Taraneh Alidoosti

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Taraneh Alidoosti
Born January 12, 1984 (1984-01-12) (age 24)
Iran
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Taraneh Alidoosti (Persian: ترانه عليدوستی , born 12 January 1984) is an award-winning Iranian actress.

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[edit] Career

She bagan her acting career with the leading role in Man, taraneh, panzdah sal daram (Rasul Sadr Ameli, 2002). She won the Bronze Leopard for Best Actress from Locarno International Film Festival in 2002, as well as the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress from the 20th Fajr Film Festival.

[edit] Personal life

Her father, Hamid Alidoosti, is a former member of the Iranian national football team and currently a football coach in Iran. Her only brother, Pouyan, was killed in the annual Iranian fire-festival, Chaharshanbe Suri at the age of 16, due to an explosion. Ironically at the time of the accident she was working on a movie called Chaharshanbe-Suri by Asghar Farhadi.

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  • Man, taraneh, panzdah sal daram (2002 - aka I Am Taraneh, Fifteen Years Old)
  • Shahr-e ziba (2004 - aka The Beautiful City)
  • Chaharshanbe Soori (2006 - aka Fireworks Wednesday)

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