Isabella Nefar

Isabella trained at LAMDA and the School of Drama Paulo Grassi in Milan before landing the title role in Yael Farber’s SALOME for the National Theatre. Isabella most recently wrapped on feature READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN. Other recent work includes HOME SWEET ROME for HBO Max, Neil Forsyth’s BBC series THE GOLD directed by Aneil Karia and Alessio Cremonini’s feature film PROFETI. She plays the lead in action/thriller SMALL CITY which has just premiered on Showtime, stars alongside Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson in WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS which premiered at Venice Film Festival and can also be seen as Parissa in Apple TV’s TEHRAN.

Other stage credits include the world premieres of GOATS for the Royal Court and JADE for the Hampstead Theatre.

Isabella speaks fluent Italian, English and Farsi.