Susan Taslimi

Susan Taslimi (also spelt Soosan Taslimi,, born 7 February 1950) is an Iranian actress, film director, theatre director, and screenwriter. She emigrated from Iran in 1987, now living and working in Sweden.

Biography
Born in Rasht in 1950, Taslimi is the first non-European to play the lead role on a national theater stage in Sweden.

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

Films

 * Ballad of Tara (, Tcherike-ye Tara, 1979, Iran) – as Tara
 * Death of Yazdgerd (مرگ یزدگرد, Marg-e Yazdgerd, 1982, Iran) – as The Miller's wife
 * Sarbedaran (سربداران; TV series, 1984, Iran) – as Fatemeh
 * Madian (مادیان, a.k.a. The Mare, 1985, Iran)
 * Telesm (طلسم, a.k.a. The Spell, 1986, Iran) – as Shahzdeh's bride
 * Bashu, the Little Stranger (باشو، غریبه کوچک, Bashu, Gharibe-ye Kuchak, 1986, released in 1989, Iran) – as Naii
 * Perhaps Some Other Time (شاید وقتی دیگر, Shayad Vaghti Digar, 1988, Iran)
 * Gränsen (a.k.a. Never, 1995, Sweden) – as Aisha
 * En dag i taget (TV series, 1999, Sweden) – as Kia
 * Orka! Orka! (TV series, 2004, Sweden) – as Schole
 * The Charmer (افسونگر, Afsungar; 2017, Denmark) – as Leila
 * Black Crab (film) (Svart krabba; 2022, Sweden) – as Admiral Nodh

Theatre

 * Medea (1991) – as Medea
 * Death of Yazdgerd (1979) – as the Miller's wife

Filmography (as a director)

 * Hus i helvete (feature film, a.k.a. 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, was a film producer.
 * Her mother, Monireh Taslimi, was an actress.
 * Her brother, Cyrous Taslimi, is an actor and film producer.
 * Her ex-husband, Dariush Farhang, is a film director and actor.