Zar Amir Ebrahimi (born Zahra Amir Ebrahimi) is an Iranian-French actress, producer and director. She is known for her role in television series Nargess, and for her performance as journalist Rahimi in the crime-thriller Holy Spider, which won her the Best Actress award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 9, 1981 (45)
- Tehran, Iran
- Actor, producer and director
- 11 on MovieCove · 29 credits in all
What are Zar Amir Ebrahimi's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 7
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 6
Steady 2 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 6
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 4 of 8 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Sara in Tehran Taboo (2017)
- Allyas Nadja in Tomorrow We Are Free (2019)
- Allyas Chehreh in White Paradise (2022)
- Heroas Arezoo Rahimi in Holy Spider (2022)
- Heroas Shayda in Shayda (2023)
- Mentoras Maryam Ghanbari in Tatami (2023)
- Allyas Amal Petmani in Privileges (2025)
- Allyas ? in In the Land of Arto (2025)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Zar Amir Ebrahimi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Zar Amir Ebrahimi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
29 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Pieces of a Foreign Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Privileges(2025)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
In the Land of Arto(2025)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Two People Exchanging Saliva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Vanishing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Satisfaction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Reading Lolita in Tehran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Trainer(2024)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Tatami(2023)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Please Rise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Opponent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Shayda(2023)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Seven Winters in Tehran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
White Paradise(2022)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Holy Spider(2022)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Great Leap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Tomorrow We Are Free(2019)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Tide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Adopt a Daddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Amir Naderi by Amir Naderi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Tehran Taboo(2017)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Bride Price vs. Democracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Beach Flags (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Shirin(2008)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films30 Bullets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Forough: Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Honor of Persia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Keep Her Quiet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 29 titles, 25 of them dated from 2009 to 2026; peak year 2023.
Film career
Peak 2023 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2009Screen debut· Shirin
- 2022First top-billed film· Holy Spider
- 2022Breakout· Holy Spider
- 2022Cannes award win· Holy Spider
- 2026Best so far· Privileges
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
2 major awards from 3 major nominations, 2022–2023.
- Venice award, won
- Venice award, nominated · Best Film
- Cannes award, won
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Zar Amir Ebrahimi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Zar Amir Ebrahimi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Zar Amir Ebrahimi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mehdi Bajestani shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Mehdi BajestaniShared titles: Tatami (2023), Holy Spider (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Mehdi Bajestani
Composers
- Ali N. AskinShared titles: Tomorrow We Are Free (2019), Tehran Taboo (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ali N. Askin
Producers
- Ali Samadi AhadiShared titles: Tomorrow We Are Free (2019), Tehran Taboo (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ali Samadi Ahadi
- Frank GeigerShared titles: Tomorrow We Are Free (2019), Tehran Taboo (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Geiger
- Mohammad FarokhmaneshShared titles: Tomorrow We Are Free (2019), Tehran Taboo (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Mohammad Farokhmanesh