Biography

Narges Rashidi was born in Iran, settled in 1987 with her family at first in Turkey and a year later to Germany. After graduation she moved to Berlin and studied acting. In 2005 she attended in Los Angeles the Master Class with MK Lewis. In 2007 she received the award for Best Young Actress at the New York International Independent Film Video Festival for her role as Lolita in A2Z. The German public knows her, among other things through her roles in Schwarze Schafe, Schimanski: Schicht im Schacht, Breathful, Dating Lancelot and KDD. In 2012 Narges Rashidi will be one of the main cast of a new Sat.1 series.

Actress

Prisoner 951(2025)as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Schwarze Schafe - Die Serie(2025)as Chakira

#Schwarze Schafe(2025)as Chakira

Havoc(2025)as Helena

Gangs of London(2020)as Lale

Producer

A2Z(2007)

Soundtrack

Dating Lanzelot(2011)

Self

Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz(2020)as Self

Within the Shadow: An Interview with Narges Rashidi(2020)as Self

Forming the Shadow: An Interview with Lucan Toh and Oliver Roskill(2020)as Shideh

Shaping the Shadow: An Interview with Kit Fraser(2020)as Shideh

Jack Taylor(2007)as Self

Known for

Prisoner 9512025 · Actress Gangs of London2020 · Actress Under the Shadow2016 · Actress The Girlfriend Experience2016 · Actress

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Ray Haratian, Hamid Djavadan, and Narges Rashidi in Under the Shadow (2016)

German Film Awards - Deutscher Filmpreis

Credit Score: Narges Rashidi

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Under the Shadow

Shideh

Fri Oct 07 2016

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Under the Shadow	6.50	2016	•	6.8	1	2	32582
2	Gangs of London	5.00	2020	•	8.0	0	1	53167
3	The Girlfriend Experience	2.50	2016	•	6.9	0	0	12871
4	I Came By	1.00	2022		6.2	0	0	39320
5	Speed Racer	1.00	2008		6.1	0	0	83711
6	Havoc	0.95	2025		5.6	0	0	69087
7	Æon Flux	0.95	2005		5.4	0	0	137054