzheimer (2011)
- Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011)
- The Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M (2012)
- Azar (2012)
- The Fourth Child (2013)
- Inadvertent (2014)
- Hussein Who Said No
- Ghosts (2014)
- Arghavan (2014)
- Jameh Daran (2015)
- Ice Age (2015)
- BIAFF Film Festival Promo Video 2017 (2017)
- Mazar-i-Sharif[4][5]
- Majan (2015)
- mordad (2015)
- Boht (2016)
- Shayad Eshgh Nabod (2016)
- old Road (2016)
- orca (2019)
- Sahneh Zani (2020)
Television series
[edit]- The Men of Angelos (1998)
- Saint Mary (2002)
- Khake Sorkh (2002)
Producer
[edit]- Orca (2019)
- Platform (2017)
- Take Off (2017)
References
[edit]- ^ "Actress Mahtab Keramati appointed UNICEF National Ambassador". UNICEF website. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
- ^ "3 Iranians in Dhaka Film Festival Jury". Financial Tribune. January 3, 2017.
- ^ "مصاحبه با مهتاب کرامتی در پاریس". ایرانیان انگلستان. 2007-05-29.
- ^ ""Mazar-i-Sharif" named best at Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne". Tehran Times. March 6, 2017.
- ^ "Award for 'Mazar-i-Sharif' at Australia Film Festival". Financial Tribune. March 12, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
External links
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- Living people
- 1970 births
- Artistic directors
- HIV/AIDS activists
- Actresses from Tehran
- 21st-century Iranian businesspeople
- Iranian film producers
- Iranian film actresses
- Iranian stage actresses
- Iranian women in business
- UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors
- Children's rights activists
- Iranian television actresses
- Iranian women film producers
- 20th-century Iranian actresses
- 21st-century Iranian actresses
- Islamic Azad University alumni
- Iranian women's rights activists
- Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress winners
- Iranian actor stubs