Baharan Baniahmadi is an Iranian actress and writer based in Canada. After studying theatre at the Art University of Tehran, and art and philosophy at Université Paris 8 in France, she undertook a theatrical performance career in 2000 and has worked with many international stage directors such as Ariane Mnouchkine and Fabrice Nicot, Amirreza Koohestani, and Izumi Ashizawa. Baniahmadi switched into cinema after her third film, "The Canon of the Accident" by Behnam Behzadi, gained her popularity on the international film festival circuit. In 2018, she immigrated to Canada, where she continues to play roles across stage, film, and television in English, French, Persian and Arabic. With numerous published stories and a bestselling memoir published in Iran, Prophetess serves as her English-language debut.