About Taraneh Alidoosti Taraneh Alidoosti (Persian: ترانه عليدوستی, born 12 January 1984) is a Crystal-Simorgh winning Iranian actress.Career She began her acting career with the leading role in Man, taraneh, panzdah sal daram (Rasul Sadr Ameli, 2002). She won the Bronze Leopard for Best Actress from Locarno International Film Festival in 2002, as well as the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress from the 20th Fajr Film Festival. Personal life Her father, Hamid Alidoosti, is a former member of the Iranian national football team and currently a football coach in Iran. Her only brother, Pouyan, was killed in the annual Iranian fire-festival, Chaharshanbe Suri at the age of 16, due to an explosion. Ironically at the time of the accident she was working on a movie called Chaharshanbe-Suri by Asghar Farhadi.