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Leila Otadi
Born (1983-08-05) 5 August 1983 (age 41)
EducationTehran University of Art - Architecture
Occupations
Years active2002–present

Leila Otadi (Template:Lang-fa; born August 5, 1983 in Tehran) is an Iranian actress.

Early life and education

Leila was born in Tehran/Shemrian. At age of 7, she had a chance to begin acting in film. However her family and she thought school was more important for her at the time than acting. She was introduced to stage acting at the age of 18. Leila’s film debut was "Black Eyes" by Iraj Ghaderi. Since then she has starred in many films and recently became the highest paying actress in Iran. She speaks Persian and Turkish fluently and plays tennis, enjoys horseback riding and many other sports.[1]

She earned her Associate degree in Interior Architecture from the Tehran University of Art.

Career

Her debut movie was ' The Black Eyes' (2002), directed by Iraj Qaderi.

Otadi has participated in various TV series, including 'Truth Revealed' (2004), 'Tears and Smiles' (2008), 'Blood Money' (2010) and 'The Wound' (2014).

She has also appeared in the movies ‘Willow Tree' (2004), 'Left-Handed' (2005), 'Invitation' (2008), 'Looking For Happiness' (2009), 'The Outcasts 3' (2010), 'Messed Up' (2011), ‘Laleh’ (2013) and 'The Straw Dogs' (2013).

She has begun reciting poems since she was 17 years-old, and published her first book in 2014 under the title of 'In Heaven There is No Crow, Nor Scarecrow', which is a collection of poetry, in both Persian and English languages.

Political Controversy

In November 2010 it was reported that she was going to appear in a political movie to demonstrate how Neda Agha Soltan was killed on the streets of Tehran in 2009.[2] Since this movie had been funded by the government of Iran her decision sparked a flood of negative emotions against her in Iran and abroad. This was followed by a successful attack on her Web site to replace her pictures with some photos of the very last moments of Neda Agha Soltan covered in blood. On 11 November, this was denied by Fars News Agency[citation needed].

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2008 Tears and Smiles IRIB TV1
2010 Blood Money Fereshteh
2014 The Wound IRIB TV3
2016 Carousel IRIB TV1
We Relaxed Ava IRIB TV2
2017 Riot TDH
2018 Around Autumn Shirin IRIB TV3

Film

Year Title Role
2011 You tap tap
Female Male life
Page 113
2012 Mr. Alef Golrokh
Burnt Matches
Woman, Man, Life
2013 Laleh Sara
The Straw Dogs
Magician
2014 Skein
3 Foreigns Sousan
2015 Riot
Nardoon
2016 Conditional release
Telepathy
Melancholy 2016
2017 White Forehead 2 Golden forehead gazelle
2018 Kativsha
2019 Weightlessness

References