Sahar Zakaria
Sahar Zakaria | |
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سحر زکریا | |
 Zakaria in 2012 | |
| Born | 19 December 1973 Arak, Iran |
| Education | Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research - Theater |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Sahar Zakaria (Persian: سحر زکریا; born 19 December 1973) is an Iranian television and film actress. Zakaria was born in Arak. She got her fame acting in Mehran Modiri's shows and soap operas such as Pavarchin, Marde Dohezar Chehreh, and Ghahve-ye Talkh.[1]
Career
Sahar Zakaria made her acting debut with the series Under Your Protection (1995), before trying her hand at stage acting. She played in the movie A Man Made of Glass (1998).
Sahar has also appeared in movies including Boys of the Moonlight (An Army in the Dark) (2002), The Second Woman (2007), Fatherly Secrets (2009), and Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (2010). Among the series she has starred in Tiptoe (2002), The Man of Two Thousand Faces (2008), Bitter Coffee (2009), The Billionaire (2012) and In Hashieh (2014–2015) are better-known works.
Controversies
Activity ban
In February 2021, following the death of Ali Ansarian, Sahar Zakaria expressed criticism on her personal social media page regarding the failure to procure COVID-19 vaccines, prompting a sharp response from the television program 20:30. In April 2021, she announced in a video that she had been banned from working due to this protest.[2][3]
Non-payment of wages
In April 2021, Sahar Zakaria released a video stating that she had not been paid for her role in the series Bitter Coffee.[4] She also shared evidence on her Instagram page of threats allegedly made by individuals associated with Mehran Modiri.[5]
Removal of hijab
During the 2022 Iranian protests, Zakaria removed her hijab and wrote, "It’s been about a month since I shaved my hair. I didn’t want to announce it because I was embarrassed, but if it can help alleviate any pain, I’m here."[6]
Summons to court
In December 2023, Sahar Zakaria, along with Saba Kamali and Danial Moghadam, was summoned to court due to the release of the song Houri.[7]
Filmography
Most notable works:
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | In Your Shelter | Hamid Labkhandeh | Network 2 |
| 1997 | Eternal Train | Behrooz Baghaei, Reza Attaran | Network 3 |
| 1998 | Sweet World of the Sea | Behrooz Baghaei | Network 1 |
| 1999 | Scorpion 33 | Mehdi Shamsaei | Network 3 |
| 2000 | Companion | Ghasem Jafari | Network 3 |
| 2000 | Today's Youth | Yousef Seyed Mahdavi | Network 3 |
| 2001 | Unknown Cases | Jamal Shourjeh | Network 2 |
| 2002 | Rain of Love | Ahmad Amini, Fereydoun Hassanpour | Network 5 |
| 2002 | Pavarchin | Mehran Modiri | Network 5 |
| 2003 | O Positive | Ali Shahhatami | Network 1, Aired during Nowruz 2004 |
| 2004 | Red Pearl | Shapur Gharib, Masoud Rasam | Network 5 |
| 2005 | For the Last Time | Akbar Mansour Fallah | Network 5, Aired during Ramadan |
| 2008 | Road Under Repair | Hossein Tabrizi | Network 2 |
| 2008 | Man of Two Thousand Faces | Mehran Modiri | Network 3 |
| 2012 | Billionaire | Alireza Amini | Network 1 |
| 2014 | On the Sidelines 1 | Mehran Modiri | Network 3, In two seasons |
| 2015 | On the Sidelines 2 | Mehran Modiri | Network 3 |
| 2017–2018 | Time to Laugh | Network 3 | |
| 2025 | Six-Month-Old | Mehran Modiri | Network 3 |
Cinema
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Man of Crystal | Saeed Soheili |
| 2002 | Sons of Moonlight (Soldier in the Dark) | Mehdi Vedadi |
| 2005 | Trap | Siroos Alvand |
| 2006 | If You Can, Catch Me | Shahram Ahmadlou |
| 2007 | Second Wife | Siroos Alvand |
| 2007 | If You Can, Kill Me | Shahram Ahmadlou |
| 2007 | Something Like a Miracle | |
| 2008 | Beloved | Qodratollah Solh Mirzai |
| 2009 | Stubbornness | Seyed Mehdi Barqei |
| 2009 | Paternal Secrets | |
| 2010 | Venusian Women, Martian Men | Kazem Rastgoftar |
| 2011 | About Life | Mohsen Rabiei |
| 2013 | Fake Reality | Roozbeh Rouhipour |
| 2018 | Bazivoo | Amir Hossein Qehqarai |
| 2018 | Janan | Kamran Qadakchian |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Bitter Coffee | Actor | Mehran Modiri | This television series was produced and aired in 2010 and 2011. |
| 2012 | Calm Tower | Actor | Masoud Atyabi | This film was not released in theaters and was distributed to the home video network in 2013.[1] |
| 2013 | I Was Kidding | Actor | Mehran Modiri | After the broadcast of all episodes, the program was aired on Network 5 with edits and censorship. |
References
- ^ "سحر زکریا". Iranian Movie Database.
- ^ "ماجرایِ ممنوع‌کاری سحر زکریا؛ سال‌ها مرا خفه کردند | با مهران مدیری قهر نیستم اما ... | پشت پرده‌های سیاسی را مطرح می‌کنند تا دست‌شان رو نشود!". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 11 April 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "سحر زکریا به موج برداشتن حجاب اجباری پیوست". www.iranintl.com (in Persian). 13 November 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "ایستگاه خبر؛ دوشنبه ۶ آذر ماه ۱۴۰۲ برابر با ۲۷ نوامبر ۲۰۲۳ - BBC Persian". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Hardship in Cineworld". 7 December 2017. 9 December 2017.
External links
- Sahar Zakaria On SourehCinema (in Persian)
- Sahar Zakaria on namnak
- Sahar Zakaria on beytoote
- Sahar Zakaria on aparat