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Taraneh Alidoosti

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Also known as Taraneh Alidusti, Taraneh Alidousti

Iranian actress

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Taraneh Alidoosti is an Iranian female actor, film actor, and translator. Born in Tehran on January 12, 1984, she is the daughter of Hamid Alidousti and holds Iranian citizenship. Her professional career began in 2002, and she speaks Persian. Alidoosti has received the Locarno International Film Festival Best Actress Award. She is a mother of one child.

Her name in the native language is ترانه علیدوستی. While her primary area of activity is associated with Iran, records also list New York as an area. She has five recorded works and maintains a social media following of 255,453 people. A quote attributed to her is "Keep calm and yes, I’m a feminist."

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Film & TV

Acting · Tehran, Iran

Tarane Alidousti is an Iranian actress of theatre and cinema and also a translator who was born in 1984 in Tehran, Iran. She has been featured for the first time in the movie "I'm Taraneh, 15" by Rassoul Sadr Ameli, and this movie can be considered as a turning point in her career. She won the Crystal Simorgh Award for Best First Role Actress from Fajr Festival for this movie. Her other cinematic…

Known for

  • Taraneh: A Documentary — Self2025
  • Orca — Elham2023
  • Hamid's Symphony — Taraneh2022
  • Leila's Brothers — Leila2022
  • Subtraction — Farzaneh, Bita2022
  • Atomic Heart Mother — Arine2017
  • The Salesman — Rana Etesami2016
  • Absolute Rest — Samira2015
  • Shahrzad — Shahrzad Saadat2015
  • Wedlock2014

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
New York

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Quotes

  • Keep calm and yes, I’m a feminist

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Key facts

Born
( 1984-01-12 ) 12 January 1984 (age 42) , Tehran , Iran
Occupation
Actress
Years active
2002–present
Spouse
Ali Mansour ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2011 ) ​
Father
Hamid Alidoosti

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Iran
Place of birth
Tehran
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
Persian
Image
Taraneh Alidoosti, The Salesman news conference (13950311005853135).jpg
Number of children
1
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Commons category
Taraneh Alidoosti
date of birth
1984-01-12
name in native language
ترانه علیدوستی
start of work period
2002-00-00
social media followers
246709
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Encyclopedic overview

Taraneh Alidoosti (Persian: ترانه عليدوستی, Persian pronunciation: [tæɾɒːˈne æliːduːsˈtiː]; born 12 January 1984) is an Iranian actress. 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. In a poll conducted among 130 film critics by Sanate Cinema magazine, she was voted the best Iranian movie actress of the decade. In 2012, a similar poll by the Film magazine also chose her as the best actress of the decade.

Career

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