Vishka Asayesh

Vishka Asayesh 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, Sperm Whale, Me and Sharmin, The Good, the Bad & the Corny, and Sly. 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.