Actor profile

Leila Hatami

2nd October 1972 Tehran, Iran Acting

Leila Hatami (Persian: لیلا حاتمی) (born 1 October 1972) is an Iranian actress. Regarded as amongst the finest actresses of Iranian cinema and one of the most prominent performers in the 21st century, she is recognized for her realistic acting in drama films; gaining international fame for her role as Simin in Academy Award-winning film A Separation (2011), for which she received the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

45 Movies 2 TV Shows 1 In Production 52 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Daria’s Night Flowers poster

Daria’s Night Flowers 10th July 2025 as (Archive footage)

The Old Bachelor poster

The Old Bachelor 11th June 2025 as Raana

The Killer and the Savage poster

The Killer and the Savage 1st February 2025 as Ziba

Absence poster

Absence 30th November 2023

Imagine poster

Imagine 23rd May 2022 as Leila

The Last Fiction poster

The Last Fiction 27th November 2019 as Shahrzad (voice)

A Man without a Shadow poster

A Man without a Shadow 18th September 2019

We Are All Together poster

We Are All Together 5th June 2019

Tale of the Sea poster

Tale of the Sea 20th April 2018

Pig poster

Pig 19th April 2018 as Shiva Mohajer - The Actress

Bomb: A Love Story poster

Bomb: A Love Story 20th February 2018 as Mitra

Subdued poster

Subdued 1st February 2017

Me poster

Me 17th August 2016 as Azar

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report poster

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report 4th July 2016 as Self

What's the Time In Your World? poster

What's the Time In Your World? 13th May 2015 as Goli

Il était une fois... Une séparation poster

Il était une fois... Une séparation 5th February 2014

Time to Love poster

Time to Love 1st February 2014 as Bita

The Sealed Secret poster

The Sealed Secret 2nd February 2013 as Saba

The Last Step poster

The Last Step 4th July 2012 as Leila

Meeting Leila poster

Meeting Leila 3rd April 2012

Orange Suit poster

Orange Suit 3rd February 2012

Felicity Land poster

Felicity Land 16th May 2011

From Iran, a Separation poster

From Iran, a Separation 16th March 2011 as Self - Actress

A Separation poster

A Separation 15th February 2011 as Simin

Beloved Sky poster

Beloved Sky 4th January 2011

There Are Things You Don't Know poster

There Are Things You Don't Know 6th July 2010

A Walk in the Fog poster

A Walk in the Fog 15th February 2010 as Roya

Forties poster

Forties 1st February 2010 as Negar

Shirin poster

Shirin 18th April 2009

Poverty poster

Poverty 13th January 2009

Every night loneliness poster

Every night loneliness 6th March 2007

Verdict poster

Verdict 5th December 2005 as Foroozandeh

My Boats poster

My Boats 26th October 2005

Poet of the Wastes poster

Poet of the Wastes 16th October 2005

Portrait of a Lady Far Away poster

Portrait of a Lady Far Away 3rd July 2005

Garden Salad poster

Garden Salad 1st January 2005 as Leila

Deserted Station poster

Deserted Station 1st February 2002 as The wife

Low Heights poster

Low Heights 1st February 2002 as Narges

Sweet Jam poster

Sweet Jam 19th April 2001

Water and Fire poster

Water and Fire 1st February 2001 as Maryam

The Mix poster

The Mix 1st January 2000

Sheyda poster

Sheyda 23rd October 1999

Leila poster

Leila 14th May 1999 as Leila, the Wife

Love-Stricken poster

Love-Stricken 1st April 1992 as Leila

Kamalolmolk poster

Kamalolmolk 9th November 1984 as Kamalolmolk in childhood

Blue Whale poster

Blue Whale 27th January 2019 as Anahita Kashef

Hezar Dastan poster

Hezar Dastan 1st January 1988 as Young Amineh Aghdas

A Time in Eternity poster

Coming soon

A Time in Eternity 15th November 2026 as Maryam