Narges Rashidi

Narges Rashidi

Known for
Acting
Born
March 21, 1980 (age 46)
Birthplace
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 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.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Havoc poster

Havoc

Movie · as Helena

2025
Last Swim poster

Last Swim

Movie · as Mona

2025
#BlackSheep poster

#BlackSheep

Movie · as Chakira

2025
Prisoner 951 poster

Prisoner 951

TV · as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe · 4 eps

2024
Taha poster

Taha

Movie · as Pina

2024
Wäldern poster

Wäldern

TV · as Greta · 4 eps

2022
I Came By poster

I Came By

Movie · as Dorsa (Neighbour)

2021
Alles auf Rot poster

Alles auf Rot

Movie · as Dalida Medjoub

2021
Eisland poster

Eisland

Movie · as Orthopädin Amira Narvid

2021
The Manchador poster

The Manchador

Movie · as Mina

2021
The Allegation poster

The Allegation

TV · as Azra · 7 eps

2020
Gangs of London poster

Gangs of London

TV · as Lale · 23 eps

2019
Hanna poster

Hanna

TV · as Sima · 2 eps

2017
Sommermärchen

Sommermärchen

Movie · as Samira Vaziri

2017
Tiger Milk poster

Tiger Milk

Movie · as Noura

2017
Reich oder tot poster

Reich oder tot

Movie · as Dalida Medjoub

2016
Under the Shadow poster

Under the Shadow

Movie · as Shideh

2016
Never Too Late for Justice poster

Never Too Late for Justice

TV · as Samira Vaziri · 23 eps

2016
The Girlfriend Experience poster

The Girlfriend Experience

TV · as Darya Eshford · 5 eps

2015
Zum Sterben zu früh poster

Zum Sterben zu früh

Movie

2015
Happy Lambs poster

Happy Lambs

Movie · as Elmas

2015
Sibel & Max poster

Sibel & Max

TV · as Elif · 1 ep

2013
Kokowääh 2 poster

Kokowääh 2

Movie · as Türkin

2012
Dating Lanzelot poster

Dating Lanzelot

Movie · as Kellnerin

2012
Geisterfahrer poster

Geisterfahrer

Movie · as Faiza

2012
Slave

Slave

Movie · as Krankenschwester

2011
Mein Prinz. Mein König. poster

Mein Prinz. Mein König.

Movie · as Fatima

2011
Anatomy of Evil poster

Anatomy of Evil

TV · as Leila Nymann · 1 ep

2010
Noş [auf dich]

Noş [auf dich]

Movie · as Vina

2009
Engel sucht Liebe poster

Engel sucht Liebe

Movie · as Ayse

2009
Meeting Laura

Meeting Laura

Movie · as Narges

2009
Must Love Death poster

Must Love Death

Movie · as Isabel

2008
Speed Racer poster

Speed Racer

Movie · as Persian Announcer

2007
Asudem

Asudem

Movie · as Girl

2007
Breathful poster

Breathful

Movie · as Fuss

2007
KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst poster

KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst

TV · as Nuran · 1 ep

2006
Black Sheep poster

Black Sheep

Movie · as Leo's Girlfriend

2005
Æon Flux poster

Æon Flux

Movie · as Pregnant Woman

2003
Nachtschicht poster

Nachtschicht

TV · as Dalida Abdullah · 1 ep

1981
A Case For Two poster

A Case For Two

TV · as Ayshe · 1 ep