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Narges Rashidi

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Narges Rashidi
The powerful story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's imprisonment in Iran, and her husband's determined fight for her freedom.
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Prisoner 951 (2025– )
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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.
BornMarch 21
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Joseph Fiennes and Narges Rashidi in Prisoner 951 (2025)
    Prisoner 951
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
    • Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe
    Joe Cole and Sope Dirisu in Gangs of London (2020)
    Gangs of London
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Lale
    Narges Rashidi and Avin Manshadi in Under the Shadow (2016)
    Under the Shadow
    6.8
    • Shideh
    • 2016
    Julia Goldani Telles in The Girlfriend Experience (2016)
    The Girlfriend Experience
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Darya Esford

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    • Memories to Cherish
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    • Joseph Fiennes and Narges Rashidi in Prisoner 951 (2025)
      Prisoner 951
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
      • Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe
      • 2025
    • Schwarze Schafe - Die Serie (2025)
      Schwarze Schafe - Die Serie
      TV Series
      • Chakira
      • 2025
    • #Schwarze Schafe (2025)
      #Schwarze Schafe
      4.6
      • Chakira
      • 2025
    • Forest Whitaker, Tom Hardy, Timothy Olyphant, JC Argüelles, Sunny Pang, and Jessie Mei Li in Havoc (2025)
      Havoc
      5.6
      • Helena
      • 2025
    • Joe Cole and Sope Dirisu in Gangs of London (2020)
      Gangs of London
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Lale
      • 2020–2025
    • Taha (2024)
      Taha
      Short
      • Pina
      • 2024
    • Wäldern (2024)
      Wäldern
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Greta
      • 2024
    • Last Swim (2024)
      Last Swim
      6.2
      • Mona Soofi
      • 2024
    • Am Ende - Die Macht der Kränkung (2023)
      Am Ende - Die Macht der Kränkung
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Aisha
      • 2023
    • Hugh Bonneville and George MacKay in I Came By (2022)
      I Came By
      6.2
      • Dorsa (Neighbour)
      • 2022
    • Peter Kurth in The Allegation (2021)
      The Allegation
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Azra
      • 2021
    • Alles auf Rot (2021)
      Alles auf Rot
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Dalida Medjoub
      • 2021
    • Eisland (2021)
      Eisland
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • Orthopädin
      • 2021
    • Spuren des Bösen (2010)
      Spuren des Bösen
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Leila Nymann
      • 2019
    • The Manchador (2019)
      The Manchador
      7.9
      Short
      • Mina
      • 2019

    Producer



    • A2Z (2007)
      A2Z
      7.3
      • associate producer
      • 2007

    Soundtrack



    • Dating Lanzelot (2011)
      Dating Lanzelot
      4.3
      • performer: "Blonde dürre Schrauben"
      • 2011

    Videos18

    Official Trailer - Season 1
    Trailer 0:31
    Official Trailer - Season 1
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 0:35
    Official Trailer
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 0:35
    Official Trailer
    Season 2 Trailer
    Trailer 2:33
    Season 2 Trailer
    Season 2 Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:06
    Season 2 Official Trailer
    Trailer [OV]
    Trailer 1:49
    Trailer [OV]
    Under the Shadow
    Trailer 2:09
    Under the Shadow

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      • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
    • Born
      • March 21
      • Khorramabad, Iran
    • Spouse
      • Christian Straka2009 - present
    • Other works
      Stage play: Wie man Wünsche beim Schwanz packt - playing Torte, Director: B. Murmann, at the Galerieetaqen in Berlin, Germany

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