Riahi, Katayoun (born December 31, 1961, Tehran) Katayoun Riahi has a university degree in Literature and Anthropology. She was initially interested in writing stories for children but later switched to acting. Her cinematic debut was 'Paeezan' (1987) and she found fame with the series 'The Patriarch' (1994). It was with the series 'Days of Life' (1998), 'After the Rain' (1999) and 'The 10th Night' (2001) that she established herself as a capable actress. She also played a starring role in the s
...eries 'Prophet Joseph' (2009). Many critics believe that Riyahi’s best performance was in the movie 'The Last Supper' (2001), a role which brought her a Best Actress nomination at the 20th Fajr International Film Festival. Her outstanding performance in the movie 'This Woman Won't Talk' (2002) wins a nomination for the Best Actress Award at the 7th Iran Cinema Celebration. Riahi has also appeared in a number of movies, including 'The Stranger' (1987), 'Apartment 13' (1990), 'The Kind Moon' (1995), 'Lighter Than Darkness' (2002) and 'Invitation' (2008).Katayoon Riahi has been a Actor in some movies:
Tara and The Strawberry Fever is about that Tara listens to her husband, Farhad, who is a soldier and invites everyone mentioned in her newly published book - The Strawberry Fever, based on real memories - to their house to celebrate the occasion of her first published work. In the middle of the party, someones breaks into the house and they all hear guns shots... In this film Katayoon Riahi collaborates with Ladan Mostofi, Pejman Bazeghi, Farhad Ghaemian, Ebrahim Asghari, Ladan Tabatabaei, Abdollah Eskandari, Babak Panahi, Sattar Oraki, Hossein Maleki, Kaveh Imani, Bahman Heidari, Fakhri Khorvash, Rambod Shekarabi, Zhila Mehrjui, Babak Habibifar, Rostam Hamidi, Saeed Soheili, Peyman Shadmanfar, Mojdeh Ghajarieh, Naser Farhoudi, Mohammad Foghani, Majid Molaei, Shohreh Soltani, Ameneh Keyvani.
Covoy is about that An officer is killed in a clash between law enforcement and smugglers. Capt. Youssef Pir Baloch, the victim's cousin, is being transferred to Balochistan to investigate a robbery case. In this film Katayoon Riahi collaborates with Amir Hossein Seddigh, Kazem Hajir Azad, Parastoo Golestani, Hassan Rezaei, Jamshid Hashempour, Manouchehr Hamedi, Shahed Ahmadloo, Alireza Zarrindast, Mehrdad Jenabi, Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh, Abdollah Alikhani, Naser Gitijah, Majid Javanmard, Mehdi Rajaian, Yadollah Shahidi, Mokhtar Saeghi, Karim Neshat, Anooshiravan Naimi, Rafi Madadkar, Mina Faramarzi, Hamid Ghadakchian, Ali Sabet, Nariman Shadab, Reza Moradian.
The Last Supper is about that Mrs. Mashreghi, a university professor who has suffered from staying in a traditional marriage for years, gets a divorce from his husband with the help of her daughter. Later, when one of her young students falls in love with her, she struggles to choose between her own happiness, and what the society expects her to do. In this film Katayoon Riahi collaborates with Atila Pesyani, Hanieh Tavassoli, Mohammad Reza Golzar, Soraya Ghasemi, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Behrooz Ghaderi, Fereydoun Jeyrani, Nazanin Mofakham, Mohammad Aladpoush, Fereydoon Shahbazian, Ali Abedini, Bahman Heidari, Ahmad Ahmadii, Masoud Behnam, Yadollah Shahidi, Parvin Meykadeh, Mahsa Azimi, Shiva Ebrahimi, Abolghasem Yazdi, Akbar Nazari.
The Stranger. is about that Bahram Partowi, a retired employee of the municipal office, now spends his time wandering aimlessly around, visiting friends and former colleagues. Worried about his listless state of mind, the people close to him advise him to seek gainful employment in order to inject his life with some fresh meaning. As Bahram pursues his new calling, he finds himself drifting from place to place, working for his son-in-law's construction company, where the executives try to persuade him to engage in illicit activities. Comedy-drama about the wandering trails of a man looking to rediscover the stranger he has become. In this film Katayoon Riahi collaborates with Akbar Abdi, Behnoosh Tabatabaei, Mehdi Hashemi, Mahbubeh Bayat, Ali Asghar Garmsiri, Homayoun Asadian, Hossein Kasbian, Reza Tavakoli, Abdollah Eskandari, Naser Cheshmazar, Reza Banki, Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh, Reza Rooygari, Rahman Rezai, Nematollah Shahghadami, Mokhtar Saeghi, Mahin Navidi, Hadi Jourak, Ahmad Bani Ardalan, Maliheh Saeidi, Hossein Shahab, Rahman Moghaddam, Soroush Khalili, Hossein Safarian, Morteza Ardestani, Karim Neshat, Amir Molaei, Mohsen Aslani, Moharram Basim, Asgar Ghods, Mohammad Taghi Sharifi, Alireza Naeini, Roohollah Ansari, Majid Alizadeh, Ghodratollah Latifi, Mohammad Reza Seifollahi, Behzad Sepehri, Hossein Abbasi, Ali Damavandi, Ali Hagh Froush, Mohammad Mojtaba, Mojtaba Sharabi, Gholamreza Borhani, Safar Abdoli, Gol Khani, Hossein Ghata, Khosrow Shah Karami, Naser Mir Lotfi, Mohammad Shams, Aziz Davoodi, Fereydoon Rabiee, Amir Tavasol.
