Narges Rashidi

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Narges Rashidi
Rashidi in February 2016
Born
Narges Rashidi

1980 (age 44–45)
Tehran, Iran
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
SpouseChristian Straka

Narges Rashidi (Persian: نرگس رشیدی; born 1980[1]) is an American-German actress of Iranian descent.

Early life

Rashidi was born in Tehran, Iran.[2] Her father was an army colonel and her mother is a housewife.[1] She lived in Tehran at the time of the Iran–Iraq War.[2][3]

Rashidi moved with her family to Turkey and then Germany when she was seven.[2] She grew up in Bad Hersfeld, Germany.[4] She was introduced to acting by the summer theatre festivals in the town.[5]

Career

Rashidi has appeared in many independent films and television productions,[3] starting with the experimental film Venussian Tabutasco by Daryush Shokof in 2004.

Rashidi received international recognition and widespread acclaim for her starring role in the 2016 film Under the Shadow by Babak Anvari, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Variety 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 Islamic Revolution," 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."[6]

Rashidi plays Lale in the 2020 British TV series Gangs of London.[7] In June 2024, Deadline Hollywood reported that Rashidi had been cast alongside Joseph Fiennes in a BBC drama as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her husband Richard Ratcliffe.[8]

Personal life

Rashidi lives in Los Angeles.[2] She is married to Christian Straka, a former professional tennis player.[1] She speaks Persian and German.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Venussian Tabutasco
2005 Aeon Flux Pregnant Woman
2006 Asudem Girl
A2Z
Black Sheep Leo's Girlfriend
2007 Breathful Fuss
2008 Speed Racer Persian Announcer
2009 Meeting Laura Narges Short film
Must Love Death Isabel
2010 NOS (auf dich) Vina Short film
2011 Dating Lanzelot Zibaa
My Prince. My King Fatima
2012 Slave Nurse
2013 Kokowääh 2 Verkäuferin
2015 Von glücklichen Schafen Elmas / mother
2016 Under the Shadow Shideh
2017 Tigermilch Noura Bashir
2019 The Manchador Mina Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands Orientalische Frau des Grafen von Gleichen Episode: "Ehe zu dritt - Die Frauen des Grafen von Gleichen"
2007 KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst Nuran Episode: "Fragen der Ehre"
2008 Schimanski Laura Episode: "Schicht im Schacht"
2009 Engel sucht Liebe Ayse TV movie
2012 Ein Fall für zwei Ayshe Episode: "Mord im Callcenter"
Geisterfahrer Faiza TV movie
2013 Nachtschicht Dalida Abdullah Episode: "Geld regiert die Welt"
2014–2015 Löwenzahn Banu 4 episodes
2015 Sibel & Max Elif Episode: "Schief gewickelt"
Too Young to Die Dalida Medjoub TV movie
2016–2018 Never Too Late For Justice Samira Vaziri 22 episodes
2017 The Girlfriend Experience Darya Esford 5 episodes
Reich oder tot Dalida Medjoub TV movie
2019 Anatomy of Evil Leila Nymann Episode: "Sehnsucht"
Hanna Sima 2 episodes
2020 Gangs of London Lale 7 episodes

Awards

  • Best Breakthrough Actress award, A2Z, New York Independent International Film & Video Festival, 2007.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sommer, Ariane (23 March 2015). "Keine Lust auf "Migrationshintergrund"" [No desire for "migration background"]. Die Welt (in German). Archived from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Seymour, Tom (29 September 2016). "Terror in Tehran: Under the Shadow and the politics of horror". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b Laing, Sarah (January 20, 2017). "Going to a dark place with rising star Narges Rashidi". ELLE Canada. Archived from the original on 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  4. ^ a b Brown, Emma (2016-10-13). "Narges Rashidi". Interview Magazine. Archived from the original on 2023-09-29. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  5. ^ "German summer festivals led Narges Rashidi into acting". USA Today. November 14, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  6. ^ Variety Staff (2016-01-30). "Sundance: 19 Biggest Breakthrough Performances". Variety. Archived from the original on 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  7. ^ Hadadi, Roxana (2022-12-01). "Gangs of London Won't Hold Anything Back". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  8. ^ Bamigboye, Baz (2024-06-25). "Breaking Baz: Narges Rashidi & Joseph Fiennes Cast In Under-Wraps BBC Drama About Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's Six-Year Iranian Prison Ordeal & Husband's Tireless Campaign To Free Her". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  9. ^ "New York Film and Video Festival". 2007-04-24. Archived from the original on 2007-04-24. Retrieved 2017-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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