(Updated: Banned From Traveling)
August 19, 2008
Iranian Actress Golshifteh Farahani, daughter of the famous actor and theatre director, Behzad Farahani, will be in Ridley Scott's latest movie Body of Lies which is scheduled to be released October10th. The movie is based on a novel by David Ignatius and is about a former journalist injured in the Iraq war who is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader in Jordan. Golshifteh will be playing, along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, in this movie as a nurse. Watch movie trailer.
Santoori and Mim Mesleh Madar are two of Golshifteh's well-known movies that came out recently.
Update: Iran has banned an award-winning young actress from leaving the country over her appearance in this movie. According to IRNA, Iranian actors are required to obtain a permit from the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance in order to appear in foreign movies.
Her appearance in Body of Lies marked the first by an actress living in Iran in a Hollywood production.
Source: AFP
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The most talented actress in iranian cinema...
BIOGRAPHY
Golshifte Farahani (born July 10, 1983 in Tehran) is an acclaimed Iranian actress. She is the daughter of actor/theater director Behzad Farahani and sister of actress Shaghayegh Farahani.Golshifteh Farahani started studying music and playing the piano at the age of 5. At 12, she entered a music school in Tehran. After graduation, she was accepted at the Vienna Conservatory. At the age of 14 she was cast as the lead in Dariush Mehrjui's The Pear Tree for which she won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress from the International Section of the 16th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran. The win contributed to her decision to stay in Iran and choose a career in film over music. She never boarded the plane to Vienna. Since then she has acted in 16 films, many of which have received international awards. For Boutique she won the Best Actress award from the 26th Nantes Three Continents Festival (France). In recent years she has acted in movies by some of Iran's best directors: Dariush Mehrjui's controversial film the Santoor Player, Bahman Ghobadi's Half Moon (winner of the Golden Shell at the 2006 San Sebastian Film Festival) and the late Rasool Mollagholipoor's M for Mother (Iran's nominee for the 2008 Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film category) for which she won the special prize of the jury for the Best Actress from the 37th Roshd International Film Festival.
FILMOGRAPHY :
1997 Derakht-e Golabi (aka The Pear Tree) Mim ,Best Film at Chicago Film Festival
2000 Haft Pardeh (aka Seven Acts)
2001 Zamaneh Zamaneh
2002 Jayee Digar (aka Some other Place) Raha
2003 Do Fereshteh (aka Two Angels) Azar (never released in Iran, selected for the Semaine de la Critique at Cannes Film Festival)
2003 Boutique Eti Best Actress at Nantes Three Continents Festival
2004 Ashk-e Sarma (aka The Tear of the Cold) Ronak Best Film at Kazan Film Festival
2004 Bab Aziz Noor (never released in Iran) Best Film at Muscat Film Festival
2005 Mahi-ha Ashegh Mishavand (aka Fish Fall in Love) Touka (selected at Rotterdam Film Festival)
2005 Be Nam-e Pedar (aka In the Name of The Father) Habibeh Best Film at Fajr Film Festival
2006 Gis Borideh Mariam
2006 Niwemang (aka Half Moon) Niwemang (never released in Iran) Best film & Best Photography at San Sebastian Film Festival
2007 Mim Mesle Madar (aka M like Mother) Sepideh Best Film at Rome International Festival of Cinema & Religion
2007 Santoori (aka The Santoor Player) Hanieh (never released in Iran) People's Choice at Fajr Film Festival
2007 Hamisheh Paye Yek Zan Dar Miyan Ast (aka Cherchez La Femme) Mariam People's Choice at Fajr Film Festival
2008 Divar (aka The Wall) Setareh (to be released)
AWARDS
1997 Fajr International Film Festival Best Actress from the International Section The Pear Tree
2003 3 Continents Film Festival (Nantes, France) Prix d'Interpretation Feminine Boutique
2004 House of Cinema Festival (Tehran) Best Actress Ashk-e Sarma (Tear of the Cold)
2006 Kazan International Film Festival Best Actress Ashk-e Sarma (Tear of the Cold)
2007 Roshd International Film Festival (Tehran) Special Prize for the Best Actress Mim Mesle Madar (M for Mother)
2007 Kowsar Film Festival (Mashhad) Best Actress Mim Mesle Madar (M for Mother)
Other Sources:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Golshifteh-Farahani/30638898037?ref=s
http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=3023191502
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