Born in 1982, Negar Javaherian started her career as a stage actress at the age of 16 before graduating from the Art and Architecture University in Tehran. In 2001, she acted in her first film I’m Taraneh, I’m 15 and later went on to win awards for Best Actress at the 11th Osian Cine Fan Film Festival India in 2009, 28th Fajr Film Festival Iran 2010, and the 14th Cinema Home Ceremony. In 2013, Javaherian’s performance in the play The Forth Wall was selected as the best performance of the year in Iran.
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.
