Vishka Asayesh
Vishka Asayesh was born on November 7, 1972 in Tehran. She is an Iranian actress, set designer and an art director. She obtained a degree in set design from the U.K. She is also a sculptor and has exhibited her art works at Etemad Gallery in Tehran in 2012. Vishka Asayesh is an Iranian actress, performer, art director, and sculptor. She became a household name following her portrayal of a female fatal in the epic hit TV series Imam Ali. She has been nominated 3 times for the best actress award of the Fajr Film Festival and won the Crystal Simorgh for best actress in a leading role in 2011 for No Men Allowed. This was the first time this award was bestowed to a female in a comedy role in the history of this festival. Her most successful films include No Men Allowed (2011), Sperm Whale (2015), Me and Sharmin (2017), The Good, the Bad & the Corny (2017), and Sly (2018). Her latest role is in The Badger (2020) and is a total shift from her comedy performances in recent years. Her stage performances include The Beauty Queen of Leenane (2013), a dramatic play written by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, and Mississippi Dies Seated (2016), based on a play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Vishka was also nominated for the best leading actress award for her role in The Beauty Queen of Leenane by the 11th Iranian Theater Actor Festival. Sculpting is one of Vishka’s main passions apart from cinema and theater and she has already exhibited her art at Etemad and Assar galleries in Tehran and is currently working on her next exhibition due in 2020.
Acting
Movie
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Movie
Shirin
2009
Movie
No Men Allowed
as Bita Darabi
2011
Movie
Pig
as Vishka Asayesh
2018
Movie
Sperm Whale
as Farnaz
2015
Movie
The Good, the Bad & the Corny
as Azadeh
2017
Movie
50 Kilos of Sour Cherry
2016
Movie
Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection
as Farnaz
2017
Movie
The Snow on the Pines
2013
Movie
Dracula
2016
TV
The Mokhtar Narrative
2010
Movie
Ice Flower
as Marjan
2005
Movie
13
2014
Movie
Sly
2018
Movie
We Are All Together
2019
TV
Imam Ali
as Ghotam
1997
Movie
Seven Days
as Maryam
2025
Movie
Dar Moddat-e-Maloom
2016
Movie
I Feel Sleepy
as Sarfaraz's wife
2012
Movie
Left Right
2023
Movie
The Night Guardian
as Branch Manager
2022
Movie
The Badger
as Soodeh Sharifzadegan
2020
TV
Dracula
2021
Movie
I am Diego Maradona
2015
