- Born
- Height5′ 6¼″ (1.68 m)
- Born on January 12th 1984 in Tehran. Her father is a former national team football player, Hamid Alidoosti. She started her career as an actress visiting Amin Tarokh's acting school in 2000. Soon she was chosen for her first role in I'm Taraneh, 15 (2002) (I'm Taraneh, 15), which has so far remained her main success. Her first steps in acting brought her the silver Leopard on the 55th Locarno film festival, and the Cristal Simorgh on Iranian's biggest film festival, Fajr. Being extremely selective her next appearance was 3 years later, Beautiful City (2004) (Beautiful city) by Asghar Farhadi. Fireworks Wednesday (2006) (Fireworks Wednesday) and About Elly (2009) (About Elly) are her next movies with Asghar Farhadi. She has also played in Canaan (2008) by 'Mani Haghighi' which is going to be released in October 2008. Doubt (2009) (by Varuzh Karim-Masihi) is her latest movie which is being shot now in Tehran. She has also appeared in two theater plays, both written and directed by Mohammad Rahmanian.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Sepand Siassi
- SpouseAli Mansoori(2011 - 2016) (divorced, 1 child)
- Her only 16 year-old brother Pouyan was killed on the Iranian fire-festival in March 2005 due to an explosion.
- Speaks fluent German and English.
- Taraneh is also a feminist activist.
- Her father, Hamid Alidoosti, long played football for Iran's national team and was the first Iranian to play for a foreign team.
- Fluent in German and English, Alidoosti has also translated books by Alice Munro and Nicole Krauss from English to Persian.
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