Narges Rashidi
Acting
Born March 21, 1980, Khorramabad, Iran
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.
Filmography
- 2025#BlackSheep — Chakira
- 2025Havoc — Helena
- 2025Last Swim — Mona
- Prisoner 951 — Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
- 2024Taha — Pina
- Wäldern — Greta
- 2022I Came By — Dorsa (Neighbour)
- 2021Alles auf Rot — Dalida Medjoub
- 2021Eisland — Orthopädin Amira Narvid
- The Allegation — Azra
- 2021The Manchador — Mina
- Gangs of London — Lale
- Hanna — Sima
- 2017Reich oder tot — Dalida Medjoub
- 2017Sommermärchen — Samira Vaziri
- 2017Tiger Milk — Noura
- Never Too Late for Justice — Samira Vaziri
- The Girlfriend Experience — Darya Eshford
- 2016Under the Shadow — Shideh
- 2015Happy Lambs — Elmas
- Sibel & Max — Elif
- 2015Zum Sterben zu früh
- 2013Kokowääh 2 — Türkin
- 2012Dating Lanzelot — Kellnerin
- 2012Geisterfahrer — Faiza
- 2012Slave — Krankenschwester
- Anatomy of Evil — Leila Nymann
- 2011Mein Prinz. Mein König. — Fatima
- 2010Noş [auf dich] — Vina
- 2009Engel sucht Liebe — Ayse
- 2009Meeting Laura — Narges
- 2009Must Love Death — Isabel
- 2008Speed Racer — Persian Announcer
- 2007Asudem — Girl
- 2007Breathful — Fuss
- KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst — Nuran
- 2006Black Sheep — Leo's Girlfriend
- 2005Æon Flux — Pregnant Woman
- Nachtschicht — Dalida Abdullah
- A Case For Two — Ayshe