Taraneh Alidoosti

Taraneh Alidoosti (Persian: ترانه عليدوستی‎, born 12 January 1984) is an Iranian actress. In a poll conducted among 130 film critics by Sanate Cinema magazine, she was voted the best Iranian movie actress of the decade. She has been suggested to be one of the best actresses in Iran. In 2012, a similar poll by the Film Monthly Magazine also chose her as the best actress of the decade.[1][2]

Taraneh Alidoosti
Alidoosti at the closing ceremony of Shahrzad's first season, May 2016
Born (1984-01-12) 12 January 1984
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
OccupationActress, translator
Years active2002–present
Spouse(s)Ali Mansour
Children1
Parent(s)Hamid Alidoosti (father)
Nadereh Hakimelahi (mother)

Personal life

Her father, Hamid Alidoosti, long played football for Iran’s national team and was the first Iranian to play for a foreign team, FSV Salmrohr, Bundes Liga, Germany; he now is a professional football coach. Alidoosti's mother, Nadere Hakimelahi, is a sculptor and art tutor.

Alidoosti married in 2011 and has a daughter, Hannah. Her only brother died young, in an accident on Fireworks Wednesday (an Iranian New Year festivity).

Career

She began her acting career at age 17 with the leading role in I'm Taraneh, 15 (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 the Locarno International Film Festival in 2002,[3] as well as the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress from the 20th Fajr Film Festival, becoming the youngest person 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. A prominent actress in Iran, she has bagged many awards and accolades.

Alidoosti played the title role during the three seasons of the hit Iranian TV series Shahrzad.

Fluent in German and English, Alidoosti has also translated books by Alice Munro and Nicole Krauss from English to Farsi.

Academy Awards boycott

On 26 January 2017, Alidoosti announced she would be boycotting the 89th Academy Awards where The Salesman had been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film due to upcoming stringent visa travel restrictions that the Trump administration planned to impose on Iranians.[4]

Filmography
Alidoosti with Asghar Farhadi and Shahab Hosseini at The Salesman's press conference, May 2016

Television
Year Title Role Network
2015–2018 Shahrzad Shahrzad Sa'adat Film Net

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2002 I'm Taraneh, 15 Taraneh Parnian
2003 The Ziba City Firoozeh
2005 Jamshid and Khorshid Khorshid Khorshid's Persian Dubber
2006 Fireworks Wednesday Rouhi
2007 Canaan Mina
2008 Shirin Taraneh Alidoosti
Doubt Mahtab
Life With Closed Eyes Parastoo
About Elly Elly
2009 The Secret Of Taran Plain Nurse
2010 Whatever God Wants Parmida
At The End Of 8th Street Niloofar
2012 Modest Reception Leyla
The Wedlock Sanaz
2013 The Shallow Yellow Sky Ghazal
2014 Absolute Rest Samira
Atom Heart Mother Arineh
2016 The Salesman Rana

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2002Fajr Film FestivalBest ActressI'm Taraneh 15Won
Locarno International Film FestivalBest ActressI'm Taraneh 15Won
2004Fajr Film FestivalBest ActressThe Beautiful CityNominated
2012Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab CinemaCompetition AwardModest ReceptionWon
2013Vesoul International Film FestivalSpecial Mention of the International JuryModest ReceptionWon
Fajr Film Festival Best ActressThe Shallow Yellow SkyNominated
2016 16th Hafez Award Best ActressShahrzadNominated

See also

References
  1. Film Magazine
  2. Caffecinema
  3. "Locarno holds up a mirror to the Middle East". Swissinfo. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
  4. Dehghan, Saeed Kamali. "Iranian Oscar contender: I'll boycott awards over Trump's 'racist' visa ban". Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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