Iranian Actress Ebrahimi wins best actress at Cannes

Iranian Actress, Zar Ebrahimi, has won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Ebrahimi, won for Holy Spider, in which she plays a journalist trying to solve the serial murders of prostitutes in Iran’s Holy City of Mashhad.

The Actress became a star in Iran in her early 20s for her supporting role in one of its longest-running Soap Operas, Nargess.