Taraneh Alidoosti

Taraneh Alidoosti (Persian: ترانه عليدوستی, born 12 January 1984) is an Iranian actress.[1][2] She is best known internationally for her role in The Salesman (2016), which won the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 89th Academy Awards. Alidoosti has won Best Actress In a Leading Role at the 20th Fajr Film Festival for her performance in I'm Taraneh, 15 (2002). She is also known for starring in The Beautiful City (2003), Fireworks Wednesday (2006), About Elly (2008), Shahrzad (2015–2018).[3][4][5]

Taraneh Alidoosti
Alidoosti in 2016
Born (1984-01-12) 12 January 1984
Tehran, Iran
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present
Notable work
The Salesman
I'm Taraneh, 15
Shahrzad
About Elly
Fireworks Wednesday
Children1
Parent(s)Hamid Alidoosti (father)

She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, an Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.

Career

She began her acting career at age 17 with the leading role in I'm Taraneh, 15 (Rasul Sadr Ameli, 2002). Critics praised her performance as a defiant 15-year-old girl who after a failed relationship is determined to rear a child on her own, while struggling with poverty and social stigma. She won the Bronze Leopard for Best Actress from the Locarno International Film Festival in 2002,[6] as well as the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress from the 20th Fajr Film Festival, becoming the youngest person ever to do so. Shortly after she set another record, getting nominated three consecutive times for the best actress prize at the Fajr Film Festival for her first three films. Since then she has maintained a steady but selective workflow in both theatre and cinema. She is mostly known for her choosy criteria in accepting challenging, dramatic roles, as exemplified by her long collaboration with Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, making her one of the most acclaimed actresses of her generation. A prominent actress in Iran, she has bagged many awards and accolades.

Alidoosti played the title role during the three seasons of the hit Iranian TV series Shahrzad.

Fluent in German and English, Alidoosti has also translated books by Alice Munro and Nicole Krauss from English to Persian.

Controversy

Academy Awards boycott

On 26 January 2017, Alidoosti announced she would be boycotting the 89th Academy Awards where The Salesman had been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film due to upcoming stringent visa travel restrictions that the Trump administration planned to impose on Iranians.[7]

Personal life

Her father, Hamid Alidoosti, long played football for Iran’s national team and was the first Iranian to play for a foreign team, FSV Salmrohr, Bundesliga, Germany. He is now a professional football coach. Alidoosti's mother, Nadere Hakimelahi, is a sculptor and art tutor.

Taraneh got married and in 2013 had a daughter named Hannah. Her only brother died young, in an accident on Fireworks Wednesday (an Iranian New Year festivity).

Filmography
Alidoosti with Asghar Farhadi and Shahab Hosseini at The Salesman's press conference, May 2016

Film
Year Title Role Director Notes
2002 I'm Taraneh, 15 Taraneh Parnian Rasul Sadrameli
2003 The Beautiful City Firoozeh Asghar Farhadi
2005 Jamshid and Khorshid Khorshid (voice) Behrouz Yaghmaian
2006 Fireworks Wednesday Rouhi Asghar Farhadi
2007 Canaan Mina Mani Haghighi
2008 Shirin Woman In Audience Abbas Kiarostami
About Elly Elly Asghar Farhadi the third highest-grossing film of 2009 in Iran
2009 The Secret of Taran Plain Nurse Hatef Alimardani
Doubt Mahtab Varuzh Karim-Masihi
2010 Whatever God Wants Parmida Navid Mihandoost
Life With Closed Eyes Parastoo Rasul Sadrameli
2011 At the End of 8th Street Niloofar Alireza Amini the eighth highest-grossing film of 2012 in Iran
2012 Modest Reception Leyla Mani Haghighi
2013 The Shallow Yellow Sky Ghazal Bahram Tavakoli
2014 The Wedlock Sanaz Rouhollah Hejazi
2015 Atom Heart Mother Arineh Ali Ahmadzadeh
Absolute Rest Samira Abdolreza Kahani
2016 The Salesman Rana Asghar Farhadi Won the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 89th Academy Awards
2021 Orca Elham Sahar Mosayebi
2022 Hamid's Symphony Herself Jafar Sadeghi
Leila's Brothers Saeed Roustayi
TBA Subtraction Mani Haghighi

Home video
Year Title Role Director Notes
2015–2018 Shahrzad Shahrzad Sa'adat Hassan Fathi distributed in Video CD

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2002Fajr Film FestivalBest Actress In a Leading RoleI'm Taraneh 15Won
2004 Best Actress In a Leading Role The Beautiful CityNominated
2006 Best Actress In a Supporting Role Fireworks WednesdayDiploma Honorary
2009 Best Actress In a Leading Role DoubtNominated
2012 Best Actress In a Leading Role Modest ReceptionNominated
2013 Best Actress In a Leading Role The Shallow Yellow SkyNominated
2002 Hafez Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture I'm Taraneh 15Nominated
2004 Best Actress – Motion Picture The Beautiful CityNominated
2010 Best Actress – Motion Picture About EllyNominated
2014 Best Actress – Motion Picture Modest ReceptionNominated
2015 Best Actress – Motion Picture Absolute RestNominated
2016 Best Actress – Television Series Drama ShahrzadNominated
2017 Best Actress – Motion Picture The SalesmanNominated
2018 Best Actress – Television Series Drama ShahrzadNominated
2003 Iran Cinema Celebration Best Actress in a Leading Role The Beautiful CityNominated
2006 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Fireworks Wednesday Won
2014 Best Actress in a Leading Role Life With Closed EyesNominated
2015 Best Actress In a Leading Role Absolute RestNominated
2017 Best Actress In a Leading Role The SalesmanNominated
2007 Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Best Actress In a Leading Role CanaanNominated
2009 Best Actress In a Leading Role DoubtNominated
2012 Best Actress In a Leading Role Modest ReceptionNominated
2013 Best Actress In a Leading Role The Shallow Yellow SkyNominated
2012 Best Actress In a Supporting Role The WedlockWon
2002 Locarno International Film Festival Best Actress I'm Taraneh 15Won
2012 Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema Competition Award Modest ReceptionWon
2013Vesoul International Film FestivalSpecial Mention of the International JuryModest ReceptionWon
2022 Agrandisman Awards Best Actress of the Decade (2010–2021) – Won

See also

References
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  2. "ترانه علیدوستی - عکس ها و تصاویر، بیوگرافی و زندگی نامه | منظوم". Manzoom (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  3. "بیوگرافی "ترانه علیدوستی" و همسرش به همراه عکس دخترش". نمناک (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  4. "بیوگرافی ترانه علیدوستی و همسرش و دخترش +عکسهای اینستاگرامی و گفتگو". آریا پیکس (in Persian). 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
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  6. "Locarno holds up a mirror to the Middle East". Swissinfo. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
  7. Dehghan, Saeed Kamali. "Iranian Oscar contender: I'll boycott awards over Trump's 'racist' visa ban". Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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