Mahtab Keramati

Mahtab Keramati
مهتاب کرامتی
Born
Mahtab Keramati

(1970-10-17) 17 October 1970 (age 56)
Tehran, Iran
EducationBachelor of Microbiology
Alma materAzad University
Occupations
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Babak Riahipour
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(m. 1986; div. 2002)​
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Mahtab Keramati (Persian: مهتاب کرامتی; born 17 October 1970) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards. In August 2006, she was appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Iran.

Mahtaab Karami entered the world of acting after marrying Babak Riahipour, with whom she had a daughter. However, this marriage ended in divorce, and she has not remarried since their separation.

Career

Keramati was taking acting courses when she was chosen for the role of Helen in The Men of Angelos, which garnered her national recognition. She later went on to appear in films such as Mummy III and Rain Man for which she was nominated for a Fajr International Film Festival Crystal Simorgh. She then appeared in dramas such as Saint Mary and Crimson Soil and the films Hell, Purgatory, Heaven, There Are Things You Don't Know, Alzheimer and The Private Life of Mr. and Mrs. M.. She won a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Twenty. In 2015, she won Best Actor Award Imagineindia Film Festival. She was also featured in Dhaka Film Festival Jury.

Charity and philanthropic activities

After the earthquake of Bam City, which occurred on 26 December 2003, Keramati approached philanthropy and charity work; on 30 December, she was one of the artists partaking in a charity meeting for quake-stricken people of Bam. From 2013, she has been engaged in releasing prisoners-sentenced-to-nemesis. She has put efforts in collecting blood money and getting the next of kin's satisfaction. In this respect, Shahab Moradi has been one of her companions.

Keramati is also a women's rights activist.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Producer

References

  1. ↑ "Actress Mahtab Keramati appointed UNICEF National Ambassador". UNICEF website. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  2. ↑ "مهتاب کرامتی - دانشنامه ویکیدا". fa.wikida.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  3. ↑ "3 Iranians in Dhaka Film Festival Jury". Financial Tribune. January 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ "مصاحبه با مهتاب کرامتی در پاریس". ایرانیان انگلستان. 2007-05-29.
  5. ↑ ""Mazar-i-Sharif" named best at Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne". Tehran Times. March 6, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Award for 'Mazar-i-Sharif' at Australia Film Festival". Financial Tribune. March 12, 2017. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.