
Acting
Jamileh Sheikhi
Zanjan, IranBorn 1930
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.
11
Films
4
TV Shows
Known For
15 Credits
The fall of Sahra
1986

Another birthday
1998

Autumn
1987

Leila
as Reza's Mother
1999

New Birth
as Tag Al Molook
1999

Hamsaran
1994

Doctor Faustus
as Mephistophilis
1985

Little Bird of Happiness
1988

After the silence
as herself
2002

The Ruined House
as Fereydoun's Mother
1975

Unruled Paper
as Roya's Mother
2002

Maturity
as Mrs. Ma'aref
2000