leila hatami biography

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After finishing high school, she moved to Lausanne, Switzerland and started her studies in Electrical Engineering. After two years she changed her major to French Literature. She completed her studying in French in a couple of years, before moving back to Iran.

After a pause of a few years which included the continuation of her studies in Switzerland she made her professional entry into cinema with Dariush Mehrjui's film Leila. Her acting in this film received rave reviews from critics and the audiences.

She married to her co-star in Leila (Ali Mosaffa) in 1999. She has now two children: a boy named Mani (born February 2007) and a girl named Asal (born October 2008).

Career

She had a few short appearances during her childhood which included roles in Hezar Dastan TV series and Kamalolmolk movie, as well as a role in 1991 as a blind Turkish princess in Delshodegan.

Having appeared short in some of her father's movies, Leila Hatami's first lead film appearance was the title role in the 1996 film Leila, directed by Dariush Mehrjui. She received the Diploma of Honor for Best Actress from the 15th Fajr Film Festival.^[1]

Her role in The Deserted Station (2002) won the best actress award from the 26th Montreal World Film Festival.^[2] She has appeared in her husband's first film as a director, Portrait of a Lady Far Away (Ali Mosaffa, 2005).

Filmography

• Kamalolmolk (Ali Hatami, 1984)
• DelShodegan (aka The Love Stricken) (Ali Hatami, 1992)
• Leila (Dariush Mehrjui, 1996)
• Sheida (Kamal Tabrizi, 1998)
• The Mix (Dariush Mehrjui, 2000)
• Keef-e Englisi (aka The English Bag) (TV Series) (Seyyed Ziaeddin Dorri, 2000)
• Ab va Atash (aka Water and Fire) (Fereydun Jeyrani, 2001)
• Moraba-ye Shirin (aka The Sweet Jam) (Marzieh Boroomand, 2001)
• Ertefae Past (aka Low Altitude / Low Heights) (Ebrahim Hatamikia, 2002)
• Istgah-e Matrouk (aka The Deserted Station) (Alireza Raeisian, 2002)
• Sima-ye Zani Dar Doordast (aka Portrait of a Lady Far Away) (Ali Mosaffa, 2005)
• Salad-e Fasl (aka Salad of the Season) (Fereydun Jeyrani, 2005)
• Hokm (Masoud Kimiaei, 2005)
• Shaer-e Zobale-ha (aka Poet of the Wastes) (Mohammad Ahmadi, 2005)
• Har Shab Tanhayi (aka Every Night Loneliness) (Rasoul Sadrameli, 2007)
• Paridokht (TV Series) (Saman Moghaddam, 2007-2008)
• Bi Pooli (aka Pennilessness) (Hamid Nematollah, 2008)
• Chehel Salegi (aka At 40) (Alireza Raeisian, 2009)
• Parseh dar Meh (aka Roaming in the Mist) (Bahram Tavakkoli, 2009)
• There are things you don't know (Fardin Sahebzamani, 2009)
• What a wonderful life or Lovely Sky (Dariush Mehrjuei, 2009)

Awards

• Honorary Diploma for performance in a leading role for Leila, from 15th Fajr Film Festival, 1997
• Best Actress in a leading role for Water & Fire, from 5th ceremony of khaneh cinema, 2001
• Best Actress (tied) for Deserted Station, from 25th Montreal Film Festival, 2002
• Best Actress in a leading role for Bi Pooli, from 27th Fajr Film Festival, 2009

References