Behnaz Jafari was born in Tehran , Iran , in 1974, and has begun her cinematic activities since 1980. She has got her B.A. in Dramatic Literature from College of Art of Azad University in 2005.
She has acted in a number of feature films, TV serials and stage theatres including:

Features

• “Blue Scarf” Directed by Rakhshan Banietemad (1993)
• “Cinema is Cinema” Directed by Ziaedin Dorry (1994)
• “Taher's Love” Directed by Mohammadali Najafi (1995)
• “Blackboard” Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf (1996)
• “Water & Fire” Directed by Fereidoune Jeirani (1997)
• “Negin” Directed by Asghar Hashemi (2001)
• “Passenger of Rey” Directed by Davoud Mirbagheri (2001)
• “A House on the Water” Directed by Bahman Farmanara (2002)
• Winner of Best Actress in Supporting Role in 21 Fajr Film Festival
• “Ghogha” Directed by Saied Soheli (2002)
• “ Tehran 7:00 am” Directed by Amir Shahab Razavian (2003)
• “A Few Threads of Hair” Directed by Iraj Karimi(2003)
• “ Kandelous Garden” Directed by Iraj Karimi (2004)
• “Wake up Arezou” Directed by Kianoush Ayari (2003)
• “Look” Directed by Sepide Farsi (2004)
• “From Far away” Directed by Ramin Mohseni (2004)
• “10+4” Directed by Mania Akbari (2006)
• “Enticing Costume” Directed by Mohsen Damadi (2006)
• "A Place for Loving" Directed by Ebrahim Forouzesh (2007)
• "Off the Highway" Directed by Siavash Asadi (2009)

TV Serials

• “Feasts of Those Years” Direcred by Said Ebrahimifar (1998)
• “Dust of Light” Directed by Mohammadreza Aslani (1999)
• “Ten Picture of a Life”
• “Age of Frenzy” Directed by Mohammadali Najafi (1999)
• “Red Soil” Directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia (2000)
• “Age of Refraction” Directed by Kamal Tabrizi (2001)
• “Jugglery” Directed by Hojat Ghasemzade Asl (2002)
• “Strory of Mokhtar” Directed by Davoud Mirbagheri (2004)
• “101 Ways for Bothering Parents” Directed by Hojat Ghasemzade Asl (2004)
• “Crash” Directed by Manouchehr Hadi (2006)
• “Alertness” Directed by Bahram Azimpour (2007)
• “Gharib's State” Directed by Kianoush Ayari (2007)
• “Minor Cruels” Directed by Masoud Shahmohammadi (2008)
• “Patriarch Fall” Directed by Masoud Shahmohammadi (2009)
• “Sheriff (3)” Directed by Masoud Shahmohammadi (2009)

Short Films

• “Lonely in Tehran” Directed by Pirouz Kalantari (1999)
• “Cappuccino” Directed by Fereidoun Jeirani (2000)
• “Somewhere So Near” Directed by Sam Kalantari (2001)
• “Soosk” Directed by Kaveh Mazaheri (2008)

Stage Theatres

• “King & Snake” Directed by Golab Adine (1993)
• “Flute & Bahman” Directed by Farhad Mohandespour (1996)
• “Familiar Spirit” Directed by Amir Dejakam (1996)
• “Golden Teeth” Directed by Davoud Mirbagheri (1997)
• “Resurrection Day” Directed by Farhad Mohandespour (1998)
• “1001 Night” Directed by Bahram Beizaei (2002)
• “Horses” Directed by Mohammad Rahmanian (2004)
• “My Seagull or Tchekhof saad” Directed by Mohammad Rahmanian (2004)
• “The condemned of Altona” Directed by Maryam Motaref (2006)
• “A Seperate Peace” Directed by Shabnam Farshadjoo (2006)
• “Without farewell” Directed by katayoun Feiz Marandi (2006)
• “Antigone in NY” Directed by Homa Rousta (2007)
• “Ashaqeh (Bindweed)” Directed by Mohammad Rahmanian (2007)
• “The Cuckoo of Holy Tomb's Pigeons” Directed by Alireza Naderi (2009)
• “Love's Tremble” Directed by Sohrab Salimi (2009)

Telefilm

• “Forgetfulness” Directed by Reza Madadi (2006)
• “Eclipse” Directed by Hojat Ghasemzadeh (2007)
• “Forfeit” Directed by Reza Ghaffari (2007)
• “God's Silence” Directed by Rama Ghavidel (2007)
• “One Step Down” Directed by Ali Moazeni (2008)
• “After the End” Directed by Hojat Ghasemzadeh (2008)
• “In the Bounds of Wishes” Directed by Fereydoun Farhoudi (2008)
• “And Again the Spring” Directed by Rama Ghavidel (2008)