Marina GolbahariMarina Golbahari (born 1989) is an Afghan actress who was born in Kabul. She gained international fame with her role as the title character in the 2003 film Osama, playing a girl who had to dress and act as a boy to support her family during the Taliban years. She was working on the streets of Kabul as a beggar, asking passers-by for money when she was casually discovered by famed Afghan director Sadiq Barmak, who cast her as Osama. The movie went on to earn a Golden Globe award as best foreign film, and Golbahari's job in it was well received by many critics, including Richard Nilsen, who stated that there is no shortcoming in the acting of Marina Golbahari. Golbahari bought her parents a home with the money she earned from Osama. Credits
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Golbahari bought her parents a home with the money she earned from Osama. She was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1975 . The movie went on to earn a Golden Globe award as best foreign film, and Golbahari's job in it was well received by many critics, including Richard Nilsen, who stated that there is no shortcoming in the acting of Marina Golbahari. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1958 for the film Separate Tables. She was working on the streets of Kabul as a beggar, asking passers-by for money when she was casually discovered by famed Afghan director Sadiq Barmak, who cast her as Osama. She was nominated again in 1966 for A Man for All Seasons. She gained international fame with her role as the title character in the 2003 film Osama, playing a girl who had to dress and act as a boy to support her family during the Taliban years. She was nominated for an Oscar in 1938 for her first major film role in Pygmalion. Marina Golbahari (born 1989) is an Afghan actress who was born in Kabul. Her performance in Love on the Dole attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw, and he cast her in several of his plays, including Saint Joan, Pygmalion and Major Barbara. Osama (2003, film, as Osama, a girl dressed as a boy). She first found success in the stage version of Love on the Dole, and in 1936 married the author Ronald Gow. Her professional debut as an actress was in repertory at Manchester. She was born Wendy Margaret Hiller in Cheshire in England, daughter of Frank Watkin Hiller and Marie Stone. Dame Wendy Hiller (August 15, 1912 - May 14, 2003) was an English film and stage actress. The Countess Alice (1992). The Best Of Friends (1991). Ending Up (1989). Anne Of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987). All Passion Spent (1986). The Importance of Being Earnest (1985). The Kingfisher (1982). Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981). Country (1981). Clochemerle (1972). David Copperfield (1969). The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987). Attracta (1983). Making Love (1982). The Elephant Man (1980). The Cat and The Canary (1978). Voyage of the Damned (1976). Murder on the Orient Express (1974). A Man for All Seasons (1966). Toys in the Attic (1963). Sons and Lovers (1960). Separate Tables (1958). Something of Value (1957). How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957). Single-Handed (USA: Sailor of the King) (1953). Outcast of the Islands (1952). I Know Where I'm Going! (1945). Major Barbara (1941). Pygmalion (1938). Lancashire Luck (1937). |