The Turtle is about that Mokhtar is the middleman for the drug smuggling administration between Iran and the foreign countries. When he resists against the organization orders, they send Eskandar to Iran in order to negotiate with him. The security forces are informed about Eskandar. Eskandar assigns an expert called Siavash to assassinate Mokhtar. In this film Katayoon Riahi collaborates with Javad Hashemi, Nader Soleymani, Akbar Moazezi, Jamshid Hashempour, Mohammad Poursattar, Ali Shah Hatami, Hossein Maleki, Mehrzad Minooei, Peyman Yazdanian, Mahmoud Pakniat, Mohsen Roshan, Abdolhamid Ghadirian, Naser Forough, Mohsen Ali Akbari, Alireza Novin Nejad, Hafez Ahmadi, Mohammad Aligholizadeh.
She Doesn't Talk is about that Sorayya Ardalan is a lawyer representing a woman named Elahe Ahmadi in court. Elahe is accused of stabbing a guy named Behrouz to death, but she refuses to talk during her interrogations. Sorayya is trying to convince the family of the slain to consent but she does not succeed. Mani, a close friend of Behrouz, tells Sorayya that Elahe is innocent and she was only trying to protect herself against an abusive drug addict. But Behrouz’s sister claims that he and Elahe were supposed to marry each other and rejects Mani’s claims. Sorayya receives an anonymous letter in which it is stated that if she manages to prove Elahe's innocence, she will be paid a considerable amount of money. Sorayya finds out that Behrouz, Soroush and Mani were close friends until Elahe moves in to their neighborhood. Behrouz, who was a drug addict, falls for Elahe and as a result, spends less time with Soroush and Mani. Sorayya visits Soroush, who is in jail for dealing drugs. Soroush tells her that Elahe did not intend to marry Behrouz because of his addiction. For further investigation, Sorayya talks to Mr. Maghami, Amir’s dad. Amir was Elahe’s first husband who has suspiciously committed suicide. Mr. Maghami believes Elahe had married his son only for his wealth and nothing more. Later on, Sorayya feels helpless pursuing her investigations, especially since Elahe will not break her silence no matter what. The helpless lawyer bails Sorayya out temporarily and later finds out that Mani has turned himself in as the murderer of Behrouz and is now at the crime scene. Elahe gets shocked and she goes to the crime scene too. In front of the judge and the reporters, she unveils the true story. She tells them on the day of the murder, Behrouz took her to an unfinished construction and Soroush was there too. Soroush was acting weird that day and later he raped and abused her. She tells them that she blamed Behrouz as the main cause of this violent incident, so she stabbed him to death. In this film Katayoon Riahi collaborates with Hamed Behdad, Laleh Eskandari, Shahab Hosseini, Hamidreza Pegah, Gholamreza Gomroki, Kourosh Tahami, Asghar Abgoon, Parviz Abnar, Abbas Ganjavi, Hassan Pouya, Karen Homayounfar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mohammad Haj Hosseini, Mohammad Hatami, Ahmad Amini, Mohammad Reza Ghomi, Zhila Mehrjui, Babak Borzooyeh, Farshid Navabi, Heshmatollah Aramideh, Kataneh Afsharinejad, Farzaneh Shabani, Parviz Sirati.
My Lady is about that Years ago, two infants were born in a hospital at the same time. A little boy named Farhad, the first infant’s cousin, takes pictures with the second infant. Twenty years later, Farhad is now a charming young man and is arranged to marry Leyli (the first infant). But Farhad does not really want to marry her, as he is actually in love with Shirin, who is a widow. But since Shirin knows about Leyli’s love towards Farhad, she rejects him. Farhad talks to Leyli about his true feelings and despite her love and affection for him, Leyli decides to leave him alone. But Farhad’s strict dad does not approve of this situation and insists on Farhad and Leyli’s marriage. As a result, he kicks Farhad out and deprives him of inheritance and takes back his store. After a while, Farhad gets injured in an accident and for his lack of sanity, he is confined to a mental hospital. After a little recovery, he fixes the water supply of the mental hospital which had been faulty for a long time. He does not intend to talk to his family under any condition. Leyli is worried about him, so she visits Shirin and demands her to save Farhad’s life. Shirin accepts and the day after, she takes a picture which shows the young Farhad standing next to her cradle and goes to see him in the mental hospital. In this film Katayoon Riahi collaborates with Jamshid Mashayekhi, Pantea Bahram, Parviz Parastui, Hooshang Ghovanloo, Jamshid shah mohammadi, Asghar Bichareh, Mohammad Abhari, Nasser Shafagh, Yadollah Samadi, Mehrdad Fakhimi, Shirin Vahidi, Kambiz Roshanravan, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Ali Abedini, Abbas Mohebbi, Parvin Meykadeh, Babak Borzooyeh, Rouhollah Mehrabi, Mohammad Reza Hagh-goo, Heshmatollah Aramideh, Mohammad Haghighi, Niloofar Mahalati, Ezzatollah Mehravaran, Ghaffar Rezaei, Behnaz Tavakoli, Nadia Moosavi Eshkevari, Kaveh Ahangar, Hamidreza Molana, Khosro Khan Mohammadi, Janet Voskanian.
Other films are:
The Story Of A Lucky Man, The Ship Angelica, Another Place, Autumn, Invitation, Gohar Kheirandish a Filmography, The Gentel Moon, The Evil Call, Apartment No. 13, Prophet Joseph, Sheikh Mufid, Informer, The Secret of the Red Rose, Last Moment
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