Maryam Zaree (born 22 July 1983) is an Iranian-German actress, film director and screenwriter.
Zaree was born in 1983 in Evin Prison, a political prison in Tehran; both of her parents were inmates due to political dissidence. When Zaree was two, she and her mother left Iran for Frankfurt, Germany, where she grew up. Her father was released after seven years while waiting for the death penalty, and she finally met him when she was 10. She studied acting at Potsdam-Babelsberg Film University.
Her 2019 directorial debut, the documentary film Born In Evin, follows Zaree's exploration of her birth in Iran. It was screened in over 40 countries and won the Berlinale's Kompass-Perspekktive Award and the German Film Award for Best Documentary Film 2020.
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