Taraneh Alidoosti
- Actress
- Producer
Born on January 12th 1984 in Tehran. Her father is a former national
team football player, Hamid Alidoosti. She started her career as an
actress visiting Amin Tarokh's acting school in 2000. Soon she was
chosen for her first role in
I'm Taraneh, 15 (2002)
(I'm Taraneh, 15), which has so far remained her main success. Her
first steps in acting brought her the silver Leopard on the 55th
Locarno film festival, and the Cristal Simorgh on Iranian's biggest
film festival, Fajr. Being extremely selective her next appearance was
3 years later, Beautiful City (2004)
(Beautiful city) by Asghar Farhadi.
Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
(Fireworks Wednesday) and
About Elly (2009) (About Elly)
are her next movies with Asghar Farhadi.
She has also played in Canaan (2008) by
'Mani
Haghighi' which is going to be
released in October 2008. Doubt (2009)
(by Varuzh Karim-Masihi) is her
latest movie which is being shot now in Tehran. She has also appeared
in two theater plays, both written and directed by Mohammad Rahmanian.