Leila Hatami

Known for ActingBorn 1972-10-02 (age 53)Tehran, Iran

Award-winning actress, Leila Hatami, was born on October 1, 1972 in Tehran, Iran, to legendary Iranian Director, Ali Hatami, and actress mother, Zari Khoshkam (Zahra Hatami). During her childhood, she appeared in several of her father's films including the historical TV series, Hezar dastan (1978), and biopic Kamalolmolk (1984), as well as a role as Leila, the blind Turkish princess in the film The Love-stricken (1992). After completing high school, she moved to Lausanne, Switzerland and started her studies in Electronic Engineering. However, after two years she changed her major to French Literature. She completed her studies in a couple of years and moved back to Iran. After a pause in her film career of a few years which included her studies in Switzerland, she made her professional entry into cinema with Dariush Mehrjui 's film Leila (1997) as the title character. Her performance in the film received rave reviews from critics and audiences worldwide. She also received the Diploma of Honor for Best Actress from the 15th Fajr Film Festival. Later, she married her co-star Ali Mosaffa in 1999. They now have two children: a son named Mani (born February 2007) and a daughter named Asal (born October 2008). To date, Hatami has worked with some of the most celebrated Iranian directors. Moreover, her performance in The Deserted Station (2002) won the Best Actress award from the 26th Montreal World Film Festival. She also appeared in her husband's directorial debut film, Portrait of a Lady Far Away (2005). In 2011, she won the prestigious Silver Berlin Bear award at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival for the Best Actress in a Leading Role in Asghar Farhadi 's internationally acclaimed film, A Separation (2011).Read more

Movies & web series

From Iran, a Separation

Blue Whale

A Separation

Sheyda

What's the Time In Your World?

Portrait of a Lady Far Away

Leila

There Are Things You Don't Know

My Boats

Low Heights

The Last Fiction

Kamalolmolk

Love-Stricken

Bomb: A Love Story

Hezar Dastan

Felicity Land

The Old Bachelor

Garden Salad

The Last Step

Shirin

Absence

Orange Suit

Deserted Station

A Walk in the Fog

Poverty

Time to Love

The Mix

Pig

Subdued

The Sealed Secret

Meeting Leila

Poet of the Wastes

Tale of the Sea

A Man without a Shadow

Forties

Me

Imagine

Verdict

Every night loneliness

We Are All Together

Beloved Sky

Water and Fire

A Time in Eternity

The Killer and the Savage

Daria’s Night Flowers

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

Il était une fois... Une séparation

Sweet Jam