Draft:Behdokht Valian

Behdokht Valian is an Iranian film and theater actress known for her debut feature film Number Four in which she played the lead role.

Early life and education
Valian was born in Shahroud, Iran, in 1986 into a middle class family. Her parents originated from Semnan province and lived there for decades. Her maternal grandmother was a Kurd and was moved from Kurdistan to Semnan province by the first king of the Pahlavi in the early 1900s. She has three sisters.

After studying Interior Design and Architecture in high school, Behdokht moved to Tehran to continue her studies as an undergraduate Interior Design major. During her college and after her graduation she conducted numerous contracts for interior design projects. Currently, although she is a full time actress, she is still involved in few such projects.

In 2010, Behdokht was introduced to Karnameh Institute of Arts & Culture in Tehran, the executive producer of the Oscar winning movie A Separation. Behdokht enrolled in a full semester of acting in the institute which took her about one year to finish the curriculum.

Career
Behdokht started her professional career in performing monologue and plays in theaters. In 2015, her acting in collaboration with a group of three more artists in a play called Timeloss was a huge success for the play. Timeloss was directed by Amir Reza Koohestani and it toured around the world and received many recognitions by press, news and media including Le Monde, Guardian and The New York Times.

She played the lead role in her debut feature film Number Four in 2015 and in 2018 she was casted in the film Zero Floor. Behdokht received the best actress award from Iranian Film Festival Australia for her acting as Fahimeh in Zero Floor, 2020. She also played significant roles in feature films like Amir and Colchicum and also featured in TV series Red Square.

Boos Boos, Bang Bang, Revolt, Being a Woman and Tattoo are the significant short films she was featured as the leading actress. She received the best actress award from French Riviera Film Festival and Sulmona Film Festival for her magnificent acting in Tattoo.

Short films

 * 2014, The Secret
 * 2015, Sara's Birthday Gift
 * 2015, Being a Woman
 * 2016, Boos Boos, Bang Bang
 * 2018, Revolt
 * 2019, Tattoo
 * 2021, Midnight Special

TV series

 * 2020, Red Square

Plays

 * 2012, Sandbad and His Seven Journeys
 * 2012, Third Condition
 * 2012, Mirror Behind the Silence
 * 2013, I have Seen This Moment Somewhere''
 * 2014, Nostos
 * 2015, Timeloss
 * 2015, Name