Maryam Kaviani ( مریم کاویانی ) is an Iranian actress born in 1970 in the city of Ahvaz, Iran. Kaviani achieved a post-graduate degree in nursing, working as a professional nurse before her acting profession began in 2002. Her first feature film is The Youthful Dream (2002) followed by Dexterous (Tardast) (2004) and Spaghetti in Eight Minutes (Espageti dar Hasht Daghigheh) (2005). She gained popularity after playing Raana in the television series She Was An Angel (2005).