Jury member Leila Hatami attends the closing ceremony red carpet at the 79th Venice International Film

Born to filmmaker Ali Hatami and actress Zari Khoshkam, Hatami made her film debut portraying Kamal-ol-molk in the drama Kamalolmolk (1984). She received critical acclaim for playing a sterile woman in the drama Leila (1997), and received her first Fajr Film Festival Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress for her performance in Penniless (2009). She is known for her performance in the Academy Award-winning film A Separation (2011), for which she won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival.

September 10, 2022 | 5:50 pm