'Shabnam Tolouei (also spelt Toluie and Tolui and Tolooee, Persian: شبنم طلوعی, born (1971-04-12)April 12, 1971 in Tehran) is an Iranian actress, theatre director and playwright. She is currently forbidden from working in Iran by the government because of her religion, the Baháʼí Faith, which is subject to state sanctioned persecution. Since December 2004 she is living in Paris, France.[1] and became naturalized French citizen in 2019.
She has studied in the field of filmmaking in Tehran, in Bagh-Ferdos Film School and has her B.A. in Theatre Studies from Université Paris X, Nanterre, France. She has been writing short stories for cultural magazines since 1990, acting on stage since 1993, and writing plays since 1994. Since 2002 she has also taught the bio-mechanic method and acting for camera at Kranameh culture and Art Training Institute in Tehran.
1100, A SHORT FILM (as filmmaker and actress) 2023
Les étoiles, a documentary about women and violence (as filmmaker and editor) editing in progress, USA and France 2018-2019
Dust-Flower-Flame a documentary about the life of Tahirih Qurratul Ayn (as filmmaker and editor) France 2015. The film is screened in different cities in the world like Paris, New York, London, Washington DC, Berkeley, Stanford University, Toronto, Montreal, Arizona, UCLA University, Chicago, San Francisco, etc. and was broadcast by BBC Persian TV in March 2017
THE ART OF IMPROVISATION (actress) with Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam, Pejman Hadadi, Behfar Bahadoran, Performed in Stanford University, Munich, Canada, Seattle, Arizona, Orange County, Los Angeles, Fresno 2023
Diaspora (Director and actor) performed in Stanford University 2023
Tarabnameh (Actress) by Bahram Beyzaei, performed in Stanford University 2016
Bahman-bagdad (playwright and dictor), Krefeld, 2010-2012[4] for Krefeld city theatre in German Language with german actors 2010-2012
Autumn Dance (director/playwright/actress) performed in Persian and French language 2011-2017
L'entretien (as director and actress )/a Persian play by Mohammad Rahmanian, performed in French language /Lilas En Scène/ Paris 2006
Louvre vue d'ailleurs, musical performance, in Louvre Museum / teamwork /Paris 2005
Shabnam Tolouei holds live programs, interviewing specialists in the field of psychology and social sciences since 2019. She has been hosting official ceremonies in France and the US since 2015. She has her online acting workshop and weekly theater courses for Persian speaking students since 2021.
