Susan Taslimi (also spelled Soosan and Sousan; Persian: سوسن تسلیمی; born 7 February 1950) is an Iranian-Swedish film and theatre actress, director and screenwriter. She emigrated from Iran in 1987, and now lives and works in Sweden.
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Early and personal life
Born in Rasht in 1950 to film producer Khosro Taslimi and actress Monireh Taslimi, Susan Taslimi is the first non-European to play the lead role on a national theater stage in Sweden. Her brother Cyrous is also an actor and film producer.
She graduated in theater and acting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran and started film acting with Bahram Bayzai's Ballad of Tara in 1979. She was married to film director and actor Dariush Farhang.
Filmography (as an actress)
Films
Ballad of Tara (Persian: چریکه تارا, 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) (Swedish: 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)