Name
Merila Zarei
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1974-04-14 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Biography
Merila Zarei (مریلا زارعی) was born on 14 April 1974. She is an Iranian actress famous for A Separation, About Elly, Hush! Girls Don't Scream, Two Women, Track 143, the Fifth Reaction, Keifar, The Unwanted Woman and The Outcast. She graduated from Azad University of Tehran. During her studies Merila Zarei became interested in acting through Ezatollah Entezami's acting courses. Her first movie was in Ali Asghar Shadravan's Patak. She received the Crystal Simorgh for the best actress in a supporting role for The Friday's Soldiers from the 22nd Fajr International Film Festival. More recently, Merila Zarei appeared in Ebrahim Hatamiki a's 2016 feature film 'Bodyguard' and Reza Mirkarimi's multi award winning movie 'Daughter'.
Known For
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A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their chil...
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The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Ira...
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Fereshteh loses her home and her two sons after her husband's accidental death when Hadj S...
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Hours before her scheduled marriage, young bride-to-be Shirin murders a man. The crime is ...
- 2010 The Other
- 2011 A Separation as Miss Ghahraii - Termeh's Teacher
- 2022 Henas
- 2013 Hush! Girls Don't Scream as Lawyer
- 2005 The Unwanted Woman as Sima
- 2009 About Elly as Shohreh
- 2014 Track 143 as Olfat
- 1999 Two Women
- 2015 The Little Black Fish
- 2005 Verdict
- 2014 Che as Hana
- 2016 Daughter
- 2016 Bodyguard as Haj Heidar's Wife
- 2017 Israfil
- 2017 Israfil as Taji
- 2017 Under the Smokey Roof as Shirin
- 2018 The Misunderstanding
- 2019 Mastermind
- 2006 Half Mine, Half Yours
- 2012 The Bear
- 2015 Everything for Sale
- 2003 The Fifth Reaction
- 2016 Gita
- 2004 Friday's Soldiers
- 2007 Deportees
- 2009 The Feisty Rooster as Maryam
- 2009 Nish Zanbor
- 2004 The Singles as Mohandes
- 2012 I Feel Sleepy as Shirin
- 2000 Leaning on the Wind as Marjan
- 2008 Invitation as Bahar
- 2003 Equation as Zohre
- 2007 Empty Hands
- 2010 The Report of a Celebration
- 2010 Retribution as Sepideh
- 2012 Golden Diet as Pari
- 2008 A Little Mistake
- 2020 Karo
- 2025 Moses The Kalimullah: At Dawn as Jochebed
- 2025 Angels Don't Die as Narrator
- 2009 Shirin
- 2006 Distress
- 2003 Movie mania
- 2026 Slumber
- 2004 Thirteen Cats on the Hot Gabled Roof
- 2022 Jeyran ( 52 episodes ) as Mahd-e Olia (Shah's Mother)
- 2022 Lily's Turn ( 24 episodes )
- 2024 Viper of Tehran ( 14 episodes ) as Marzieh Amini
- 2024 The Asphalt Jungle ( 14 episodes ) as Homa - Bano
- 2019 Mannequin ( 26 episodes ) as Kati
- 2000 Reign of Love ( 28 episodes )
- 2026 The Heartless ( 15 episodes )
- 2026 Blindness ( 12 episodes ) as Sheyda Dashti
