It was directed by Danish-Iranian Ali Abbasi. Holy Spider is based on a real-life case in which a family man killed women in a religiously motivated effort to rid the city of Mashhad of prostitutes in the 2000s. She was previously best known for her role in one of Iranian TV's longest-running drama series, Nargess.Įbrahimi won the best lead actress in an international film award in Nice four years ago for her role in the film Bride Price vs. Now I'm standing in front of you on a night of joy,' Ebrahimi said. It was humiliation, it was solitude but there was cinema, it was darkness but there was cinema. 'I have come a long way to be on this stage tonight,' she told the audience at the final award ceremonies in Cannes. Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi has won the Best Actress award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival for her role as a journalist helping to catch a serial killer in the thriller Holy Spider.Įbrahimi is an actor and assistant director as well as a photographer of socially relevant issues, and is believed to reside in France.
