Zar Amir Ebrahimi

In this Persian name, the surname is Amir Ebrahimi.

Zar Amir Ebrahimi
زهرا اميرابراهيمی
Amir Ebrahimi at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival
Born
Zahra Amir Ebrahimi

(1981-07-09) 9 July 1981 (age 43)
Tehran, Iran
Citizenship
  • Iran
  • France
Alma materAzad University (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
  • director
Years active1999–present
AgentUnited Talent Agency

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (Persian: زهرا اميرابراهيمی; born 9 July 1981), known professionally as Zar Amir Ebrahimi (زر امیرابراهیمی, pronunciationⓘ), is an Iranian-French[a] actress, producer and director. She rose to international prominence for her performance as journalist Arezoo Rahimi in the crime thriller Holy Spider (2022), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and Robert Award for Best Actress.

Amir Ebrahimi is also a producer and host for the BBC and oversees a cultural program for the Persian branch of BBC World. In 2022, she appeared on BBC's 100 Women list as one of the world's inspiring and influential women of the year.[2]

  1. ^ Coyle, Jake (25 October 2022). "An exiled actress stars in a piercing portrait of Iran". ABC News.
  2. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 6 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.


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