{{Infobox musical artist | name = Nooshafarin | image = Nooshafarin.jpg | native_name = {{no bold|نوش‌آفرین}} | native_name_lang = Fa | birth_name = Fatemeh Abdi Galangashi ({{langx|fa|فاطمه عبدی گَلَنگَشی}}) | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|03|01}} | birth_place = Tehran, Iran | occupation = Singer, actress | years_active = 1972–present | spouse = Saeed Rad (1975–1993) }} '''Fatemeh Abdi Galangashi''' ({{langx|fa|فاطمه عبدی گَلَنگَشی}}, born March 1, 1957), professionally known as '''Nooshafarin''' ({{lang|fa|نوش‌آفرین}}), is an Iranian singer and actress based in Canada.<ref>{{Cite news |last=کاظمی |first=محمد ضرغامی، محمدرضا |date=2011-04-19 |title=نوش‌آفرین از گذشته و حال می‌گوید؛ «من فمینیست هستم» |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f2_nooshafarin_iranian_singer_interview_life_career_feminist/9498955.html |access-date=2025-04-16 |work=رادیو فردا |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ایران |first=عصر |date=2024-10-21 |title=گوگوش ، لیلا فروهر و نوش‌آفرین کودکان کار بودند |url=https://www.asriran.com/fa/news/1007097/%DA%AF%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B4-%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%B1-%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=fa |language=fa}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-16 |title=بیوگرافی نوش‌آفرین زن اول سعید راد / از بازیگری قبل انقلاب تا خوانندگی در امریکا ! |url=https://www.rokna.net/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B4%D8%A8%DA%A9%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C-78/1022908-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=رکنا |language=fa}}</ref>

== Early life == She was born on March 1, 1957 in Tehran, Iran, but has part Turkish ancestry. Her mother was from Gilan province, Iran. When she was five years old, her parents separated.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2015-08-24 |title=نوش آفرین در برننامه تاک شو با منصور سپهربند شبکه تلویزیون ایران |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp87CMZBAq0 |website=Mansour Sepehrband Talk Show}}</ref> She has four sisters and two brothers, both biological and half-siblings, from her father's second marriage.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

== Career == She used to sing at school, and others encouraged her talent. In 1972, at the age of 16, while she was a student at high school, she responded to an advertisement from Payam Studio that was seeking a fresh young face for a movie role. She visited the studio’s office. The name of the film was ''Shoresh'' ("Uprising"), and it was to be directed by Reza Mirlohi. Among many young female applicants, Nooshafarin stood out due to her resemblance to Afarin (Afarin Abisi), a former film actress who had quit acting after marriage. This resemblance caught the attention of the film’s cinematographer, Iraj Sadeghpour—who happened to be Afarin’s husband—and he introduced her to Reza Mirlohi.<ref name=":0" />

With the help of Fereydoon Farrokhzad, she began her singing career with the song ''Ghebleh'' ("Qibla"), which was first broadcast on ''Mikhak-e Noghrei'' (Silver Carnation), a show hosted by Fereydoon Farrokhzad.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG5B3RbRA4s |title=مصاحبه کامل با نوش آفرین |date=2023-04-19 |last=Arvin TV |access-date=2025-04-16 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=کاظمی |first=محمد ضرغامی، محمدرضا |date=2011-04-19 |title=نوش‌آفرین از گذشته و حال می‌گوید؛ «من فمینیست هستم» |trans-title=Nooshafarin speaks about the past and present; "I am a feminist" |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f2_nooshafarin_iranian_singer_interview_life_career_feminist/9498955.html |access-date=2025-04-16 |work=رادیو فردا |language=fa}}</ref>

thumb|Nooshafarin in 1972 Her first film, ''Ghesse-ye Mahan'' (1973), directed by Javad Taheri, was a mystic-themed film about reincarnation that stirred controversy due to its love scenes and nudity. <ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-14 |title=کیهان به نقل از نوش‌آفرین: در سینمای قبل از انقلاب مجبور بودیم هر نقشی را بازی کنیم |trans-title=Kayhan quotes Noush Afarin: In pre-revolutionary cinema, we had to play every role |url=https://7sobh.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-15/257883-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1 |website=7sobh.com |language=Persian}}</ref>

Her second film was ''Doshman'' ("Enemy"; 1973), which was considered a well-made commercial film; it was directed by Khosrow Parvizi.<ref name=":1" />

Nooshafarin acted alongside actors such as Saeed Rad, whom she later married. In 1985, Nooshafarin left Iran for India, and in 1992 moved to the United States, where she resumed her artistic career with the 1994 album ''Dokhtar-e Shah Parion'' ("Daughter of the Fairy King") composed by Mehrdad Zandkarimi.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

== Personal life == She married Saeed Rad in 1975 and separated in 1993.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=پیام نوش‌آفرین به مناسبت درگذشت همسر سابقش سعید راد+عکس |url=https://www.parsine.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1-126/881330-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=پارسینه |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=اینترنتی |first=تابناک باتو {{!}} مجله |date=2024-08-02 |title=ماجرای عاشقی سعید راد و نوش‌ آفرین از زبان احمد نجفی |url=https://tabnakbato.ir/fa/news/319598/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%82%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%E2%80%8C-%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%81%DB%8C |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=fa |language=fa}}</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Albums ===

* 1975, Khatereha (Memories) * 1978, Ruzhaye Ashna (Familiar Days) * 1992, Faryad * 1994, Dokhtar-e Shah-e Parioon * 1995, Oxygen * 1997, Nazanin Asheg * 1999, Sabzeh Be Naaz * 2001, Haft Darya (Seven Seas) * 2003, Our Night * 2004, Attash<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2004 |title=Zenith of Fever, Love & Music with Nooshafarin's Attash Album |url=http://www.tehranmagazine.com/ |journal=Tehran Magazine |volume=509 |pages=72–73}}</ref> * 2008, Koocheye Rangi (Colored Alley)

== References == <references />

Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Iranian actresses Category:20th-century Iranian women singers Category:21st-century Iranian women singers Category:Iranian emigrants to Canada Category:Canadian musicians of Iranian descent Category:Canadian people of Turkish descent Category:Actresses from Tehran Category:Singers from Tehran