Pouri Banayi (Persian: پوری بنایی; born Seddigheh Banayi Persian: صدیقه بنایی, 11 October 1940) is an Iranian actress. She acted in more than 85 feature films between 1965 and 1979. During her years of acting before the Iranian revolution, she worked with directors such as Mehdi Reisfirooz, Samuel Khachikian, Masoud Kimiai, Farrokh Ghaffari, and Fereidoun Goleh. Her most memorable performances are in Iranian new wave films such as Masoud Kimiai's Qeysar in 1969 and Fereydun Gole's The Mandrake.
She also acted in some foreign films such as Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident directed by Leslie H. Martinson in which she co-starred with Peter Graves. In another film directed by Fereydun Gole, named The Moon and a Murmur (1977), she co-starred with John Ireland and Mickey Rooney. Jean Negulesco chose her and Behrouz Vosoughi to play the roles of a couple in his last film The Invincible Six (1970). Jun'ya Sato, the Japanese director chose her for the lead actress in his 1973 adaptation of the manga, Golgo 13.
2023
2019
as (archive footage)
2016
as Self
1995
1979
as Leila
1979
1978
1977
1977
1976
as Ghazal
1976
as Emine
1976
1976
as Jamileh
1976
as Ra'na
1975
as Amin / Parizad
1975
as Mehri
1974
as Golnesa
1973
as Catherine Morton
1973
1973
1973
1972
1972
1972
1972
1972
1972
as sister`s ali
1972
1971
1971
as Mina
1971
1971
1971
1970
1970
as Melek
1970
1970
1970
as Gülnaz
1969
as Azam
1969
1969
as Maryam
1969
1968
as Fereshteh
1968
1968
1967
1967
1966
1966
1965
1964
as Maria