Saba Kamali Explained

Saba Kamali
Native Name:صبا کمالی
Native Name Lang:Fa
Birth Date:17 October 1976
Birth Place:Sari, Iran
Education:Tehran University of Art (MM)
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1999–present

Saba Kamali (Persian: صبا کمالی; born October 17, 1976) is an Iranian actress.

Career

She began her career with stage acting in 1997, and later made her film debut with 'Born in the Month of Mehr' (1999).[1]

Kamali, however, found fame with the series After the Rain (2000).[2]

She established herself as an actress with the period dramas 'The British Briefcase' (1999) and 'Shahriyar' (2006).

The Iranian actress has also appeared in 'The Black Eyes' (2002), 'Boutique' (2003), 'There's Always a Woman Involved' (2007) and 'The Redemption' (2010).

She won the Best Actress Award at the 3rd Tehran Theater Festival for her performance in the play 'From Nothingness to Humanity'.[3] [4]

Arrest

On 12 September 2019, an arrest warrant was issued for Kamali after her post on Instagram in support of Sahar Khodayari, who self-immolated after she was prosecuted for trying to enter the Azadi Stadium, an act which is considered illegal for Iranian females. In her post, she published an imaginary dialogue with Husayn ibn Ali questioning the relevance of ceremonial Ashura event.[5]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: .: Iranian Movie DataBase صبا كمالي.
  2. Web site: Saba Kamali on Namnamak News.
  3. Web site: افشاگری صبا کمالی از پشت پرده سینمای ایران . August 7, 2017. zoomg.ir.
  4. Web site: Saba Kamali on Beytoote News.
  5. Web site: 'دستور بازداشت' یک هنرپیشه زن در ایران به اتهام 'توهین به امام حسین' . September 12, 2019. bbc.com.
  6. Web site: Saba Kamali (Biography) . www.iranactor.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020713053545/http://iranactor.com/artists/actors/Saba-Kamali.htm . 2002-07-13.