Born in Tehran in 1979, Shayesteh Irani is an acting graduate from Tehran’s Azad University. Her first major film role was in the internationally acclaimed film Offside (2006) by Jafar Panahi. For that film she, together with the other actresses in the film, was awarded the Best Actress at Gijón International Film Festival, Spain in 2006. That same year the film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival. Facing Mirrors (2011) is her third feature film. For this role she was nominated for the Best Actress Award by Fajr Film Festival and the Iranian Cinematic Critics.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
