Niloofar

Niloofar — Biography

Niloofar, born Shahin Khalili, came into the world in Tehran on 19 December 1944 and became a well-known singer and actress of Iranian cinema before the 1979 revolution. Across a career that lasted until 1974 she appeared in films such as The Tiger from Mazandaran, The White Hell and Hengameh. She also took roles in Fleeing the Trap and The World Is Mine, and became one of the recognizable faces of the period through her parts in Motreb and City of Sunlight. In her final active years she also appeared in Kowsar.