Narges Rashidi
Born
21 March 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 Inter...
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.
Filmography (28)
#BlackSheep
2025
Havoc
2025
Last Swim
2025
Taha
2024
I Came By
2022
The Manchador
2021
Alles auf Rot
2021
Eisland
2021
Reich oder tot
2017
Tiger Milk
2017
Sommermärchen
2017
Under the Shadow
2016
Zum Sterben zu früh
2015
Happy Lambs
2015
Kokowääh 2
2013
Slave
2012
Geisterfahrer
2012
Dating Lanzelot
2012
Mein Prinz. Mein König.
2011
Noş [auf dich]
2010
Must Love Death
2009
Engel sucht Liebe
2009
Meeting Laura
2009
Speed Racer
2008
Asudem
2007
Breathful
2007
Black Sheep
2006
Æon Flux
2005