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Leila Otadi
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| Born | 5 August 1983 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Education | Tehran University of Art - Architecture |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
Leila Otadi (Persian: لیلا اوتادی) is an Iranian actress.
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.
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.
Filmography
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
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| 2006 | The Last Sin | IRIB TV2 | |
| 2008 | Tears and Smiles | IRIB TV1 | |
| 2010 | Blood Money | Fereshteh | |
| 2014 | The Wound | IRIB TV3 | |
| 2016 | Carousel | IRIB TV1 | |
| We Relaxed | Ava | IRIB TV2 | |
| 2017 | Riot | TDH | |
| The Excellency | Motamed | Honar Namaye Parsian | |
| 2018 | Around Autumn | Shirin | IRIB TV3 |
| 2019 | Gando | IRIB TV3 |
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2011 | You tap tap | |
| Female Male life | ||
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| 2012 | Mr. Alef | Golrokh |
| Burnt Matches | ||
| Woman, Man, Life | ||
| 2013 | Laleh | Sara |
| The Straw Dogs | ||
| Magician | ||
| 2014 | Skein | |
| 3 Foreigns | Sousan | |
| 2015 | Riot | |
| Nardoon | ||
| 2016 | Conditional release | |
| Telepathy | ||
| Melancholy 2016 | ||
| 2017 | White Forehead 2 | Golden forehead gazelle |
| 2018 | Kativsha | Zhila |
| 2019 | Weightlessness |
