Taraneh Alidoosti _{(January 12, 1984, Tehran, Iran)}

Taraneh Alidoosti (born 12 January 1984) is a Crystal-Simorgh winning Iranian actress.

In a poll conducted among 130 film critics by Sanate Cinema magazine she was voted the best Iranian actress of the decade.

In 2012, a similar poll by the Film Monthly also chose her as the best actress of the decade.

She began her acting career at age 17 with the leading role in Man, taraneh, panzdah sal daram (I Am Tarane, Fifteen Years Old),(Rasul Sadr Ameli, 2002).

Critics praised her performance as a defiant 15 year old girl who after a failed relationship is determined to rear a child on her own, while struggling with poverty and social stigma.

She won the Bronze Leopard for Best Actress from Locarno International Film Festival in 2002, as well as the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress from the 20th Fajr Film Festival, becoming the youngest ever to do so.

Shortly after she set another record, getting nominated three consecutive times for the best actress prize at the Fajr Film Festival for her first three films. Since then she has maintained a steady but selective work flow in both theatre and cinema.

She is mostly known for her choosy criteria in accepting challenging, dramatic roles, as exemplified by her long collaboration with Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, making her one of the most acclaimed actresses of her generation.

In addition to her acting career she is also known for her writing as featured in her personal weblog . Additionally, her short stories and commentary pieces have been widely published in magazines and daily newspapers such as Shargh.

In 2010, a piece written in support of director Asghar Farhadi, defending his comments in support of dissident Iranian artists, caused her weblog to be closed by government officials. Her new weblog however is active now.

A collection of stories by Canadian author Alice Munro collected and translated by Taraneh Alidoosti, was published in 2011. It received the prize for best fiction translation at annual Book of Season Awards. She is fluent in English and German.

Her father, Hamid Alidoosti, is a former member of the Iranian national football team and currently a football coach in Iran. Her only brother, Pouyan, died during the annual Iranian fire-festival, Chaharshanbe Suri at the age of 16, due to an explosion.

Ironically at the time of the accident she was working on a movie called Chaharshanbe-Suri (Fireworks Wednesday) by Asghar Farhadi.

2022   Subtraction | Tafrigh (2022)
2022   Leila’s Brothers | Baradaran-e Leila (2022)
2021   ORCA (2021)
2016   The Salesman | Forushande (2016)
2015   Atomic Heart Mother | Madare Ghalbe Atoomi (2015)
2015   Absolute Rest | Estérahaté Motlagh (2015)
2013   The Wedlock | Zendegi Moshtarak-e Aghaye Mahmoudi va Banoo (2013)
2012   Modest Reception | Paziraie sadeh (2012)
2010   Life With Closed Eyes | Zandegi ba cheshmane baste (2010)
2009   Doubt | Tardid (2009)
2009   About Elly | Darbareye Elly (2009)
2008   Shirin (2008)
2006   Fireworks Wednesday | Chaharshanbe Soori (2006)
2004   The Beautiful City | Shah-re ziba (2004)
2000   I am Taraneh, fifteen years old (2000)