
Leila Hatami
Biography
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.
Filmography

Sheyda
1999 · 8.0

A Separation
2011 · 7.9

Leila
1999 · 7.5

Portrait of a Lady Far Away
2005 · 7.5

What's the Time In Your World?
2015 · 7.4

Hezar Dastan
1988 · 7.2

Kamalolmolk
1984 · 7.2

My Boats
2005 · 7.2

There Are Things You Don't Know
2010 · 7.2

Low Heights
2002 · 7.1

The Last Fiction
2019 · 6.9

Bomb: A Love Story
2018 · 6.6

Blue Whale
2019 · 6.5

Absence
2023 · 6.5

Garden Salad
2005 · 6.5

The Last Step
2012 · 6.5

Felicity Land
2011 · 6.3

The Old Bachelor
2025 · 6.3

Shirin
2009 · 6.2

Love-Stricken
1992 · 6.2

Deserted Station
2002 · 6.1

Orange Suit
2012 · 6.1

Poverty
2009 · 6.0

The Mix
2000 · 6.0

A Walk in the Fog
2010 · 6.0

Time to Love
2014 · 5.9

Subdued
2017 · 5.8

Pig
2018 · 5.7

The Sealed Secret
2013 · 5.2

Meeting Leila
2012 · 5.0

Poet of the Wastes
2005 · 5.0

Me
2016 · 4.7

Forties
2010 · 4.5

Verdict
2005 · 4.3

Imagine
2022 · 4.2

Every night loneliness
2007 · 4.0

A Man without a Shadow
2019 · 4.0

Tale of the Sea
2018 · 3.8

Idol
2026 · 3.5

We Are All Together
2019 · 3.4

Beloved Sky
2011 · 2.5

Water and Fire
2001 · 1.3
The English Bag
— · 0.0

A Time in Eternity
2026 · 0.0

Il était une fois... Une séparation
2014 · 0.0

Daria’s Night Flowers
2025 · 0.0
Your Gift to the Earth
2016 · 0.0

The Killer and the Savage
2025 · 0.0

Sweet Jam
2001 · 0.0
Being a Woman is Beautiful
2018 · 0.0