Leila Hatami
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).
A Separation
as SiminA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by...
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The Old Bachelor
as uncreditedIn an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their...
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Shirin
as Woman in audienceA hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute...
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Leila
as Leila, the WifeThis 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 ActressA serial killer is going around killing Iran's most beloved filmmakers. Hasan, a blacklisted...
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The Last Fiction
as Shahrzad (voice)Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil,...
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Low Heights
as NargesA person wants to hijack an airplane to go out of Iran and cure his sick son.
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Sweet Jam
as uncreditedThe doors of the jam produced by a company do not open. In order for them to be able to sell...
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Bomb: A Love Story
as MitraIt’s 1988 and, at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Tehran is bombed relentlessly. The days that...
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The Deserted Station
as The wifeOn a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major...
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Sheyda
as uncreditedFarhad has lost his eyesight due to an injury sustained in battle. As part of his recovery, he...
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What's the Time In Your World?
as GoliA woman comes back from Paris to her country after a long time. She meets a man that she hardly...
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Subdued
as uncreditedAfter her divorce Mina is in need to financial and emotional supporting. She meets a guy and...
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A Man without a Shadow
as uncreditedThe film A Shadowless Man in the Social Genre, produced in 1397 and filmed in Iran and Spain....
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Verdict
as ForoozandehSahand, Mohsen and Foroozande are attacking engineer Kazem's house on a rainy night and steal...
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A Walk in the Fog
as RoyaAmin is in coma and has forgotten almost everything about the past, but he remembers some of his...
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There Are Things You Don't Know
as uncreditedThe film tells the story of a reclusive taxi driver in Tehran in the days leading up to an...
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From Iran, a Separation
as Self - ActressIn March 2012, Iranian movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar Award for the Best...
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Me
as AzarMe is written and directed by Soheil Beiraghi and produced by Saeed Sa’adi and Saeed Khani. The...
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Orange Suit
as uncreditedThe story of a professional photographer Hamed Aban and the radical change in his life. The...
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Poverty
as uncreditedA haughty acclaimed newly married fashion designer named Iraj is shown the door by his boss...
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Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
as SelfMehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush...
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Imagine
as uncreditedNight in Tehran. A daydreaming cab driver falls in love with a woman he can’t have, leaving to a...
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Poet of the Wastes
as uncreditedA man whose job collecting garbage from the streets. But from this work he becomes aware of the...
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Time to Love
as BitaBita (Hatami), a successful lawyer specializing in championing the cause of women’s rights in...
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Absence
as uncreditedRouzbeh arrives in Prague, far from his troubled family life in Tehran, to research his father’s...
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Meeting Leila
as uncreditedThe only nuptial condition an inveterate chain smoker receives from his perfume-testing fiancee...
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The Mix
as uncreditedAn Iranian director and his technical crew scramble to complete post-production on their latest...
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We Are All Together
as uncreditedThe adventure of a plane crash with passengers who have different secrets; the secrets that are...
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The Last Step
as LeilaActress Leila bursts into laughter on camera during the filming of a dramatic scene. Her...
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The Love-Stricken
as uncreditedA group of Iranian classical musicians in the Ghajar era try to release their first record,...
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Forties
as NegarNegar is a married woman who works at a musical company. When she is given an assignment to...
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The Sealed Secret
as uncreditedThe story is about a lonely and weary girl whose mood is lifted by the help of her friend but...
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Tale of the Sea
as uncreditedTaher Mohebi is a well-known writer who, after witnessing a violent murder, breaks down and...
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The Killer and the Savage
as ZibaZiba is getting ready for her daughter's wedding when she's abducted by a feared gang. She tries...
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Felicity Land
as uncreditedYassi, who has doubts about Mohsen's life in common, decides to remind her of a memorable...
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Portrait of a Lady Far Away
as uncreditedAn old engineer who has separated from his wife and son and is living alone receive a phone call...
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Kamalolmolk
as uncreditedThe movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with...
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My Boats
as uncreditedThe short story of my boats, Leila Hatami and Ali Mosafa, are its main characters, regarding the...
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Water and Fire
as MaryamAli Mashreghi is a writer whose wife has been murdered after the night of his bitter fight with...
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Hezar Dastan
as Young Amineh AghdasHezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and...
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Blue Whale
as Anahita KashefArmin is a gifted and introspective student of network security that spends most of his time on...
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