Dehqan, Shaqayeq (born February 23, 1978, Germany)

Shaqayeq Dehqan was born in Germany, three months before her family returned to Iran.

At the age of 17, she started her career as a puppeteer. At the same time, she turned to writing scripts for children’s TV shows and later, made her acting debut, appearing in a movie for kids. 

So far, she has appeared in series ‘Twenty’ (1998), ‘Tiptoe’ (2002), ‘Aqaqiya Alley’ (2003), ‘Barareh Nights’ (2005), ‘Mozaffar’s Garden’ (2006), ‘The Night Shall Pass’ (2008), ‘The Man of a Thousand Faces’ (2007), ‘The Passengers’ (2009), ‘Stepmother’ (2010), ‘Medical Building’ (2011), ‘Detour’ (2011), ‘Cops and Robbers’ (2012), ‘Mehrabad’ (2013) and ‘Pejman’ (2013).

Dehqan has also appeared in movies, including ‘Under the Moonlight’ (2000), ‘Cinderella’ (2001) and ‘Treasure of Javaher Poshte’ (2011).