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name: "Narges Rashidi"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 March 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T15:38:31.058784+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Narges Rashidi

Actor. Born 21 March 1980 in Khorramabad, Iran.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 March 1980, Khorramabad, Iran
- **BAFTA Television Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narges_Rashidi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18629345, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1735235/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1072105

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Gangs of London*](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) (74)

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## Biography

Narges Rashidi is an actress of Iranian descent. Born in 1980 in Khorramabad, Iran, she moved with her family to Turkey and then Germany as a child, where she trained in acting at the Etage school in Berlin.

She is known for her leading role as Shideh in the 2016 film *Under the Shadow*, which premiered at Sundance. Rashidi has appeared in films including *Æon Flux* (2005), *Speed Racer* (2008) and *I Came By* (2022), and in series such as *Hanna* (2019) and *The Girlfriend Experience* (2016). Since 2020 she has played Lale in the British series *Gangs of London*. In 2025 she portrayed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in the BBC miniseries *Prisoner 951*.

She is married to Christian Straka and has lived primarily in Los Angeles since around 2011. At the 2016 Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival she received the Jury Award for Best Actress.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sportskeeda.com, sky.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gangs of London* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Lale — [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Prisoner 951* (2025), series, as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
- *#BlackSheep* (2025), as Chakira
- *Havoc* (2025), as Helena
- *Last Swim* (2025), as Mona
- *Taha* (2024), as Pina
- *Wäldern* (2024), series, as Greta
- *I Came By* (2022), as Dorsa (Neighbour)
- *The Manchador* (2021), as Mina
- *The Allegation* (2021), series, as Azra
- *Alles auf Rot* (2021), as Dalida Medjoub
- *Eisland* (2021), as Orthopädin Amira Narvid
- *Gangs of London* (2020), series, as Lale — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)
- *Hanna* (2019), series, as Sima
- *Reich oder tot* (2017), as Dalida Medjoub
- *Tiger Milk* (2017), as Noura
- *Sommermärchen* (2017), as Samira Vaziri
- *Under the Shadow* (2016), as Shideh
- *The Girlfriend Experience* (2016), series, as Darya Eshford
- *Never Too Late for Justice* (2016), series, as Samira Vaziri
- *Zum Sterben zu früh* (2015), Acting
- *Happy Lambs* (2015), as Elmas
- *Sibel & Max* (2015), series, as Elif
- *Kokowääh 2* (2013), as Türkin
- *Slave* (2012), as Krankenschwester
- *Geisterfahrer* (2012), as Faiza
- *Dating Lanzelot* (2012), as Kellnerin
- *Mein Prinz. Mein König.* (2011), as Fatima
- *Anatomy of Evil* (2011), series, as Leila Nymann
- *Noş [auf dich]* (2010), as Vina
- *Must Love Death* (2009), as Isabel
- *Engel sucht Liebe* (2009), as Ayse
- *Meeting Laura* (2009), as Narges
- *Speed Racer* (2008), as Persian Announcer
- *Asudem* (2007), as Girl
- *Breathful* (2007), as Fuss
- *KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst* (2007), series, as Nuran
- *Black Sheep* (2006), as Leo's Girlfriend
- *Æon Flux* (2005), as Pregnant Woman
- *Nachtschicht* (2003), series, as Dalida Abdullah
- *A Case For Two* (1981), series, as Ayshe

## Gallery

- ![Narges Rashidi](https://film.one/media/person/756320/gallery-410e27a6f085.jpg) Narges Rashidi — usbotschaftberlin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Narges_Rashidi_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![L to R: Franziska Weisz, David Goldman (Paramount Television), Lucan Toh, Narges Rashidi, Berlinale Reception 2016](https://film.one/media/person/756320/gallery-05ca0b94111f.jpg) L to R: Franziska Weisz, David Goldman (Paramount Television), Lucan Toh, Narges Rashidi, Berlinale Reception 2016 — usbotschaftberlin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/David_Goldman%2C_Narges_Rashidi%2C_and_Lucan_Roh_at_the_Berlinale_party_%2824969155661%29.jpg/1280px-David_Goldman%2C_Narges_Rashidi%2C_and_Lucan_Roh_at_the_Berlinale_party_%2824969155661%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Narges Rashidi winning Lead Actress at BAFTA TV Awards May 26 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/756320/gallery-869fa00f8ff5.jpg) Narges Rashidi winning Lead Actress at BAFTA TV Awards May 26 (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Narges_Rashidi_at_BAFTA_2026.jpg/1280px-Narges_Rashidi_at_BAFTA_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Narges Rashidi at the TV BAFTA red carpet, May 26 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/756320/gallery-f17a495089a2.jpg) Narges Rashidi at the TV BAFTA red carpet, May 26 (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Narges_Rashidi_at_BAFTAs_2026_01.jpg/1280px-Narges_Rashidi_at_BAFTAs_2026_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Narges Rashidi](https://film.one/media/person/756320/gallery-75635445427c.jpg) Narges Rashidi — Image via TMDB
- ![Narges Rashidi](https://film.one/media/person/756320/gallery-0f0407afa5e5.jpg) Narges Rashidi — Image via TMDB
- ![Narges Rashidi at the TV BAFTA red carpet, May 26 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/756320/gallery-3db8306fe6d9.jpg) Narges Rashidi at the TV BAFTA red carpet, May 26 (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Narges_Rashidi_at_BAFTAs_2026_01_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Narges_Rashidi_at_BAFTAs_2026_01_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Narges Rashidi at the TV BAFTA red carpet, May 26 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/756320/gallery-8cb83b4b80cb.jpg) Narges Rashidi at the TV BAFTA red carpet, May 26 (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Narges_Rashidi_at_BAFTAs_2026_02.jpg/1280px-Narges_Rashidi_at_BAFTAs_2026_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### BAFTA Television Awards — 1 won

- 2026: Best Actress (won), for *Prisoner 951*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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