| Fereshteh Hosseini | |
| Native Name: | فرشته حسینی |
| Native Name Lang: | Fa |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2009–present |
Fereshteh Hosseini (Persian: فرشته حسینی; born April 26, 1997) is an Afghan-Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Parting (2016), Rona, Azim's Mother (2018), and The Frog (2020–2021). She won the Best Actress award at the 16th Marrakech International Film Festival for her performance in Parting.
Fereshteh Hosseini was born on April 26, 1997, in Tehran, Iran.[1] [2] [3] Her parents were two Afghan Hazara immigrants who immigrated to Iran before her birth due to the war in Afghanistan. Hosseini has four sisters named Masoumeh, Maryam, Hanieh and Zahra, and a brother named Mohammad. Her sister Maryam is also an actress.
In 2020, rumors began circulating about a relationship between Hosseini and Navid Mohammadzadeh. In April 2021, Mohammadzadeh confirmed the rumors by publishing a post on Instagram.[4] The couple married in July 2021.[5] [6] [7]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 2015 | I'm a Happy Actress | Sakineh | Samereh Rezaee | Documentary film | [8] |
| scope=row | 2016 | Parting | Fereshteh | Navid Mahmoudi | Selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards | [9] |
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2018 | Rona, Azim's Mother | Hengameh | Jamshid Mahmoudi | Selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards | [10] |
| Indoctrination | Ashkan Kheilnezhad | Short film | [11] | |||
| scope=row rowspan="3" | 2019 | Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness | Anar | Massoud Bakhshi | [12] | |
| Tsunami | Targol Ebrahimi | Milad Sadrameli | [13] | |||
| Seven and a Half | Fereshteh | Navid Mahmoudi | [14] | |||
| 2022 | Squad of Girls | Simin | Monir Gheidi | Won – Honorary Diploma Fajr Film Festival for Best Supporting Actress | [15] | |
| Timeless | Kian Yaghouti | Short film | [16] | |||
| Won't You Cry? | Saba | Alireza Motamedi | [17] | |||
| Hard Shell | Leila | Majid Reza Mostafavi | [18] | |||
| Dwelling Among the Gods | Fereshteh | Vuk Ršumović | Post-production | [19] |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Platform | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 2020–2021 | The Frog | Leila | Houman Seyyedi | Main role, 15 episodes | Namava | [20] | |
| scope=row | 2024 | The Asphalt Jungle | Hengameh Sabaghan | Pejman Teymourtash | Main role | Namava | [21] |
| Year | Title | Playwright | Director | Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | I'm a Salvador | [23] | |||
| 2015 | My Cinemas | Mohammad Rahmanian | Mohammad Rahmanian | Charsou Cineplex | |
| 2016 | A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer | Various | Mehrdad Khamenei | Entezami Museum | |
| The Little Black Fish | Samad Behrangi | ||||
| 2017 | The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | |||
| scope=row | 2017–2018 | I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World | Eve Ensler |
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fajr Film Festival | 2022 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Squad of Girls | [24] | ||
| Hafez Awards | 2021 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | The Frog | [25] | ||
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2018 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Parting | [26] | ||
| Marrakech International Film Festival | 2016 | Best Actress | Parting | [27] |