Amir Ebrahimi started her career by directing her first short film, Khat (2000), when she was only eighteen. In the same year, she starred in Reza Keshavarz’s play Water, which was performed in the 19th Fajr Theatre Festival.In 2001, she made her feature film debut in Waiting, directed by Mohammad Nourizad. The same year, she acted in Ayat Najafi’s play Sleepy Noon at the Niavaran Cultural Center of Téhéran.