Actor
Jamileh Sheikhi
April 29, 1930 · Zanjan, Iran
Jamileh Sheykhi (Persian: جمیله شیخی, April 30, 1930 – May 23, 2001) was an Iranian actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani. She made her stage debut in 1957 and began film acting with Shipwreck (1975, Nosrat Karimi). As a pioneer and veteran character actress of Iranian theatre and cinema, she performed in a number of films with reputable directors. Sheykhi had a distinguished screen appearance in Travellers (1991, Bahram Bayzai) and won the Best Actress award at the International Fajr Film Festival.
Often works with
Mohammadreza Sharifinia
2 titles together
Leila, Maturity
Jamshid Mashayekhi
2 titles together
Unruled Paper, The fall of Sahra
Niku Kheradmand
2 titles together
Unruled Paper, Travelers
Fatemeh Motamed-Arya
2 titles together
Travelers, Through Sunglasses
Homa Rousta
2 titles together
Travelers, Little Bird of Happiness
Amin Tarokh
2 titles together
Little Bird of Happiness, Autumn
Full filmography · 14
Through Sunglasses
as Mitra's Aunt
Upcoming
Unruled Paper
as Roya's Mother
2002
Maturity
as Mrs. Ma'aref
2000
My Ideal Spouse
cast
2000
Leila
as Reza's Mother
19997.5
The Mousetrap
cast
1997
Travelers
as Grandmother
1992
Little Bird of Happiness
cast
1988
Autumn
cast
1987
Doctor Faustus
as Mephistophilis
1985
The Ruined House
as Fereydoun's Mother
1975