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Narges Rashidi

Acting Born Mar 21, 1980 Khorramabad, Iran 24 credits

Biography

Narges Rashidi is an actress of Iranian descent. In 2015, she played the lead role of Shide in the feature film Under the Shadow by Babak Anvari. The film celebrated its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts submitted the film as a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2017 Oscars. The industry trade publication Variety included Rashidi on its list of "The Best Performances of Sundance 2016," and at the 2016 Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival in Porto Alegre, she won the Jury Award for Best Actress.

Since 2011, she has lived primarily in Los Angeles, where her husband, Christian Straka, works as a tennis coach.

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Known for

Gangs of London

as Lale

Hanna

as Sima
Film

Havoc

as Helena

Full filmography

  • A Case For Two (1981) as Ayshe
  • The Girlfriend Experience (2016) as Darya Eshford
  • Gangs of London (2020) as Lale
  • Hanna (2019) as Sima
  • Havoc (2025) as Helena
  • Prisoner 951 (2025) as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
  • Speed Racer (2008) as Persian Announcer
  • Nachtschicht (2003) as Dalida Abdullah
  • Æon Flux (2005) as Pregnant Woman
  • Never Too Late for Justice (2016) as Samira Vaziri
  • KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst (2007) as Nuran
  • I Came By (2022) as Dorsa (Neighbour)
  • Sibel & Max (2015) as Elif
  • Anatomy of Evil (2011) as Leila Nymann
  • The Allegation (2021) as Azra
  • Under the Shadow (2016) as Shideh
  • Happy Lambs (2015) as Elmas
  • Last Swim (2025) as Mona
  • Tiger Milk (2017) as Noura
  • Kokowääh 2 (2013) as Türkin
  • Black Sheep (2006) as Leo's Girlfriend
  • Wäldern (2024) as Greta
  • Zum Sterben zu früh (2015)
  • Must Love Death (2009) as Isabel