Mahaya Petrosian (, born 3 January 1970) is an Iranian actress of Armenian descent. She is also a director, A Beautiful Snowy Day being her first movie as director.

Biography

Mahaya Petrosian was born in Tehran on January 4, 1970, and after earning a diploma, she went to the Faculty of Fine Arts and was able to graduate in theater from this university. Mahaya Petrosyan was from the Armenian minority living in Tehran and converted to Islam after marrying a Muslim man. Her first artistic activity was acting in the movie "Love and Death" directed by Mohammad Reza Alami and she entered the field of acting. Acting in this film did not have much work for him due to his small role, but by acting in the film The Last Screen and his second cinematic activity, he was able to show his abilities.

Mahaya Petrosian

Filmography

See also

Tahmineh Milani

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Iranian cinema

Persian women

References

External links

Official Website

1970 births

Living people

Iranian actresses

Actresses from Tehran

Iranian film actresses

Iranian stage actresses

Ethnic Armenian actresses

University of Tehran alumni

Iranian people of Armenian descent

Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress winners

Mahaya Petrosian