Anahita Dargahi

Anahita Dargahi (Persian: آناهیتا درگاهی‎, also Romanized as “Ānāhitā Dargāhi”, [aːnaːhiːˈtaː dæɾgaːˈhiː]; born 1987 in Tehran) is an Iranian painter and actress.

Anahita Dargahi was born in 1987 in Tehran. She began painting at the age of seven under the instruction of the renowned painter Abbas Katouzian. Having gained accomplishment in her painting career, Dargahi has held a number of individual exhibitions while taking part actively in several group ones both in Iran and abroad. She has also designed numerous posters. While a painter and an actor, she was the producer of the music video Parde-ye Ākhar (The Last Act) by Reza Kianian as well as one of Arian Keshishi's concerts.

Dargahi is a stage and movie actress. She learned her first lessons in acting from Farzad Motamen who gave her a part in his movie Ākharin bār key Sahar rā didi? (When Did You Meet Sahar Last?) in 2015.

Dargahi continued with her academic education in art and did a B.A. in graphics as well as an M.A. in painting from Tehran University of Art.

She married the actor, singer, and director Ashkan Khatibi in 2016.

Painting

Dargahi has held three individual exhibitions of her works at the Niavaran Palace Complex and Seyhoun Gallery and Farmanieh Galleries, all in Tehran. She has also taken part in three group exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts of the Sa’dabad Palace Complex, Kamal-ol-Molk Gallery, and Jam Art Gallery in Dubai. Her latest painting exhibition called “Fasl-e man kojāst?” (“Where Is My Season?”) was held at Ariana Gallery.

Acting

Dargahi's acting debut was the detective movie Ākharin bār key Sahar rā didi? (When Did You Met Sahar Last?), directed by Farzad Motamen in 2015. Nominated in five categories at the Fajr International Film Festival, the movie brought her to the limelight.

Dargahi went on to star in such movies as Zard (Yellow, directed by Mostafa Taghizadeh, 2016), Dāstan-e Siāvash (The Story of Siavash, by Amir Eskandari, 2017), Ghānun-e Morfi (Murphy’s Law, by Rambod Javan, 2018), Cheshm-o-goush-basteh (The Naïve One, by Farzad Motamen, 2018), Sudabeh (by Mohammad Ali Sadjadi, 2018), Derakht-e Banafsh (The Purple Tree, by Amin Aslani, 2019), Nilgoun (Azure, by Hosein Soheilizadeh, 2019).

She also starred in the TV series Mamnoueh (The Forbidden, by Amir Purkian, 2017) as "Talā Davallou".

Dargahi took roles in a number of plays including Dar entezār-e Ādolf (Waiting for Adolf, by Alireza Koushk Jalali, 2017), Se khāhar (The Three Sisters, by Mohammad-Hasan Ma'jouni, 2017), Dah sāl tanhāyi (Ten Years of Solitude, by Ashkan Khatibi, 2018), Ghahtizadegān (The Famine-stricken, by Ashkan Khatibi, 2019).

Films

• Sinamā shahr-e ghesseh (Persian: سینما شهر قصه) (Keyvan Alimohammadi and Ali-Akbar Heydari, 2019)
• Nilgoun (نیلگون) (Hosein Soheilizadeh, 2019)
• Derkht-e banafsh (درخت بنفش) (Amin Aslani, 2019)
• Soudābeh (سودابه) (Mohammad Ali Sadjadi, 2018)
• Cheshm-o-goush-basteh (چشم‌وگوش‌بسته) (Farzad Motamen, 2018)
• Ghānoun-e morfi (قانون مورفی) (Rambod Javan, 2018)
• Hamdigar (short film) (همدیگر) (Ali Zarnegar, 2017)
• Dāstān-e Siāvash (داستان سیاوش) (Amir Eskandari, 2017)
• Zard (زرد) (Mostafa Taghizadeh, 2016)
• Ākharin bār key Sahar rā didi? (آخرین بار کی سحر را دیدی؟) (Farzad Motamen, 2015)

TV series

• Mamnoueh (ممنوعه) (Amir Pourkian, 2017-2018)

Theater

• Nefrin-e ghahtizadegān (نفرین قحطی‌زدگان) (Ashkan Khatibi, Iranshahr Amphitheater, Samandarian Hall, June 2019)
• Arbāb Pontilā (ارباب پونتیلا) (Mikaeel Shahrestani, based on Mr Puntila and his Man Matti, an epic theatre comedy by Bertolt Brecht)
• Madreseh-ye shabāneh (مدرسهٔ شبانه) (stage reading of a play by Harold Pinter)
• Vaghti khorous ghalat mikhānad (وقتی خروس غلط می‌خوانَد) (Ali Shams)
• Dar entezār-e Ādolf (در انتظار آدولف) (Alireza Koushk Jalali)
• Se khāhar (سه خواهر) (Mohammad-Hasan Ma'jouni, Pāliz Amphitheater, June 2017, based on a play be Anton Chekhov)
• Dah sāl tanhāyi theater-concerto (ده سال تنهایی) (Ashkan Khatibi)