Leili Rashidi

Acting

Leili Rashidi

Born

1973-02-02 (53)

Place of birth

Tehran, Iran

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Leili Rashidi (Persian: لیلی رشیدی‎; born 2 February 1973) is an Iranian actress. As the daughter of the famous Iranian actor and film director Davoud Rashidi, she started acting from early ages of childhood.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

Summer with Hope poster
5.5

Omid, a teenage athlete who is barred for bureaucratic reasons from a swimming competition; however, as his estranged father has made his consent to a divorce from his mother conditional on Omid's performance in the competition, he begins to train in open-water swimming under the coaching of Mani, with their increasingly close friendship leading to community rumours and allegations they are engaging in a gay sexual relationship with each other.

Summer with Hope

2022

1001 Frames poster
7.0

In the studio of a well-known director, female actors audition for the role of Scheherazade in “A Thousand and One Nights”. But the women gradually realise that the director has more in mind than just casting the leading role.

1001 Frames

2025

Outcry poster
8.5

Seti loves music and singing, and she yearns for her voice to be heard. But in Iran, women are forbidden by law from performing in public, so the young girl decides to stage her own personal protest. The street becomes her stage, and random passersby become her enthusiastic audience. Her star rises, and Seti becomes an idol for her generation—young people who refuse to live under ruthless political oppression any longer.

Outcry

2025

Boomerang poster
10.0

Tehran 2022. While Behzad is obsessed with his neighbor’s private life and is trying to force a chance meeting with his ex-girlfriend, his wife Sima is secretly looking for an apartment for her and their teenage daughter Minoo. In the meantime, Minoo starts a flirt with Keyvan at a traffic light and casually takes the initiative.

Boomerang

2024

Idol poster
6.0

A drama about leila, a beekeeper who participates in an online challenge in order to grow her social media page for her honey selling business. This results in a spiral of events that turns a simple challenge into a complex out of control event.

Idol

2026

It Turns Blue poster
6.5

Follows Pari, who tries to cover up that her brother beat up his 3-year-old daughter. Her plan of manipulating the little girl into thinking it was all a game seems to go well, but they realize the truth can't be hidden for ever.

It Turns Blue

2023

2010s · 7 titles

Pig poster
5.7

A serial killer is going around killing Iran's most beloved filmmakers. Hasan, a blacklisted filmmaker himself, is depressed and wonders: why isn't he being targeted?

Pig

2018

Cold Sweat poster
5.8

Iran's national women’s futsal team makes the Asian Games final in Malaysia. But at the airport on departure day, the team captain finds her husband hasn’t signed the document to permit her exit from the country.

Cold Sweat

2018

The Cherry Orchard poster
NR

Directed by Hassan Madjouni.

The Cherry Orchard

2013

The Old Road poster
5.0

Manijeh Hekmat is an Iranian film director. Born in 1962 in Farmahin, Iran, she has worked since 1980 as an assistant director and production designer in over 25 films. She directed her first feature film Women's Prison (Zendān-e Zanān) in 2002. This film has been shown at over 80 international film festivals and has received seven prizes. Three Women (Seh Zan) is Hekmat’s second feature film made in 2007.

The Old Road

2018

The Name poster
NR

Adapted from the French play by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière, this 2015 Iranian production, directed by Lili Rashidi, centers around a family gathering that takes a sharp turn when Vincent, a soon-to-be father, reveals he plans to name his child "Adolf." What starts as a lighthearted conversation quickly spirals into conflict, bringing up buried family secrets and sparking debates over prejudices, societal taboos, and the weight we place on seemingly trivial matters.

The Name

2015

No artwork available
3.0

Say it before you are changed...maybe an owl. A young boy & girl get friends, but can't continue their relationship.

Blind Owl Wedding Hall

2010

Zedbazi poster
NR

The film which documented the rise of (and eventually caused the rift within) the underground Iranian Hip-Hop collective "Zedbazi".

Zedbazi

2014

2000s · 6 titles

Series credits

Normal People poster
7.0

It tells the story of a man named "Bardia Barazandeh" who owns a beauty center and is rich and miserly. But soon, with the revelation of the secret of Berdia's wealth, the situation of his family will improve.

Normal People

2021

Once Upon a Time, Mars poster
9.0

On the ground, Nasser, a down-on-his-luck petty criminal and perpetually losing bettor, is about to make the last and biggest gamble of his life. Until then, he must hide himself from the enemies who thirst for his blood... On Mars, Luna, the Earth-Mars lady and real estate consultant of the Martian residence, is busy with work and family life problems. He is waiting for a mysterious package that is going to reach him from the ground...

Once Upon a Time, Mars

2022

No artwork available
NR

Always almost bankrupt weekly magazine run by a group of relatives and friends, they share moments of highs and lows that teaches them life lessons.

Bedon Sharh

—

Ab Paria poster
NR

Some fairies go to Earth to free their sister from the demon.

Ab Paria

2013

Tabeta Tales poster
4.0

Zizigulu is a pink fictional character who is believed to have lived on the planet Ta-be-Ta before he came to Earth and was adopted by a newlywed couple. His full name is "Zizigulu Aasi Paasi Deraakutaa Taa-be-Taa", however he is sometimes referred to as "Aasi-Poolika" and "Zizinghuli"

Tabeta Tales

1995

Hodhod Bookstore poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hodhod Bookstore

2006

Kelileh And Demneh Town poster
NR

When nature is destroyed and iron and cement grow from the earth instead of trees, the poor animal has no choice but to urbanize. Khatan and Khamar, the two young deer in the story, also sell their homeland, Dasht-e Naz, hoping for a better life, and buy a small apartment in Kelileh and Demneh town.

Kelileh And Demneh Town

2022

Behind the camera