Pantea Panahiha (fa|پانتهآ پناهیها; born November 29, 1977) is an Iranian actress and. She is best known for her performance in Breath (2016), which was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
| Pantea Panahiha | |
| Native Name: | پانتهآ پناهیها |
| Birth Date: | 29 November 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| Native Name Lang: | Fa |
| Alma Mater: | Soore University |
| Years Active: | 2001–present |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 2001 | Scent of Paradise | Hamid's family friend | Hamid Reza Mohseni | [1] | |
| scope=row | 2003 | Don't Kill That Man | Woman in love | Mohammad Arbabian | ||
| scope=row | 2006 | The Confrontation | Saeed Ebrahimifar | |||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2013 | Acrid | Azar | Kiarash Asadizadeh | [2] | |
| Lady | Reza's wife | Tina Pakravan | [3] | |||
| scope=row | 2014 | Ginkgo: Suspended Narrative | Touraj Aslani | [4] | ||
| scope=row rowspan="3" | 2015 | I Am Diego Maradona | Lili | Bahram Tavakoli | [5] | |
| The Buffalo | Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini | [6] | ||||
| In Silence | Firouzeh | Zharzh Hashemzadeh | [7] | |||
| scope=row rowspan="6" | 2016 | Duet | Samira | Navid Danesh | [8] | |
| Sister | Marjan Ashrafizadeh | [9] | ||||
| Breath | Bahar's grandmother | Narges Abyar | [10] | |||
| Red Nail Polish | Azam | Seyyed Jamal Seyyed Hatami | [11] | |||
| Arvand | Mahboobeh | Pourya Azarbayjani | [12] | |||
| We Will Not Get Used To | Samar | Ebrahim Ebrahimian | [13] | |||
| scope=row | 2018 | Nostalgia Celebration | Afsaneh | Pourya Azarbayjani | [14] | |
| scope=row rowspan="3" | 2019 | Suddenly a Tree | Psychiatrist | Safi Yazdanian | [15] | |
| Jamshidieh | Charkchi's wife | Yalda Jebeli | [16] | |||
| Darkhoongah | Shahrzad | Siavash Asadi | [17] | |||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2020 | Exodus | Mehrbanoo | Ebrahim Hatamikia | [18] | |
| Tale of the Sea | Mahin | Bahman Farmanara | [19] | |||
| scope=row | 2021 | Hit the Road | Mother | Panah Panahi | [20] | |
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2022 | Squad of Girls | Vajihe | Monir Gheidi | [21] | |
| 19 | Manijeh Hekmat | [22] | ||||
| 2023 | After Leaving | Reza Nejati | [23] | |||
| Leather Jacket Man | Zari | Hossein Mirzamohammadi | [24] | |||
| Captain | Ms. Nazari | Mohammad Hamzei | [25] | |||
| Empty Nets | Amir's mother | Behrooz Karamizadeh | [26] | |||
| In the Form of Love | Forough | Siavash Asadi | [27] | |||
| Maria | Zohreh | Mahdi Asghari Azghadi | [28] | |||
| Hedgehog | Mahrokh | Mastaneh Mohajer | [29] | |||
| 2024 | Stepmother | Negar Naghavi | Short film | |||
| For Rana | Soudabeh | Iman Yazdi | [30] | |||
| Aryashahr, Two People | Nahid | Hamid Bahramian | [31] | |||
| 2025 | Red Shades | Kati | Hossein Mahkam | [32] | ||
| Grape Seeds | Ebrahim Ebrahimian | Filming | [33] |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 2015–2017 | Shahrzad | Sharbat | Hassan Fathi | Lotus Play | Supporting role; season 1 | [34] |
| scope=row | 2019–2020 | Rhino | Vanousheh Azimi | Kiarash Asadizadeh | Filimo, Namava | Main role | [35] |
| scope=row | 2021–2022 | Once Upon a Time in Iran | Gohar | Tina Pakravan | Namava | Supporting role; also as casting director | [36] |
| 2023 | The Translator | Nahid | Namava | Main role | [37] | ||
| The Marsh | Afagh | Borzou Niknejad | Filmnet | Main role | [38] | ||
| 2025 | Tasian | Homa Nejat | Tina Pakravan | Filimo | Main role | [39] | |
| Girls of Grief Alley | Soraya | Ali Jafarabadi | Filmnet | Main role | [40] | ||
| 1001 Nights | Mostafa Kiaee | Filimo | Main role | [41] |
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fajr Film Festival | 2015 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | I Am Diego Maradona | [43] | ||
| 2019 | Darkhoongah | [44] | ||||
| 2023 | After Leaving | [45] | ||||
| Fajr International Film Festival | 2016 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Breath | [46] | ||
| Hafez Award | 2017 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Breath | [47] | ||
| 2019 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Lady of the Mansion | [48] | |||
| 2024 | The Marsh | [49] | ||||
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2015 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Acrid | [50] | ||
| 2017 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Breath | [51] | |||
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Red Nail Polish | [52] | ||||
| 2018 | Nostalgia Celebration | [53] | ||||
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2015 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | I Am Diego Maradona | [54] | ||
| 2016 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Breath | [55] | |||
| Urban International Film Festival | 2022 | Best Actress | Squad of Girls | [56] |
