About Leila Hatami Leila Hatami (Persian: لیلا حاتمی , born October 1, 1972 in Tehran) is an award-winning Iranian actress. She is the daughter of director Ali Hatami and actress Zari Khoshkam, and is married to actor Ali Mosaffa.After finishing high school, she moved to Lausanne, Switzerland and started her studies in Electrical Engineering. After two years she changed her major to French Literature. She completed her studying in French in a couple of years, before moving back to Iran. After a pause of a few years which included the continuation of her studies in Switzerland she made her professional entry into cinema with Dariush Mehrjui's film Leila. Her acting in this film received rave reviews from critics and the audiences. She married to her co-star in Leila (Ali Mosaffa) in 1999. She has now two children: a boy named Mani (born February 2007) and a girl named Asal (born October 2008). Career She had a few short appearances during her childhood which included roles in Hezar Dastan TV series and Kamalolmolk movie, as well as a role in 1991 as a blind Turkish princess in Delshodegan. Having appeared short in some of her father's movies, Leila Hatami's first lead film appearance was the title role in the 1996 film Leila, directed by Dariush Mehrjui. She received the Diploma of Honor for Best Actress from the 15th Fajr Film Festival. Her role in The Deserted Station (2002) won the best actress award from the 26th Montreal World Film Festival. She has appeared in her husband's first film as a director, Portrait of a Lady Far Away (Ali Mosaffa, 2005).