Mahtab Keramati | |
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مهتاب کرامتی | |
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| Born | Mahtab Keramati 17 October 1970 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Education | Bachelor of Microbiology |
| Alma mater | Azad University |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse |
Babak Riahipour
(m. 1986; div. 2002) |
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Mahtab Keramati (Persian: مهتاب کرامتی; born 17 October 1970) is an Iranian actress.[1] She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards. In August 2006, she was appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Iran.
Keramati was taking acting courses when she was chosen for the role of Helen in The Men of Angelos, which garnered her national recognition. She later went on to appear in films such as Mummy III and Rain Man for which she was nominated for a Fajr International Film Festival Crystal Simorgh. She then appeared in dramas such as Saint Mary and Crimson Soil and the films Hell, Purgatory, Heaven, There Are Things You Don't Know, Alzheimer and The Private Life of Mr. and Mrs. M.. She won a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Twenty. In 2015, she won Best Actor Award Imagineindia Film Festival. She was also featured in Dhaka Film Festival Jury.[2]
After the earthquake of Bam City which occurred on 26 December 2003, she approached philanthropy and charity work and on 30 December she was one of the artists partaking in a charity meeting for quake-stricken people of Bam. From 2013, releasing prisoners-sentenced-to-nemesis, have become one of the charity work she does and she has put some efforts in collecting blood money and getting the next of kin's satisfaction. In this respect Shahab Moradi has been one of her companions.
She is also a women's rights activist.[3]
