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Narges Rashidi

Narges Rashidi

Birthday: 1980-03-21 | Place of Birth: Khorramabad, Iran

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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
#BlackSheep

as    Chakira

2025
Last Swim

as    Mona

2025
Prisoner 951

as    Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

2024
Wäldern

as    Greta

2024
Taha

as    Pina

2021
The Allegation

as    Azra

2021
Alles auf Rot

as    Dalida Medjoub

2021
The Manchador

as    Mina

2021
Eisland

as    Orthopädin Amira Narvid

2020
Gangs of London

as    Lale

2017
Reich oder tot

as    Dalida Medjoub

2017
Tiger Milk

as    Noura

2017
Under the Shadow

as    Shideh

2012
Geisterfahrer

as    Faiza

2012
Dating Lanzelot

as    Kellnerin

2011
Mein Prinz. Mein König.

as    Fatima

2010
Noş [auf dich]

as    Vina

2009
Engel sucht Liebe

as    Ayse

2009
Must Love Death

as    Isabel

2007
Breathful

as    Fuss