Narges Rashidi
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
All Movies (28)
- #BlackSheep2025 · as Chakira
- Havoc2025 · as Helena
- Last Swim2025 · as Mona
- Taha2024 · as Pina
- I Came By2022 · as Dorsa (Neighbour)
- The Manchador2021 · as Mina
- Alles auf Rot2021 · as Dalida Medjoub
- Eisland2021 · as Orthopädin Amira Narvid
- Reich oder tot2017 · as Dalida Medjoub
- Tiger Milk2017 · as Noura
- Sommermärchen2017 · as Samira Vaziri
- Under the Shadow2016 · as Shideh
- Zum Sterben zu früh2015
- Happy Lambs2015 · as Elmas
- Kokowääh 22013 · as Türkin
- Slave2012 · as Krankenschwester
- Geisterfahrer2012 · as Faiza
- Dating Lanzelot2012 · as Kellnerin
- Mein Prinz. Mein König.2011 · as Fatima
- Noş [auf dich]2010 · as Vina
- Must Love Death2009 · as Isabel
- Engel sucht Liebe2009 · as Ayse
- Meeting Laura2009 · as Narges
- Speed Racer2008 · as Persian Announcer
- Asudem2007 · as Girl
- Breathful2007 · as Fuss
- Black Sheep2006 · as Leo's Girlfriend
- Æon Flux2005 · as Pregnant Woman
All TV Shows (12)
- Prisoner 9512025 · as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
- Wäldern2024 · as Greta
- The Allegation2021 · as Azra
- Gangs of London2020 · as Lale
- Hanna2019 · as Sima
- The Girlfriend Experience2016 · as Darya Eshford
- Never Too Late for Justice2016 · as Samira Vaziri
- Sibel & Max2015 · as Elif
- Anatomy of Evil2011 · as Leila Nymann
- KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst2007 · as Nuran
- Nachtschicht2003 · as Dalida Abdullah
- A Case For Two1981 · as Ayshe