Maral Baniadam (Persian: àçñçàèÃÂÃÂâÂÂâïà; born September 20, 1981) is an Iranian actress. In 2024, she won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress at the 42nd Fajr International Film Festival for her performance as Parvin E'tesami in the biographical film Parvin.
Maral Baniadam was born on September 20, 1981, in Tehran. She completed an undergraduate course in the field of acting She has a daughter and a son, named Asal and Iliya respectively.
As an actress, she started her career in theatre and completed acting training courses held under supervision of in Canada. In early stage of her career, she played in âÂÂâ (directed by Pedram Alizadeh) and Oscar winner film, The Salesman (directed by Asghar Farhadi) Among other films she played as an actress is âÂÂâ and In the Arms of the Tree screened in 38th Fajr Film Festival As a theatre actress, Maral Baniadam has also played some plays like âÂÂThe Other Side of the MirrorâÂÂ, âÂÂBernard Diedâ and âÂÂGod of Carnageâ directed by which the lather gained the enthusiasm of the audiences.
She has also played in the short film The Small Panda, the Big Panda directed by Sahar Khoshnam. She also played the role of âÂÂSaraâÂÂ, one of the influencing roles, in The Accomplice with actors Hedyeh Tehrani and Parviz Parastui.
She was selected as a player and played in Asghar Farhadi's The Salesman following a 2-minute video sent to Farhadi. Then she played âÂÂDelbarâ in Gisum film produced by Saeed Sadi and directed by Navid Behtooei in 2020. She played the first female role in âÂÂIn the Arms of the Treeâ film. The latter film is preparing for submission to 41st Fajr International Film Festival
She won the Best Actress award at the Within the Family International Festival- in Moscow (July 2025) for her role in the film In the Embrace of the Tree. This festival is dedicated to works focusing on family and children.
She has played in roles in âÂÂShaparak Khanomâ and âÂÂThe Local SongsâÂÂ, directed by , a fame play writer and theatre director. She has also played in âÂÂâ play written by Bahram Beizaei which took stage in McMaster Hall, in West Vancouver, Canada and 32nd Fajr International Theatre Festival. In âÂÂBernard Diedâ play, written by Mashhud Hosseinian and directed by Ali Sarabi, staged in Iranshahr Theatre, Maral Baniadam played with Behnaz Jafari, Ali Sarabi and Atefeh Razavi which warmly welcomed by the audiences. In âÂÂThe Lord of Massacreâ directed by Ali Sarabi, staged in Sharzad Theatre Complex in 2016, she played with Setareh Pesiani and Navid Mohammadzadeh which highly influenced the audiences. Ali Sarabi said: âÂÂThe Lord of Massacre has had more than fourteen thousand audiencesâÂÂ.
Baniadam performs in âÂÂGod of CarnageâÂÂ. The unique moment of the play, hence its peak, is the vomiting scene of âÂÂAntâ in which Maral Baniadam vomits several times in the stage.
The Other Side of the Mirrorâ staged in Vahdat Theatre Hal<nowiki/>l, Tehran on 6 April 2002 and Maral Baniadam played with fame figures like Rima Raminfar, Elnaz Habibi and Pejman Jamshidi. Maral Baniadam and Elnaz Habibi alternatively play the unique role. The ticket-selling site of âÂÂThe Other Side of the Mirrorâ was filtered following an order issued by Center for Theatre Arts the governmental authority supervising over the theatre. Dragan SkoÃÂiÃÂ, the Coach of Iran national football team, was among the audiences in 5th night of the play. âÂÂThe Other Side of the Mirrorâ is a play written by French play writer Florian Zeller.