Banafshe Hourmazdi studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts Baden-WΓΌrttemberg and at the Zurich University of the Arts. She developed and acted in plays at the Ballhaus NaunynstraΓe Berlin, MΓΌnchner Kammerspiele, Theater Oberhausen, Ruhrtriennale and Sophiensaele Berlin. She was awarded the Newcomer Prize by the City of Vienna in 2015 for her production Meine Nase lΓ€uft at the Drachengasse Theater. At the 2019 First Steps Awards she won the GΓΆtz George Young Talent Award for her acting in the ensemble of Futur Drei.