Niku Kheradmand

Niku Kheradmand نیکو خردمند
Born	Niku Kheradmand 1932 Tehran, Iran
Died	November 17, 2009 (aged 76) Tehran, Iran
Occupation	Actress and film dubber

Niku Kheradmand (1932 – November 17, 2009) (Persian: نیکو خردمند) was an Iranian actress and film dubber. She died in a Tehran hospital on November 17, 2009, aged 76. Kheradmand had suffered a heart attack several months earlier.^[1]

Filmmaker Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh had once regarded Niku Kheradmand as the mother of Iran's cinema. Her first work in film was The Last Act by Varuj KarimMasihi. She appeared in The Plaything by Turaj Mansuri. Other works include Havana Dossier (Alireza Raiisian), Café Setāreh (Saman Moghaddam), and How Much Do You Want to Cry (Shahed Ahmadlu). She was also very well regarded with her role on the TV series Thieves of the Grandmother.

Awards

She won Best Supporting Actress Crystal Simorgh at the 9th edition of the Fajr Film Festival and another best Supporting Actress Crystal Simorgh at the 12th edition of the festival for her role in The Plaything by Turaj Mansuri.

Filmography

Films

• 2008 - Khāk-e Āshenā (The Familiar Soil), directed by Bahman Farmanara
• 2008 - Takam-Chi
• 2007 - Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence
• 2006 - Café Setāreh, directed by Saman Moghaddam
• 2003 - Ezdevāj-e Ghiābi (Marriage in Absence)
• 2002 - Kāghaz-e bi Khatt (Unruled Paper)
• 2000 - Dokhtari be Nām-e Tondar (A Girl by the Name of Tondar)
• 1997 - Ravāni (Psycho)
• 1994 - Zinat (Ornament)
• 1993 - Khāneh-ye Khalvat (The Quiet Home)
• 1992 - Bāzicheh (The Plaything)

Television series

• Thieves of the Grandmother

References

1. ^ Actress Niku Kheradmand dies at 77, Tehran Times

External links

• Niku Kheradmand at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Kheradmand, Niku
Alternative names	نیکو خردمند (Persian)
Short description	Iranian actress and film dubber
Date of birth	1932
Place of birth	Tehran
Date of death	November 17, 2009
Place of death	Tehran, Iran