Googoosh
Googoosh is an Iranian singer and actor whose Persian pop songs connect generations of fans, now sharing her life in the memoir A Sinful Voice.
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Googoosh’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus her backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
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Overview
- Born
- May 5, 1950
- Birth name
- Faegheh Atashin
- Home base
- Los Angeles
- Work
- Singer, actor and memoirist
- Breakout
- A child performer who became a leading figure in Iranian pop in the 1960s and 1970s
- Return to performing
- 2000, after a 21-year performance ban
Mini bio
How it started.
Born Faegheh Atashin, Googoosh began performing as a toddler with her father, an acrobat and entertainer. By the 1960s and 1970s, she had become a familiar voice and face in Iranian music and cinema.
The sound fans grew up with.
Her music brought Persian poetry together with sounds drawn from jazz, blues, Latin music, rock and disco. Songs such as Hamsafar remain a way into her catalogue, while her short hair and clothes also inspired fans to copy her style.
Finding her voice again.
After Iran’s 1979 revolution, Googoosh was barred from performing. She remained in Iran until 2000, when she left and resumed touring. Her official channel describes that return as the end of a 21-year performance ban.
Sharing the story.
In 2025 she joined Ed Sheeran on the Persian version of Azizam and published A Sinful Voice with Tara Dehlavi. The memoir gives fans her own account of stardom, imprisonment and the return to public life.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2025Azizam (feat. Googoosh) (Persian Version)Featured vocalist with Ed Sheeran
Books
- 2025Googoosh: A Sinful VoiceAuthor, with Tara Dehlavi
Film
- 2024Googoosh – Made of FireHerself, in Niloufar Taghizadeh’s documentary
Awards
Quotes
I came to see it as my duty to tell my storyGoogoosh, Newsweek International, December 2025
Speaking about why she wrote her memoir.
Trivia
- She was already appearing onstage at age two.
- Her fans copied her short haircut and distinctive clothes.
- Her memoir’s co-writer is Tara Dehlavi.
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