Photo: Walid Farouk / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Zar Amir Ebrahimi is, to me, one of the most compelling actors working today, precisely because her art is inseparable from her resilience. Driven from her career in Iran, she rebuilt herself in France and delivered a fierce, unforgettable performance in Holy Spider that earned the Cannes Best Actress prize in 2022. That she is also a director and photographer tells me her creative impulse runs deeper than any single role. What I admire most is the refusal to be defined by adversity; instead she transmuted it into work of real moral weight. She belongs among the cinema voices I watch most closely.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Zar Amir-Ebrahimi
- Name (Japanese)
- ザーラ・アミル・エブラヒミ
- Reading
- ざーら・あみる・えぶらひみ
- Born
- July 9, 1981 (age 44)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rooster
- Origin
- Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / photographer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Islamic Azad University
Awards & achievements
- 2022 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
- 2022 BBC 100 Women
- 2023 Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/zaramirebrahimi/
- Xhttps://x.com/zar_amir
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zar%20Amir%20Ebrahimi
Frequently asked questions
When was Zar Amir-Ebrahimi born?
Born July 9, 1981 (age 44).
Where is Zar Amir-Ebrahimi from?
Zar Amir-Ebrahimi is from Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran.
What does Zar Amir-Ebrahimi do?
Zar Amir-Ebrahimi works as actor, film director, photographer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.