Niki Karimi, born November 10, 1971 in Tehran, is an Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter.
She was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. She has been active in theater since her early age at elementary school. Niki Karimi started her professional acting career when she was discovered by actor Jamshid Gorgin in a school play.
The breakthrough role for Niki Karimi was that she was cast as a young bride in Behrooz Afkhami’s blockbuster film in 1990. Here after she worked with many Iranian filmmakers, like Masoud Kimiai, Darush Mehrjui, Tahmineh Milani and many more.
Niki has won many awards nationally and internationally such as San Sebastian film festival award for best actress. She has also been on the jury film festivals such as The Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Locarno International Film Festival and Thessaloniki International Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival and also the 60th Cannes Film Festival.
As well as expanding her career as an actor, she wrote and directed “To Have or Not to Have” a documentary film in 2001 which was produced by renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. In the same year she won her first award as a director in Iran's Rain film festival for her work To Have or Not to Have.
At the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, she was nominated for her feature film directorial debut “One Night”, 2005.
Her third film as director, “Final Whistle”, 2011, won three awards at The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in Vesoul, France.
Niki Karimi was also been nominated for best actress in The Fajr Film Festival in 2011 for “I Am His Wife”, 2011, directed by Mostafa Shaysteh.
In addition to film activities, Karimi has also done some translating work. In 1999 she released her first translation work from English to Persian, Marlon Brando's biography “Songs My Mother Taught Me”, and later in 2005 “Intimacy” by Hanif Kureishi.
Niki Karimi's works:
As Director
Date
Title
Note
2014
Shifte Shab
2011
Final Whistle
Three awards at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
2006
A Few Days Later
Script won the Rotterdam festivals Hubert Bals Fund
2005
One Night
Screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
2001
To Have or Not to Have
As Actress
Date
Title
Director
Note
2015
Laleh (Drive)
Essy Niknejad
2014
I'm his wife
Mostafa Shayesteh
2007
Three Women
Manijeh Hekmat
2007
The Second Wife
Sirus Alvand
2006
A Few Days Later...
Niki Karimi
2002
One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest
Ahmad Reza Motamedi
Best Actress in Fajr Film Festival 2003
2002
The Fifth Reaction
Tahmineh Milani
Best Actress in Fajr Film Festival 2002
2002
Gone with the Wind
Sadra Abdollahi
2000
The Hidden Half
Tahmineh Milani
Best Actress in Cairo Film Festival 2001
1999
Thousand woman like me
Reza Karimi
1999
The Burned Generation
Rassoul Molagholipour
1998
The Waiting Girls
Rahman Rezai
1998
The Apple of Eve
Saiid Asadi
1998
The Actor
Mohammad Ali Sadjadi
1998
Two Women
Tahmineh Milani
Best Actress in Taormina Film Festival 1999
1997
Takhti
Behrooz Afkhami
1997
Pshyco
Dariush Farhang
1995
Minoo's Tower
Ebrahim Hatamikia
1995
Shadow-by-Shadow
Ali Jakan
1994
The Scent of Joseph's Shirt
Ebrahim Hatamikia
1993
Pari
Darioush Mehrjouii
1992
Sara
Darioush Mehrjouii
Best Actress in San Sebastian Film Festival 1995
Best Actress in Nantes Film Festival 1995
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