Narges Rashidi
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.
Acting
Movie
Æon Flux
as Pregnant Woman
2005
Movie
Speed Racer
as Persian Announcer
2008
Movie
Havoc
as Helena
2025
TV
Hanna
as Sima
2019
Movie
I Came By
as Dorsa (Neighbour)
2022
Movie
Under the Shadow
as Shideh
2016
TV
Gangs of London
as Lale
2020
TV
The Girlfriend Experience
as Darya Eshford
2016
Movie
Kokowääh 2
as Türkin
2013
Movie
Black Sheep
as Leo's Girlfriend
2006
Movie
Tiger Milk
as Noura
2017
Movie
Alles auf Rot
as Dalida Medjoub
2021
TV
A Case For Two
as Ayshe
1981
TV
The Allegation
as Azra
2021
TV
Nachtschicht
as Dalida Abdullah
2003
Movie
Happy Lambs
as Elmas
2015
TV
Prisoner 951
as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
2025
Movie
Reich oder tot
as Dalida Medjoub
2017
Movie
Last Swim
as Mona
2025
Movie
Must Love Death
as Isabel
2009
TV
Anatomy of Evil
as Leila Nymann
2011
Movie
Zum Sterben zu früh
2015
Movie
Engel sucht Liebe
as Ayse
2009
Movie
Dating Lanzelot
as Kellnerin
2012