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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). After finishing high school, she moved to Lausanne, Switzerland and started her studies in Electrical Engineering Dee Lausanne (EPFL). After two years she changed her major to French Literature. She completed her study of French in a couple of years, before moving back to Iran. After a pause of a few years which included the continuation of her studies in Switzerland she made her professional entry into cinema with Dariush Mehrjui's film Leila. Her acting in this film received rave reviews from critics and audiences. She married her co-star in Leila (Ali Mosaffa) in 1999. They have two children: a boy named Mani (born February 2007) and a girl named Asal (born October 2008).


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Born:
Oct 1, 1972 In Tehran - Iran
Movie/TV Credits:
41
First Appeared:
In the movie The Killer and the Savage
Latest Project:
Movie The Old Bachelor 2024-01-25
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Killer and the Savage Ziba 2025
Movie The Old Bachelor 2024-01-25
Movie Absence 2023-11-30
Series Blue Whale Anahita Kashef 2019-01-27
Movie We Are All Together 2019-06-05
Movie A Man without a Shadow 2019-09-18
Movie The Last Fiction Shahrzad (voice) 2019-11-27
Movie Bomb: A Love Story Mitra 2018-02-20
Movie Pig Shiva Mohajer - The Actress 2018-04-19
Movie Tale of the Sea 2018-04-20
Movie Subdued 2017-02-01
Movie Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report Self 2016-07-04
Movie Me Azar 2016-08-17
Movie What's the Time In Your World? Goli 2015-05-13
Movie Time to Love Bita 2014-02-01
Movie Orange Suit 2012-02-03
Movie The Last Step Leila 2012-07-04
Movie Meeting Leila 2012-04-03
Movie A Separation Simin 2011-02-15
Movie Aseman-e Mahboob 2011-01-04
Movie From Iran, a Separation Self - Actress 2011-03-16
Movie Felicity Land 2011-05-16
Movie Forties Negar 2010-02-01
Movie A Walk in the Fog Roya 2010-02-15
Movie There Are Things You Don't Know 2010-07-06
Movie Poverty 2009-01-13
Movie Shirin Woman in audience 2008-01-20
Movie Verdict Foroozandeh 2005-12-05
Movie Garden Salad Leila 2005-01-01
Movie Poet of the Wastes 2005-10-16
Movie My Boats 2005-10-26
Movie Low Heights Narges 2002-02-01
Movie The Deserted Station The wife 2002-02-01
Movie Water and Fire Maryam 2001-02-01
Movie Sweet Jam 2001-04-19
Movie The Mix 2000-01-01
Movie Leila Leila, the Wife 1999-05-14
Movie Sheyda 1999-10-23
Movie The Love-Stricken 1992-04-01
Series Hezar Dastan Young Amineh Aghdas 1988-01-01
Movie Kamalolmolk 1984-11-09