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).

Known For: Acting

Born: Tehran, Iran, 1972-10-02

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Kamalolmolk		68
2	1992	Love-Stricken		70
3	1999	Leila	Leila, the Wife	74
4	1999	Sheyda		80
5	2000	The Mix		50
6	2001	Water and Fire	Maryam	15
7	2001	Sweet Jam		0
8	2002	Deserted Station	The wife	60
9	2002	Low Heights	Narges	71
10	2005	Garden Salad	Leila	57
11	2005	Portrait of a Lady Far Away		60
12	2005	Poet of the Wastes		30
13	2005	My Boats		72
14	2005	Verdict	Foroozandeh	35
15	2007	Every night loneliness		40
16	2009	Poverty		60
17	2009	Shirin		61
18	2010	Forties	Negar	45
19	2010	A Walk in the Fog	Roya	60
20	2010	There Are Things You Don't Know		72
21	2011	Aseman-e Mahboob		25
22	2011	A Separation	Simin	79
23	2011	From Iran, a Separation	Self - Actress	86
24	2011	Felicity Land		65
25	2012	Orange Suit		61
26	2012	Meeting Leila		50
27	2012	The Last Step	Leila	64
28	2013	The Sealed Secret		52
29	2014	Time to Love	Bita	59
30	2015	What's the Time In Your World?	Goli	73
31	2016	Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report	Self	0
32	2016	Me	Azar	44
33	2017	Subdued		58
34	2018	Bomb: A Love Story	Mitra	68
35	2018	Pig	Shiva Mohajer - The Actress	58
36	2018	Tale of the Sea		50
37	2019	We Are All Together		34
38	2019	A Man without a Shadow		32
39	2019	The Last Fiction	Shahrzad (voice)	64
40	2022	Imagine		42
41	2023	Absence		0
42	2025	The Killer and the Savage	Ziba	0
43	2025	The Old Bachelor	Raana	100
44		Idol		0
45		A Time in Eternity	Maryam	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	Hezar Dastan	Young Amineh Aghdas	65
2	2019	Blue Whale	Anahita Kashef	80
3		The English Bag	Mastaneh Pirayesh	0

Leila Hatami

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