Marina Golbahari

Marina 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.

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  • Osama (2003, film, as Osama, a girl dressed as a boy)

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Golbahari bought her parents a home with the money she earned from Osama. In her book A Paper Life, the Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal alleges that at age 12, Melanie Griffith dragged her into an opium-fuelled orgy in Paris, along with another actress and the boyfriend of one of the actresses. 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. Griffith has three children; Dakota Johnson, Alexander Bauer, and Stella Banderas. 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 couple divorced again in 1996 and Griffith married her current husband Antonio Banderas that same year. 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 remarried Johnson in 1989.

Marina Golbahari (born 1989) is an Afghan actress who was born in Kabul. She was married to Steven Bauer from 1980 to 1987. Osama (2003, film, as Osama, a girl dressed as a boy). She was briefly married to Don Johnson in 1976. Griffith has married four times. DeMented (2000).

Other major roles include Body Double (1984), Something Wild (1986), Working Girl (1988), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Milk Money (1994), Another Day in Paradise (1998) and Cecil B. Her first major role was in Night Moves in 1975. Griffith began working in films at an early age as an extra on Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). She is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith.

Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American film actress.