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Narges Rashidi
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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 c…
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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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Narges Rashidi's Filmography
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as Chakira
Havoc
as Helena
Last Swim
as Mona
Taha
as Pina
I Came By
as Dorsa (Neighbour)
The Manchador
as Mina
Alles auf Rot
as Dalida Medjoub
Eisland
as Orthopädin Amira Narvid
Reich oder tot
as Dalida Medjoub
Tiger Milk
as Noura
No Poster
Sommermärchen
as Samira Vaziri
Under the Shadow
as Shideh
Zum Sterben zu früh
Happy Lambs
as Elmas
Kokowääh 2
as Türkin
No Poster
Slave
as Krankenschwester
Geisterfahrer
as Faiza
Dating Lanzelot
as Kellnerin
Mein Prinz. Mein König.
as Fatima
No Poster
Noş [auf dich]
as Vina
Must Love Death
as Isabel
Engel sucht Liebe
as Ayse
No Poster
Meeting Laura
as Narges
Speed Racer
as Persian Announcer
No Poster
Asudem
as Girl
Breathful
as Fuss
Black Sheep
as Leo's Girlfriend
Æon Flux
as Pregnant Woman