Narges Rashidi

Birthday: 1980-03-21
Birthplace: Khorramabad, Iran
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2025-07-17	#BlackSheep	Chakira
	2025-04-25	Havoc	Helena
	2025-04-04	Last Swim	Mona
	2024-11-16	Taha	Pina
	2022-08-19	I Came By	Dorsa (Neighbour)
	2021-12-15	The Manchador	Mina
	2021-10-03	Alles auf Rot	Dalida Medjoub
	2021-07-03	Eisland	Orthopädin Amira Narvid
	2017-10-07	Reich oder tot	Dalida Medjoub
	2017-08-17	Tiger Milk	Noura
	2017-04-18	Sommermärchen	Samira Vaziri
	2016-09-30	Under the Shadow	Shideh
	2015-06-29	Zum Sterben zu früh
	2015-06-12	Happy Lambs	Elmas
	2013-01-27	Kokowääh 2	Türkin
	2012-11-12	Slave	Krankenschwester
	2012-11-09	Geisterfahrer	Faiza
	2012-08-30	Dating Lanzelot	Kellnerin
	2011-05-06	Mein Prinz. Mein König.	Fatima
	2010-01-01	Noş [auf dich]	Vina
	2009-10-25	Must Love Death	Isabel
	2009-09-28	Engel sucht Liebe	Ayse
	2009-01-01	Meeting Laura	Narges
	2008-05-07	Speed Racer	Persian Announcer
	2007-03-07	Asudem	Girl
	2007-02-14	Breathful	Fuss
	2006-10-25	Black Sheep	Leo's Girlfriend
	2005-11-30	Æon Flux	Pregnant Woman