Faegheh Atashin (born 5 May 1950), better known by her stage name Googoosh is a singer and actress, and one of homeland’s most popular and enduring entertainers, whose career spans over 60 years. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside homeland and abroad.
She is mainly known for her contributions to persian pop music, but she has also starred in a variety of Persian movies from the 1950s to the 1970s. She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s. In the 1970s, Googoosh was widely emulated by persian women, as they copied her clothing (miniskirts) and her short haircut (known as the “Googooshy”).
