Narges Rashidi

Actress

March 21, 1980 (46 years)

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…

Filmography

5.6

A Case For Two

Ayshe

Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.

7.8

Gangs of London

Lale

When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, volatile and impulsive Sean Wallace to restore control and find those responsible for killing his father.

7.0

The Girlfriend Experience

Darya Eshford

Explore the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.

7.4

Hanna

Sima

Follow the journey of an extraordinary young girl as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.

5.3

Prisoner 951

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

The true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - imprisoned in Iran and separated from her daughter - and her husband Richard, who fights both the British and Iranian governments to facilitate her release.

6.4

Speed Racer

Persian Announcer

Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.

6.4

Havoc

Helena

When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.

6.2

Nachtschicht

Dalida Abdullah

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5.6

Æon Flux

Pregnant Woman

400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.

4.0

Never Too Late for Justice

Samira Vaziri

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6.8

KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst

Nuran

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6.3

I Came By

Dorsa (Neighbour)

A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.

6.0

Sibel & Max

Elif

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5.9

Anatomy of Evil

Leila Nymann

The criminal psychologist Richard Brock teaches at the University of Vienna. He used to work as a psychologist until his wife took her own life and he lost his license on suspicion of incorrect treatment. In the meantime he has developed a reputation as a particularly good interrogation specialist and is therefore called in by the police in special cases.

6.5

Under the Shadow

Shideh

After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.

6.7

The Allegation

Azra

25 defendants, 300 trial days and a legal scandal that has gone down in the history of jurisprudence: In this thrilling legal drama, bestselling author Ferdinand von Schirach transports the so-called "Worms Trials", a German legal scandal from the nineties into the present. The result is a gripping, current legal drama about hysteria in social media, collective anger and how the hunger for revenge can overlook the victims.

6.0

Kokowääh 2

Türkin

Who said a patchwork family is without problems? Two years after the turbulence of Kokowääh, everyday life turns to everyday chaos…

5.3

Happy Lambs

Elmas

The perfect world of a small family breaks, when Can discover that his mother works in a brothel. In a maelstrom of anger, guilt and despair Mother and son are forced to forgive himself.

N/A

Wäldern

Greta

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6.3

Tiger Milk

Noura

Best friends Nini and Jameelah are both 14 years old and live in the same housing complex in Berlin. Jameelah's family is from Iraq and might be deported if their application for citizenship isn't approved, but right now, the girls try not to worry about these existential problems. They look forward to the Berlin summer and the school holidays.