Mojdeh Daei

Acting

Mojdeh Daei

Born 1987-03-31 · Isfahan, Iran

Mojdeh Daei is an Iranian actress, writer, and artist. She holds a Master’s degree in Dramatic Literature from Tehran University of Art, where she wrote her thesis on interactive theater, focusing on three works by Peter Handke. Daei has performed in over 20 theater productions in Tehran and has acted in more than 20 films. She was also one of the writers for the feature film Ext - Friendship – Night (2024) and appeared in the television series Island (2021). Fluent in Persian, German, and English, Mojdeh has a diverse artistic background with a passion for painting, dancing, singing, literature, fitness, and traveling.

Acting credits

No Date, No Signature poster
6.8

Kaveh Nariman is a Doctor in the medical examiner's office. One day at his work he meets a corpse which is very familiar to him.

No Date, No Signature

2017

White Scratch poster
10.0

A 15-year-old girl, struggling under societal and familial pressures, takes a stand to reclaim her identity and voice.

White Scratch

2025

Bearer poster
2.0

The story of life of a woman Mehri who unintentionally enters into an unknown problem and is searching for a solution for that.

Bearer

2018

The Cats poster
10.0

A solitary woman, who just got out of a relationship, is spending her Corona quarantine days with her two cats. The female cat wants to mate, but the male cat is neutered. The woman is thinking of a solution for her cats restlessness.

The Cats

2020

America poster
10.0

An Iranian journalist couple wants to move to America to escape the difficulties of their country. The woman receives her visa but her husband doesn't. He stays in Iran and watches his wife find success on television and falls into a state of depression.

America

2018

Copsi poster
10.0

A young couple have problems in their marriage.

Copsi

2015

Liberty poster
10.0

A woman decides to terminate her life in her own way, but something goes wrong.

Liberty

2022

Shi poster
9.5

Shi portrays the hardship of a traditional marriage.

Shi

2019

Closed Circuit poster
10.0

In a monitored room, a woman asks for help to find the camera her husband installed.

Closed Circuit

2017

Pregnant poster
10.0

"Pregnant" is a window into a woman's existence as she lives her internal life ever so delicately as her external life. Becoming a mother for the second time, she prepares for the unknown.

Pregnant

2022

Bruised poster
8.5

It is possible to hide an event not out of cunning but out of fear that it will be revealed.

Bruised

2020

Faranak poster
NR

Fired from his job, behind on his rent and abandoned by his wife, a burnt-out Uber driver gets an unusual passenger.

Faranak

2021

Numb poster
7.0

This time the action is restricted to a kindergarten, a world seemingly far removed from real life in Iran. Pre-school is the first and last time boys and girls can learn together freely before entering the strictly segregated education system. Much like the dog in Toodehroosta’s well received first feature Paat (2013), six-year-old Roham plays the often silent witness to the actions unfurling around him. As his curiosity grows, the complicated real lives of the other pupils start to unravel.

Numb

2023

A Few Knots Away poster
NR

The people who are living on an island are leaving there because of the situation that became worse recently even they are taking body of their relatives to the port near the island. This island is in the middle of political struggle.

A Few Knots Away

2017

The Milky Way Galaxy poster
10.0

Somewhere in the Milky Way, a young girl starts making eccentric dolls to free herself from the atmosphere that rules her home. One night she witnesses an abnormal occurrence between her parents and their guest. She which is imprisoned in her room eventually expels her human nature.

The Milky Way Galaxy

2023

Girls of the Sun poster
10.0

A poetic film in which a carpet is being woven and a woman with long hair and warm eyes is staring at the camera.

Girls of the Sun

2013

Obituary poster
9.0

A young clergyman, is forced to hold the funeral of his former beloved without prior notice.

Obituary

2020

Behind the camera