Leila Hatami
لیلا حاتمی
Leila Hatami (Persian: لیلا حاتمی, Leylâ Hâtami born October 1, 1972) is an Iranian actress. She is the daughter of director Ali Hatami and actress Zari Khoshkam, and is married to actor Ali Mosaffa.
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After finishing high school, she moved to Lausanne, Switzerland and started her studies in Electrical Engineering at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). After two years she changed her major to French Literature. She completed her study of 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 audiences.
She married her co-star in Leila (Ali Mosaffa) in 1999. They have two children: a boy named Mani (born February 2007) and a girl named Asal (born October 2008).
CareerShe 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 in bit parts 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.
Her role in The Deserted Station (2002) won the best actress award from the 26th Montreal World Film Festival. She has appeared in her husband's first film as a director, Portrait of a Lady Far Away (Ali Mosaffa, 2005). She has made USD 1.4 million from all of her movies' net income, including A Separation's Oscar win for "Best Foreign Film".
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 Kimiai, 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)
- Shirin (Abbas Kiarostami, 2008)
- Chehel Salegi (aka 40 Years Old) (Alireza Raeisian, 2009)
- Parseh dar Meh (aka Roaming in the Mist) (Bahram Tavakkoli, 2009)
- What a wonderful life or Lovely Sky (Dariush Mehrjui, 2009)
- There are things you don't know (Fardin Saheb Zamani, 2010)
- Nader and Simin, A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
- Felicity Land (2011)
- 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(1388)
- Best Actress for Nader and Simin, a separation, from Berlin Film Festival (with Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi), 2011
- Best Actress for The Last Step, from Karlovy Vary IFF film festival, 2012
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