Narges Rashidi

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Narges Rashidi

Acting 46 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 p…

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Æon Flux

Æon Flux

5.6 2005 Movie
Speed Racer

Speed Racer

6.4 2008 Movie
Havoc

Havoc

6.4 2025 Movie
Hanna

Hanna

7.4 2019 TV Show
I Came By

I Came By

6.3 2022 Movie
Gangs of London

Gangs of London

7.8 2020 TV Show
Under the Shadow

Under the Shadow

6.5 2016 Movie
The Girlfriend Experience

The Girlfriend Experience

7.0 2016 TV Show
A Case For Two

A Case For Two

5.7 1981 TV Show
Kokowääh 2

Kokowääh 2

6.0 2013 Movie
Nachtschicht

Nachtschicht

6.2 2003 TV Show
KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst

KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst

6.8 2007 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Prisoner 951

    TV show Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

  2. 2025
    #BlackSheep

    Movie Chakira

  3. 2025
    Havoc

    Movie Helena

  4. 2025
    Last Swim

    Movie Mona

  5. 2024
    Taha

    Movie Pina

  6. 2024
    Wäldern

    TV show Greta

  7. 2022
    I Came By

    Movie Dorsa (Neighbour)

  8. 2021
    The Manchador

    Movie Mina

  9. 2021
    The Allegation

    TV show Azra

  10. 2021
    Alles auf Rot

    Movie Dalida Medjoub

  11. 2021
    Eisland

    Movie Orthopädin Amira Narvid

  12. 2020
    Gangs of London

    TV show Lale

  13. 2019
    Hanna

    TV show Sima

  14. 2017
    Reich oder tot

    Movie Dalida Medjoub

  15. 2017
    Tiger Milk

    Movie Noura

  16. 2017
    Sommermärchen

    Movie Samira Vaziri

More credits
  1. 2016
    Under the Shadow

    Movie Shideh

  2. 2016
    The Girlfriend Experience

    TV show Darya Eshford

  3. 2016
    Never Too Late for Justice

    TV show Samira Vaziri

  4. 2015
    Zum Sterben zu früh

    Movie

  5. 2015
    Happy Lambs

    Movie Elmas

  6. 2015
    Sibel & Max

    TV show Elif

  7. 2013
    Kokowääh 2

    Movie Türkin

  8. 2012
    Slave

    Movie Krankenschwester

  9. 2012
    Geisterfahrer

    Movie Faiza

  10. 2012
    Dating Lanzelot

    Movie Kellnerin

  11. 2011
    Mein Prinz. Mein König.

    Movie Fatima

  12. 2011
    Anatomy of Evil

    TV show Leila Nymann

  13. 2010
    Noş [auf dich]

    Movie Vina

  14. 2009
    Must Love Death

    Movie Isabel

  15. 2009
    Engel sucht Liebe

    Movie Ayse

  16. 2009
    Meeting Laura

    Movie Narges

  17. 2008
    Speed Racer

    Movie Persian Announcer

  18. 2007
    Asudem

    Movie Girl

  19. 2007
    Breathful

    Movie Fuss

  20. 2007
    KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst

    TV show Nuran

  21. 2006
    Black Sheep

    Movie Leo's Girlfriend

  22. 2005
    Æon Flux

    Movie Pregnant Woman

  23. 2003
    Nachtschicht

    TV show Dalida Abdullah

  24. 1981
    A Case For Two

    TV show Ayshe