Actor

Afsaneh Dehrouyeh

United Kingdom

Afsaneh Dehrouyeh is an award-winning British Iranian actress, best known for starring as Laili in the BAFTA-nominated and Oscar-shortlisted Yellow, Samira in Our Kind of Love, and the key role of Mahdiya Kattan in Season 3 of Fox 21's Tyrant, from Homeland creator Gideon Raff. She was nominated for Best Actress by Underwire Film Festival for her performance in Our Kind of Love, along with making the BAFTA long list, dominating festivals including Aesthetica and LSFF, and has over 3 million views on Omeleto. She can also be seen alongside Mark Rylance in Phantom of the Open.

Often works with

Steve Oram
2 titles together
The Phantom of the Open, Soulmates
Elham Ehsas
2 titles together
Yellow, Our Kind of Love

Full filmography · 11

Worry Time
as Viv2
2026
The Woman in the Wardrobe
cast
2024
Yellow
cast
2023
The Phantom of the Open
as Josie
20226.8
Digging
as Ziba
2022
Ayaneh
as Ayaneh
2019
Our Kind of Love
as Samira
2018