Leila Hatami

Born: 1972-10-02

Award-winning actress, Leila Hatami, was born on October 1, 1972 in Tehran, Iran, to legendary Iranian Director, Ali Hatami, and actress mother, Zari Khoshkam (Zahra Hatami). During her childhood, she appeared in several of her father's films including the historical TV series, Hezar dastan (1978), and biopic Kamalolmolk (1984), as well as a role as Leila, the blind Turkish princess in the film The Love-stricken (1992). After completing high school, she moved to Lausanne, Switzerland and started her studies in Electronic Engineering. However, after two years she changed her major to French Literature. She completed her studies in a couple of years and moved back to Iran. After a pause in her film career of a few years which included her studies in Switzerland, she made her professional entry into cinema with Dariush Mehrjui 's film Leila (1997) as the title character. Her performance in the film received rave reviews from critics and audiences worldwide. She also received the Diploma of Honor for Best Actress from the 15th Fajr Film Festival. Later, she married her co-star Ali Mosaffa in 1999. They now have two children: a son named Mani (born February 2007) and a daughter named Asal (born October 2008). To date, Hatami has worked with some of the most celebrated Iranian directors. Moreover, her performance in The Deserted Station (2002) won the Best Actress award from the 26th Montreal World Film Festival. She also appeared in her husband's directorial debut film, Portrait of a Lady Far Away (2005). In 2011, she won the prestigious Silver Berlin Bear award at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival for the Best Actress in a Leading Role in Asghar Farhadi 's internationally acclaimed film, A Separation (2011).


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A Separation

as Simin
Released: 2011-02-15

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by...

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The Old Bachelor

as uncredited
Released: 2024-01-25

In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their...

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Shirin

as Woman in audience
Released: 2008-01-20

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute...

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Leila

as Leila, the Wife
Released: 1999-05-14

This film tells the story of a semi modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old...

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Pig

as Shiva Mohajer - The Actress
Released: 2018-04-19

A serial killer is going around killing Iran's most beloved filmmakers. Hasan, a blacklisted...

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Me

as Azar
Released: 2016-08-17

Me is written and directed by Soheil Beiraghi and produced by Saeed Sa’adi and Saeed Khani. The...

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Sheyda

as uncredited
Released: 1999-10-23

Farhad has lost his eyesight due to an injury sustained in battle. As part of his recovery, he...

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Subdued

as uncredited
Released: 2017-02-01

After her divorce Mina is in need to financial and emotional supporting. She meets a guy and...

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The Last Fiction

as Shahrzad (voice)
Released: 2019-11-27

Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil,...

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Bomb: A Love Story

as Mitra
Released: 2018-02-20

It’s 1988 and, at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Tehran is bombed relentlessly. The days that...

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Verdict

as Foroozandeh
Released: 2005-12-05

Sahand, Mohsen and Foroozande are attacking engineer Kazem's house on a rainy night and steal...

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Time to Love

as Bita
Released: 2014-02-01

Bita (Hatami), a successful lawyer specializing in championing the cause of women’s rights in...

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Low Heights

as Narges
Released: 2002-02-01

A person wants to hijack an airplane to go out of Iran and cure his sick son.

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Sweet Jam

as uncredited
Released: 2001-04-19

The doors of the jam produced by a company do not open. In order for them to be able to sell...

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Poverty

as uncredited
Released: 2009-01-13

A haughty acclaimed newly married fashion designer named Iraj is shown the door by his boss...

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Orange Suit

as uncredited
Released: 2012-02-03

The story of a professional photographer Hamed Aban and the radical change in his life. The...

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Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

as Self
Released: 2016-07-04

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush...

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A Man without a Shadow

as uncredited
Released: 2019-09-18

The film A Shadowless Man in the Social Genre, produced in 1397 and filmed in Iran and Spain....

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What's the Time In Your World?

as Goli
Released: 2015-05-13

A woman comes back from Paris to her country after a long time. She meets a man that she hardly...

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Absence

as uncredited
Released: 2023-11-30

Rouzbeh arrives in Prague, far from his troubled family life in Tehran, to research his father’s...

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There Are Things You Don't Know

as uncredited
Released: 2010-07-06

The film tells the story of a reclusive taxi driver in Tehran in the days leading up to an...

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A Walk in the Fog

as Roya
Released: 2010-02-15

Amin is in coma and has forgotten almost everything about the past, but he remembers some of his...

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From Iran, a Separation

as Self - Actress
Released: 2011-03-16

In March 2012, Iranian movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar Award for the Best...

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We Are All Together

as uncredited
Released: 2019-06-05

The adventure of a plane crash with passengers who have different secrets; the secrets that are...

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The Last Step

as Leila
Released: 2012-07-04

Actress Leila bursts into laughter on camera during the filming of a dramatic scene. Her...

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Kamalolmolk

as uncredited
Released: 1984-11-09

The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with...

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Tale of the Sea

as uncredited
Released: 2018-04-20

Taher Mohebi is a well-known writer who, after witnessing a violent murder, breaks down and...

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The Love-Stricken

as uncredited
Released: 1992-04-01

A group of Iranian classical musicians in the Ghajar era try to release their first record,...

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The Sealed Secret

as uncredited
Released: 2013-02-02

The story is about a lonely and weary girl whose mood is lifted by the help of her friend but...

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Portrait of a Lady Far Away

as uncredited
Released: 2005-07-03

An old engineer who has separated from his wife and son and is living alone receive a phone call...

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Aseman-e Mahboob

as uncredited
Released: 2011-01-04

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Forties

as Negar
Released: 2010-02-01

Negar is a married woman who works at a musical company. When she is given an assignment to...

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Felicity Land

as uncredited
Released: 2011-05-16

Yassi, who has doubts about Mohsen's life in common, decides to remind her of a memorable...

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Water and Fire

as Maryam
Released: 2001-02-01

Ali Mashreghi is a writer whose wife has been murdered after the night of his bitter fight with...

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The Deserted Station

as The wife
Released: 2002-02-01

On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major...

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Meeting Leila

as uncredited
Released: 2012-04-03

The only nuptial condition an inveterate chain smoker receives from his perfume-testing fiancee...

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The Killer and the Savage

as Ziba
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Ziba is getting ready for her daughter's wedding when she's abducted by a feared gang. She tries...

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Poet of the Wastes

as uncredited
Released: 2005-10-16

A man whose job collecting garbage from the streets. But from this work he becomes aware of the...

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The Mix

as uncredited
Released: 2000-01-01

An Iranian director and his technical crew scramble to complete post-production on their latest...

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Imagine

as uncredited
Released: 2022-05-23

Night in Tehran. A daydreaming cab driver falls in love with a woman he can’t have, leaving to a...

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My Boats

as uncredited
Released: 2005-10-26

The short story of my boats, Leila Hatami and Ali Mosafa, are its main characters, regarding the...

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Hezar Dastan

as Young Amineh Aghdas
First aired: 1988-01-01

Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and...

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Blue Whale

as Anahita Kashef
First aired: 2019-01-27

Armin is a gifted and introspective student of network security that spends most of his time on...

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