---
name: "Merila Zarei"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/merila-zarei"
fi1m_id: "merila-zarei"
imdb_id: "nm0953423"
tmdb_id: 240243
wikidata_id: "Q3306489"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 April 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:15:36.322427+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Merila Zarei

## Identity

Merila Zarei

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/merila-zarei
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** merila-zarei
- **IMDb ID:** nm0953423
- **TMDB ID:** 240243
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3306489
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merila_Zarei, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3306489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/240243

Actor. Born 14 April 1974 in Tehran, Iran.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 April 1974, Tehran, Iran
- **Also known as:**  مریلا زارعی, Merila Zare'i, Merila Zareei, Merila Zareyi, مریلا زارعی
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merila_Zarei, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3306489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/240243

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*A Separation*](https://film.one/film/a-separation.md) (93)

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## Biography

Merila Zarei is an Iranian actress born on 14 April 1974 in Tehran. She graduated from Azad University of Tehran, where she developed an interest in acting through courses taught by Ezatollah Entezami. Her first film role was in *Patak* (1994), directed by Ali Asghar Shadravan.

She is known for her performances in *About Elly* (2009) as Shohreh and *A Separation* (2011) as Miss Ghahraii, Termeh's teacher. Zarei has received several awards, including Crystal Simorghs for best supporting actress in *The Friday's Soldiers* (2005) and best actress at the 32nd Fajr International Film Festival.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Separation* (2011), Fi1m 93, as Miss Ghahraii - Termeh's Teacher — [page](https://film.one/film/a-separation.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blindness* (2026), series, as Sheyda Dashti
- *The Heartless* (2026), series, Actor
- *Slumber* (2026), Actor
- *Angels Don't Die* (2025), as Narrator
- *Moses The Kalimullah: At Dawn* (2025), as Jochebed
- *The Asphalt Jungle* (2024), series, as Homa - Bano
- *Viper of Tehran* (2024), series, as Marzieh Amini
- *Lily's Turn* (2022), series, Actor
- *Henas* (2022), Actor
- *Jeyran* (2022), series, as Mahd-e Olia (Shah's Mother)
- *Karo* (2020), Actor
- *Mannequin* (2019), series, as Kati
- *Mastermind* (2019), Actor
- *The Misunderstanding* (2018), Actor
- *Israfil* (2017), as Taji
- *Under the Smokey Roof* (2017), as Shirin
- *Gita* (2016), Actor
- *Daughter* (2016), Actor
- *Bodyguard* (2016), as Haj Heidar's Wife
- *The Little Black Fish* (2015), Actor
- *Everything for Sale* (2015), Actor
- *Track 143* (2014), as Olfat
- *Che* (2014), as Hana
- *Hush! Girls Don't Scream* (2013), as Lawyer
- *I Feel Sleepy* (2012), as Shirin
- *Golden Diet* (2012), as Pari
- *The Bear* (2012), Actor
- *A Separation* (2011), as Miss Ghahraii - Termeh's Teacher — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/a-separation.md)
- *The Report of a Celebration* (2010), Actor
- *Retribution* (2010), as Sepideh
- *The Other* (2010), Actor
- *The Feisty Rooster* (2009), as Maryam
- *About Elly* (2009), as Shohreh
- *Shirin* (2009), Actor
- *Nish Zanbor* (2009), Actor
- *A Little Mistake* (2008), Actor
- *Invitation* (2008), as Bahar
- *Deportees* (2007), Actor
- *Empty Hands* (2007), Actor
- *Distress* (2006), Actor
- *Half Mine, Half Yours* (2006), Actor
- *Verdict* (2005), Actor
- *The Unwanted Woman* (2005), as Sima
- *Thirteen Cats on the Hot Gabled Roof* (2004), Actor
- *Friday's Soldiers* (2004), Actor
- *The Singles* (2004), as Mohandes
- *Movie mania* (2003), Actor
- *Equation* (2003), as Zohre
- *The Fifth Reaction* (2003), Actor
- *Reign of Love* (2000), series, Actor
- *Leaning on the Wind* (2000), as Marjan
- *Two Women* (1999), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Merila Zarei](https://film.one/media/person/103084/gallery-a9b65aff0211.jpg) Merila Zarei — Taha Saremi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Merila_Zarei_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Merila Zarei](https://film.one/media/person/103084/gallery-90af046fc8d2.jpg) Merila Zarei — Image via TMDB
- ![Merila Zarei](https://film.one/media/person/103084/gallery-52dc84810745.jpg) Merila Zarei — Image via TMDB

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