In cinemas

BAFTA Winner Narges Rashidi Signs With TFC Management

The Prisoner 951 star will continue to be represented by The Artists Partnership in all areas, Deadline reports.

BAFTA-winning actress Narges Rashidi has signed with TFC Management, according to Deadline.

Rashidi won the BAFTA for Leading Actress for her role as Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe in the BBC series Prisoner 951. She will continue to be represented by The Artists Partnership in all areas.

Prisoner 951, directed by Phillipa Lowthorpe and also starring Joseph Fiennes, told the true story of Zaghari Ratcliffe's wrongful seven-year imprisonment in Iran and her husband's subsequent fight for her release. Rashidi also received two Royal Television Society Awards and several other award nominations for the portrayal.

She is known for playing Lale in Gangs of London for Sky/AMC, which is heading into its fourth and final season in 2027. Her breakthrough role was leading Babak Anvari's 2016 Persian-language film Under the Shadow, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and earned her a Best Actress nomination at the BIFAs and the Breakthrough Actress award at the New York International Film Festival.

Her other credits include the Netflix feature Havoc opposite Tom Hardy, the indie feature Last Swim, which won at Berlinale 2025, and German series The Allegation, which won the Dior Grand Prize at Canneseries in 2021.

TFC Management's Roster

TFC Management was founded in 2020 by David Stone and Ben Jacobson. Its clients include Dakota and Elle Fanning, Shira Haas, Lashana Lynch, JD Pardo, Dan Ings and Josh Hutcherson, as well as creators, filmmakers, novelists and producers such as Warren Littlefield, Brian Yorkey, Megan Park, Adam Reed, Akiva Goldsman, Courtney Lilly, Josh & Jonas Pate and Rebecca Serle. Its sister company, TFC Productions, most recently produced the Apple series Margo's Got Money Troubles, created by David E. Kelley and starring Elle Fanning, which recently received eight Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series.

Quick answers

Which agency does Narges Rashidi still work with?

She will continue to be represented by The Artists Partnership in all areas, alongside her new signing with TFC Management.

What did Narges Rashidi win a BAFTA for?

She won the BAFTA for Leading Actress for playing Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe in the BBC series Prisoner 951.

What is Narges Rashidi known for?

She played Lale in Gangs of London and led Babak Anvari's 2016 film Under the Shadow, among other credits.

Source