Shabnam Ghorbani

Shabnam Ghorbani was born on July 10, 1989, in Tehran, Iran.^[5][6][7][8]

Ghorbani starred in the 2020 drama film Any Day Now, with actor Shahab Hosseini as his wife and appeared in the leading role for the first time.^[9] In 2022, she appeared in the neo-noir drama film The Loser Man, which was premiered at the 40th Fajr Film Festival and received positive reviews by critics for her performance.^[10]

In 2024, she had two films premiered at the 42nd Fajr International Film Festival, the war drama film Majnoon and the comedy action film Alligator Blood.^[11] Her performance in Majnoon as Monireh Armaghan, Mehdi Zeinoddin's wife, was praised by critics and earned her the Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress.^[12] After the public screening of Alligator Blood, it became the fourth highest-grossing film in the history of Iran.^[13] The same year, Ghorbani appeared in the box office-hit comedy The Year of Cat. Although the film was met with negative reviews, it became the eleventh highest-grossing film in the history of Iran.^[14]

Ghorbani played the main role of the drama romantic series Touba (2024), for the first time. The series, which is an adaptation of the book Touba's Arba'in, tells the story of Touba Hamoun and her family between the 1970s and 2010s events.^[15] Despite receiving mixed reviews, mainly for the script and direction, the chemistry between the main couple, Ghorbani and Amin Zandengani made it one of the most watched series of the season.^[16][17]

On February 27, 2021, Ghorbani officially announced her marriage to Amin Mirshekari via a post on her official Instagram account.^[18][19] The couple has two children.^[20]