Asal Badiee (May 9, 1977 – April 1, 2013) was an Iranian actress.

She started her cinema career with the film To Be or Not to Be, a product of Kianoosh Ayari. The main subject of the film was organ donation; a task which Badiee performed in her real life.

Asal Badiee was born in Tehranpars, Tehran. Her father, Shahrokh, was an employee at Tejarat Bank.

She married Fariborz Arabnia, an Iranian cinema actor and film director in 2000, but they separated after four years; they had one son Johnyar.

Death

She was transferred to Loghman Hospital after a drug overdose on March 31, 2013, and died the next day from cardiac and respiratory problems. Her doctor also announced that she had died after cerebral vessels burst.

Two days after her death, it was announced that her internal organs would be donated, with her family's agreement. Her kidney, liver, heart, and lungs were donated on April 5–6, giving seven people new lives, making her the first Iranian cinema actress to do so.

Her funeral took place on April 7, 2013[8] at Vahdat Hall, with the participation of a large number of Iranian cinema and television actors and many fans. She was buried in Behesht-e Zahra.

Filmography

Film

    To Be or Not to Be, Kianoosh Ayari, 1997
    Dirty Hands, Sirus Alvand, 1999
    Haft Pardeh, Farzad Motamen, 2000
    Dearly, Bahram Kazemi, 2000
    Candle in the Wind, Pouran Derakhshandeh, 2003
    Butterfly in May, Mohammad-Javad Kazeh Saz, 2005
    Sarboland, Saeed Tehrani, 2006

TV Series

    Until Morning (2005–06)
    8th Day (2009)
    Mankind's land (2009–10)
    The sixth person (2010–11)
    Ghazal (2010)
    My father's house (2012)
    Walk in the Line (2012)