Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Born
21 März 1980 (46)
Place of birth
Khorramabad, Iran
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.
Bekannt für
7.8
Series
Gangs of London
Lale
2020–
5.2
Series
Prisoner 951
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
2025
6.0
Film
Kokowääh 2
Türkin
2013
6.5
Film
Under the Shadow
Shideh
2016
6.3
Film
Tiger Milk
Noura
2017
6.7
Series
The Allegation
Azra
2021
5.5
Film
Reich oder tot
Dalida Medjoub
2017
6.4
Film
Last Swim
Mona
2025
6.7
Film
Alles auf Rot
Dalida Medjoub
2021
5.5
Film
#BlackSheep
Chakira
2025
6.8
Film
Eisland
Orthopädin Amira Narvid
2021
4.4
Film
The Manchador
Mina
2021
Acting credits 12 titles
Prisoner 951
as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
5.2
2025
#BlackSheep
as Chakira
5.5
2025
Last Swim
as Mona
6.4
2025
The Allegation
as Azra
6.7
2021
The Manchador
as Mina
4.4
2021
Eisland
as Orthopädin Amira Narvid
6.8
2021
Alles auf Rot
as Dalida Medjoub
6.7
2021
Gangs of London
as Lale
7.8
2020–
Reich oder tot
as Dalida Medjoub
5.5
2017
Tiger Milk
as Noura
6.3
2017
Under the Shadow
as Shideh
6.5
2016
Kokowääh 2
as Türkin
6.0
2013