Afsaneh Dehrouyeh

Acting

Afsaneh Dehrouyeh

United Kingdom

Afsaneh Dehrouyeh is an award-winning British Iranian actress, best known for starring as Laili in the BAFTA-nominated and Oscar-shortlisted Yellow, Samira in Our Kind of Love, and the key role of Mahdiya Kattan in Season 3 of Fox 21's Tyrant, from Homeland creator Gideon Raff. She was nominated for Best Actress by Underwire Film Festival for her performance in Our Kind of Love, along with making the BAFTA long list, dominating festivals including Aesthetica and LSFF, and has over 3 million views on Omeleto. She can also be seen alongside Mark Rylance in Phantom of the Open.

Acting credits

The Phantom of the Open poster
6.8

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

The Phantom of the Open

2022

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NR

A distressed woman is on the run after stealing the world's most advanced breakthrough in technology and medicine to save its inventor. Her careless attempt to control this technology accidentally puts the lives of others at risk.

Capture

Ayaneh poster
3.0

Set in Switzerland, our story follows Ayaneh, a young refugee from Afghanistan. One day at a public swimming pool she meets Anna and instantly feels attracted to her. As the relationship between the two women develops, Ayaneh is confronted with growing resistance from her religious family.

Ayaneh

2019

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NR

After 10 years of living abroad, immigrant Elena is tantalisingly close to receiving her citizenship. But as the government expands control over its people, a new mind reading technology is used to filter out undesirable applicants whose innermost thoughts and values do not fully align with them.

Requirements

2025

Yellow poster
6.3

In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a woman walks into a chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full-body veil and face an uncertain future.

Yellow

2023

Worry Time poster
NR

Something terrible has happened to Annette’s friend, Vivian, and everyone’s decided to move on from it. Everyone except Annette. She will not “process”. She will not forgive. She’s going to make an allegorical sci-fi film – a reflection on women’s accommodation of male dominance– whether or not Vivian wants her to.

Worry Time

2026

The Woman in the Wardrobe poster
NR

The Woman in the Wardrobe is an urgent tale of hope against the backdrop of destruction. The film follows Nadiya, a woman who finds sanctuary inside a wardrobe whilst giving birth to her daughter.

The Woman in the Wardrobe

2024

Our Kind of Love poster
6.0

Samira, an Afghan village girl, is on her first date in London.

Our Kind of Love

2018

Digging poster
NR

Ziba, Ché, Neela and Kofi use their devices to take trips through their memories to settle an argument

Digging

2022