---
name: "Soussan Farrokhnia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/soussan-farrokhnia"
fi1m_id: "soussan-farrokhnia"
imdb_id: "nm7288395"
tmdb_id: 1668234
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T08:19:05.008732+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."
---

# Soussan Farrokhnia

## Identity

Soussan Farrokhnia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/soussan-farrokhnia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** soussan-farrokhnia
- **IMDb ID:** nm7288395
- **TMDB ID:** 1668234
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7288395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1668234

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7288395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1668234

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Under the Shadow*](https://film.one/film/under-the-shadow.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Soussan Farrokhnia is an actor, director and drama teacher. She holds a BA in Theatre Studies from the University of Tehran (1968–1972), an MA in Theatre Techniques and Aesthetics from the University of Paris VIII (1977–1978) and a Diploma in Theatre from the Jacques Lecoq International Drama School in Paris (1978–1980). Her career spans Iran, France and the United Kingdom, with work in theatre, film and radio.

She is co-founder and artistic director of the Saam Theatre Company and president of LIICA (London Independent Iranian Community Artistes). Farrokhnia appeared as Mrs. Fakur in the 2016 film *Under the Shadow*. Other screen credits include *The Bitter Tears of Zahra Zand* (2025) and the short films *The Quail* (1970) and *And Granny Would Dance* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, soussanfarrokhnia.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Under the Shadow* (2016), Fi1m 80, as Mrs. Fakur — [page](https://film.one/film/under-the-shadow.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *The Bitter Tears of Zahra Zand* (2025), as Vida
- *Under the Shadow* (2016), as Mrs. Fakur — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/under-the-shadow.md)
- *The Quail: The Tale of a Boy Who Asks* (1970), as The Teacher

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