Narges Rashidi ( fa, نرگس رشیدی) is an American-

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actress of Iranian descent. She was born in Iran where her father was an army colonel. In 1987 she settled with her family in Turkey. A year later the family moved to Germany, where she grew up and studied acting. She has lived primarily in Los Angeles since 2005. Rashidi has appeared in many independent films and television productions,starting with the experimental film Venussian Tabutasco by

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in 2004 and primarily in Germany. She received widespread acclaim for her starring role in the 2016 film '' Under the Shadow'' by Babak Anvari, which premiered at the

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cited her as "a favorite breakthrough performance" at Sundance. The magazine hailed her "intense yet fine-grained work... as a fiercely intelligent, progressive-minded Iranian woman infuriated by the direction of her country since the

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," noting "Rashidi plays her character like a musical instrument going slowly out of tune; it’s a performance rich in both motherly love and scream-queen abandon."

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

* Best Breakthrough Actress award,

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, New York Independent International Film & Video Festival, 2007.

References

External links

* * https://fr-fr.facebook.com/nargesrashidiofficial/ * http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/narges-rashidi#_ {{Authority control 21st-century German actresses Iranian diaspora film people People from Khorramabad Iranian emigrants to Germany German expatriates in the United States Living people 1980 births Iranian emigrants to the United States