Leila Hatami

Leila Hatami

Known for
Acting
Born
October 2, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Tehran, Iran

Biography

Leila Hatami (Persian: لیلا حاتمی) (born 1 October 1972) is an Iranian actress. Regarded as amongst the finest actresses of Iranian cinema and one of the most prominent performers in the 21st century, she is recognized for her realistic acting in drama films; gaining international fame for her role as Simin in Academy Award-winning film A Separation (2011), for which she received the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

Known For

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Filmography

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The English Bag

The English Bag

TV · as Mastaneh Pirayesh · 13 eps

2026
Idol poster

Idol

Movie · as Leila

2026
A Time in Eternity poster

A Time in Eternity

Movie · as Maryam

2025
The Killer and the Savage poster

The Killer and the Savage

Movie · as Ziba

2025
The Old Bachelor poster

The Old Bachelor

Movie · as Raana

2025
Daria’s Night Flowers poster

Daria’s Night Flowers

Movie · as (Archive footage)

2023
Absence poster

Absence

Movie

2022
Imagine poster

Imagine

Movie · as Leila

2019
A Man without a Shadow poster

A Man without a Shadow

Movie

2019
We Are All Together poster

We Are All Together

Movie

2019
The Last Fiction poster

The Last Fiction

Movie · as Shahrzad (voice)

2019
Blue Whale poster

Blue Whale

TV · as Anahita Kashef · 30 eps

2018
Pig poster

Pig

Movie · as Shiva Mohajer - The Actress

2018
Bomb: A Love Story poster

Bomb: A Love Story

Movie · as Mitra

2018
Tale of the Sea poster

Tale of the Sea

Movie

2018
Being a Woman is Beautiful

Being a Woman is Beautiful

Movie

2017
Subdued poster

Subdued

Movie

2016
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report poster

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

Movie · as Self

2016
Me poster

Me

Movie · as Azar

2016
Your Gift to the Earth

Your Gift to the Earth

Movie

2015
What's the Time In Your World? poster

What's the Time In Your World?

Movie · as Goli

2014
Time to Love poster

Time to Love

Movie · as Bita

2014
Il était une fois... Une séparation poster

Il était une fois... Une séparation

Movie

2013
The Sealed Secret poster

The Sealed Secret

Movie · as Saba

2012
The Last Step poster

The Last Step

Movie · as Leila

2012
Orange Suit poster

Orange Suit

Movie

2012
Meeting Leila poster

Meeting Leila

Movie

2011
A Separation poster

A Separation

Movie · as Simin

2011
From Iran, a Separation poster

From Iran, a Separation

Movie · as Self - Actress

2011
Beloved Sky poster

Beloved Sky

Movie

2011
Felicity Land poster

Felicity Land

Movie

2010
There Are Things You Don't Know poster

There Are Things You Don't Know

Movie

2010
A Walk in the Fog poster

A Walk in the Fog

Movie · as Roya

2010
Forties poster

Forties

Movie · as Negar

2009
Poverty poster

Poverty

Movie

2009
Shirin poster

Shirin

Movie

2007
Every night loneliness poster

Every night loneliness

Movie

2005
Verdict poster

Verdict

Movie · as Foroozandeh

2005
Garden Salad poster

Garden Salad

Movie · as Leila

2005
My Boats poster

My Boats

Movie

2005
Portrait of a Lady Far Away poster

Portrait of a Lady Far Away

Movie

2005
Poet of the Wastes poster

Poet of the Wastes

Movie

2002
Deserted Station poster

Deserted Station

Movie · as The wife

2002
Low Heights poster

Low Heights

Movie · as Narges

2001
Water and Fire poster

Water and Fire

Movie · as Maryam

2001
Sweet Jam poster

Sweet Jam

Movie

2000
The Mix poster

The Mix

Movie

1999
Leila poster

Leila

Movie · as Leila, the Wife

1999
Sheyda poster

Sheyda

Movie

1992
Love-Stricken poster

Love-Stricken

Movie · as Leila

1988
Hezar Dastan poster

Hezar Dastan

TV · as Young Amineh Aghdas · 16 eps

1984
Kamalolmolk poster

Kamalolmolk

Movie · as Kamalolmolk in childhood