Faezeh Jalali


Faezeh Jalali is an Indian–Iranian actress, director, writer, producer and activist. She is known for Slumdog Millionaire, Shaitan and the play Jaal.

Personal life and education

She is a fourth generation Iranian born in 1980 to an Iranian Muslim family residing in India and grew up in Mumbai. After schooling at JB Petit High School, she attended Beloit College in Wisconsin, USA, where she studied theatre arts and also took pre-medical background classes for dental school. Jalali joined the theatre and went on to obtain a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Tennessee and Clarence Brown Theatre at Knoxville.

Career

Jalali's theatre acting performances include, Mira Nair's stage musical Monsoon Wedding, I Don’t Like It, As You Like It and other productions such as Jatinga, The Djinns of Eidgah, Thook, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Arms and the Man, The Trestle at Popelick Creek. She also directed her own plays such as 07/07/07 and Shikhandi- The Story of the In-betweens, which won the Best Ensemble Cast at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards 2016 and 2018 for which Jalali was also nominated for the Best Director.
She also played roles in movies such as Slumdog Millionaire and kurbaan and was part of the Indian action-thriller television series 24.

Sports

Jalali is a trained acrobatic aerialist. She represented Iran at the 1st Mallakhamb World Championships which was held at Mumbai in 2019. She participated in the rope category.

Filmography

Films

Her work as an actress includes films such as:
YearTitleRoleLanguage
2005Mr Ya MissSuzyHindi
2008Slumdog MillionaireNewsreaderEnglish
2009KurbaanAnjumHindi
2009The President Is ComingNunEnglish
2013QissaBaaliPunjabi
2016PhobiaPsychiatristHindi

Theatre

Director
  • Jaal
  • Shikandi
  • ''07/07/07''