Ateneh Faghih Nasiri

Acting

Ateneh Faghih Nasiri

Born

1968-11-14 (57)

Place of birth

Tehran, Iran

Known for

Acting

Credits

20 titles

Ateneh Faghih Nasiri (Persian: آتن۰ه فقیه نصیری‎; born 14 November 1968) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for playing the title role in the TV series Khaleh Sara (Aunt Sara) and her portrayal of Leili in the popular TV show Khaneye Sabz (The Green House). Faghih Nasiri was born in Tehran and spent her childhood in various cities around Iran because of her father's job. She was married to Iranian actor Fariborz Arabnia before their divorce in 1999. In April 2016 Faghih Nasiri announced that she has been diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis.

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 5 titles

Shirin poster
6.2

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.

Shirin

2009

Parental Farm poster
5.0

When Mamhoud is invited to a conference to speak about his new war novel, 'Parental farm,' his aim to discuss war literature in general turns into a much more personal journey. Having lost ...

Parental Farm

2004

Octopus poster
NR

Four women from various walks of life attempt to embezzle money from a credit institution

Octopus

2005

Journey to Tomorrow poster
NR

Sara Parsa, a newspaper reporter, and Rahim, a chemical weapons veteran, are traveling together on a train heading to Abadan. Sara has a mission to report on today's youth conference, to which foreign guests have been invited. Rahim has a mission to clear a broken silo left over from the war, full of ammunition and explosives.

Journey to Tomorrow

2002

The Poisonous Mushroom poster
NR

Doman Ghaemi, a former commander in the Iran-Iraq war, is now the director of a construction company. Sometimes he remembers some illusory memories from war, during which the values of those years come to his mind. These values are in conflict with his current society and situation. Soleyman, his friend of war years, who now stays in a mental hospital, makes an emphasis on his values by entering the life of Doman again. At the meantime, Doman happens to meet a girl called Bita ...

The Poisonous Mushroom

2001

1990s · 7 titles

Series credits

Shahrzad poster
9.0

A romantic historical drama set around and after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.

Shahrzad

2015

Candlestick poster
NR

The synopsis of the Iranian series Shamedoni states that two families named Mazaheri and Saadati live in a residential complex. The Mazaheri family includes the father, Houshang, the mother, Zohreh, a bank employee, Sara, the eldest daughter who failed the medical specialization exam, and Saeed, the unemployed son of the family. The Saadati family includes Atta, the father, who has problems with Houshang, Shirin, the mother, and Arshia, a playful and inquisitive little boy.

Candlestick

2015

Zero Degree Turn poster
10.0

A 2007 Iranian television series produced in cooperation with Hungary, France, and Lebanon. Set in Nazi-occupied Paris, it follows Habib, an Iranian student who falls deeply in love with a French Jewish woman. When her life is threatened, he enlists the help of an Iranian diplomat to forge passports and smuggle her to safety — a story inspired by the real heroism of diplomat Abdol Hossein Sardari.

Zero Degree Turn

2007

Hotel poster
NR

The story takes place in the two-star Morvarid Hotel and depicts the adventures of its employees with each other and the hotel's passengers. Each part of the series has a number of guest actors who play the role of hotel guests and have adventures in the city of Tehran.

Hotel

1999

Green House poster
10.0

Everything is better in green.

Green House

1996

Moon and Leopard poster
NR

"The series 'Moon and Leopard' (2016) features a social and dramatic theme built on the conflict between good and evil, temptation, revenge, and lawlessness. The story follows Haj San'an Na'imi, who, on the verge of 60 and after years of living a righteous life, falls into diabolical temptation, an event that profoundly affects his life and the lives of others."

Moon and Leopard

2016