Leila Otadi

Leila Otadi (Persian: لیلا اوتادی‎) is an Iranian actress.

Leila Otadi
Born (1983-08-05) 5 August 1983
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
EducationTehran University of Art - Architecture
Occupation
Years active2002–present

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 personal website that aimed 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.[3]

Filmography

Television series
Year Title Role Network
2006The Last SinIRIB TV2
2008Tears and SmilesIRIB TV1
2010Blood MoneyFereshteh
2014The WoundIRIB TV3
2016CarouselIRIB TV1
We Relaxed AvaIRIB TV2
2017RiotTDH
The ExcellencyMotamedHonar Namaye Parsian
2018Around AutumnShirinIRIB TV3
2019 Gando IRIB TV3

Film
Year Title Role
2011 You tap tap
Female Male life
Page 113
2012 Mr. Alef Golrokh
Burnt Matches
Woman, Man, Life
2013LalehSara
The Straw Dogs
Magician
2014 Skein
3 ForeignsSousan
2015Riot
Nardoon
2016 Conditional release
Telepathy
Melancholy 2016
2017 White Forehead 2 [4]Golden forehead gazelle
2018 Kativsha Zhila
2019Weightlessness[5]

References
  1. canditional release Leila Otadi mehr newsagency
  2. "Anger At Actress Who Is Due To Play Role Of Neda", rferl.org, 12/11/2010. Retrieved 16 November 2013
  3. "خبرگزاری فارس - شمقدري: خبر بازي اوتادي در نقش ندا آقاسلطان به 30‌درصد افزايش هزينه منجر شد". خبرگزاری فارس. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. "Ifilm exclusive report on Iranian feature 'White Forehead 2'". ifilmtv.ir. 31 October 2018.
  5. "'Weightlessness' to enjoy Leila Otadi as star". ifilmtv.ir. 23 April 2018.
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