Susan Taslimi

Susan Taslimi (also spelt Soosan Taslimi, Persian: سوسن تسلیمی ‎‎, born February 7, 1950) is an Iranian actress, film director, theatre director, and screenwriter. She emigrated from Iran in 1989, now living and working in Sweden.^[1]

Biography

She graduated in theater and acting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran.^[2] She started film acting with Bahram Bayzai's Ballad of Tara in 1979.

Filmography (as an actress)

• Tcherike-ye Tara (aka Ballad of Tara, 1979, Iran)
• Marg-e Yazdgerd (aka Death of Yazdgerd, 1982, Iran)
• Sarbedaran (TV series, 1984, Iran)
• Madian (aka The Mare, 1985, Iran)
• Telesm (aka The spell, 1986, Iran)
• Bashu, Gharibe-ye Koochak (aka Bashu, the Little Stranger, 1986, released in 1989, Iran)
• Shayad Vaghti Deegar (aka Perhaps Some Other Time, 1988, Iran)
• Gränsen (aka Never, 1995, Sweden)
• En dag i taget (TV series, 1999, Sweden)
• Orka! Orka! (TV series, 2004, Sweden)

Filmography (as a director)

• Hus i helvete (feature film, aka All Hell Let Loose, 2002)
• Orka! Orka!. (TV series, episodes 16-18, 2004)
• Det epileptiska riktmärket. (play by Martina Montelius, premier March 2004 at Teater Galeasen, Stockholm)
• Älskar, älskar och älskar. (TV drama based on play by Martina Montelius, 2004, Swedish Television)
• Häktet (TV series, 2005)

Personal life

• Her father, Khosro Taslimi, is a film producer.
• Her mother, Monireh Taslimi, is an actress and film editor.
• Her brother, Cyrous Taslimi, is an actor and film producer.
• Her ex-husband, Dariush Farhang, is a film director.

References

External links

• Susan Taslimi at the Internet Movie Database
• Susan Taslimi at the Swedish Film Database
  
• (Persian) Soosan Taslimi at IranActor.com
• (Persian) Interview with Rooz