[custom_adv] Called “Googoosh” from birth, she began singing and acting at a young age, performing with her father, an entertainer, when she was a toddler and making her first film at age seven. She later appeared in such movies as Partgahe makhouf (1963; Cliff of Fear), Sheitune bala (1965; The Naughty One), Panjereh (1970; “The Window”), and Bītā (1972). [custom_adv] In the 1970s Googoosh was at the height of her film and music career and was widely emulated by persian women; in addition to listening to her music, they copied her clothing (miniskirts) and her short haircut (known as the “Googooshy”). In 1979, however, homeland was declared an Islamic republic, and a number of cultural restrictions were introduced; women were no longer allowed to sing in public, and pop music was banned. [custom_adv] Although most persian performers chose to leave the country, Googoosh, who was visiting the United States at the time of the revolution, returned home.She was jailed briefly and thereafter led a reclusive life.Bootleg recordings and videos remained readily available in Iran, however, and Googoosh continued to acquire fans. [custom_adv] Following the election of President Mohammad Khatami in 1997, many restrictions began to be lifted. Some women (Googoosh was not among them) were allowed to sing in public to all-female audiences, and, while distributing pop music was still officially illegal, possession of it was permitted. [custom_adv] In 2000 Googoosh finally was granted a passport and allowed to leave the country for the first time since the revolution. That year she staged her first world tour, which began in Toronto, where she settled for a time before moving to Los Angeles. Googoosh’s later recordings include Zoroaster (2000), Last News (2004), Manifest (2006), Shab-e Sepīd (2008), Ḥajm-e Sabz (2010), Eʿjāz (2012), ʿAks-e Khoṣūṣī (2015), and Twenty One (2021). [custom_adv] She continued to perform throughout the world, undertaking a tour (2015–16) related to her 2015 album release that took her to Canada, Turkey, Australia, Germany, and across the United States.In March 2011, Googoosh released a snippet of a new song she was working on, titled Bedrood, via YouTube. In April 2011, she debuted her latest project. The singer launched her own cosmetic collection sold online, titled Googoosh Cosmetics. [custom_adv] In April 2011, she held a concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as a record breaking performance at the same venue on 27 October 2012, as a part of her worldwide Ejaz Tour. Also on 26 March 2013 she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall for the first time, where other notable Persian vocalists such as Elaheh, Ebi and Marzieh have performed memorable concerts in the past. [custom_adv] In 2012, Googoosh released her 6th studio album since her comeback, titled Ejaz. The album consisted of 10 tracks, featuring collaborations with Hassan Shamaizadeh (Hayahoo) and three songs wherein she collaborated with her fellow Googoosh Music Academy judge Babak Saeedi and with Raha Etemadi (Nagoo Bedrood and Noghteye Payan and Hese Mobham). She also collaborated with Alireza Afkari and Roozbeh Bemani on three songs (E'jaz and Baraye Man and Behesht). [custom_adv] Another single Bi Manoto was a musical rendition of a poem by the Persian poet Rumi. The poem came to Googoosh's attention while she was banned from singing at the time of the homeland–Iraq War. She stated that she felt inspired by the lyrics and therefore created her own melody and was finally presented with the opportunity to record it as she had long hoped to do. [custom_adv] Googoosh has three half-brothers on her father's side and a brother and sister on her mother's side. One of her brothers died in his youth.Googoosh's first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani, a music promoter who had helped Googoosh make a name for herself throughout the 1960s. Googoosh and Ghorbani married in February 1967. They had a son, Kambiz. [custom_adv] After about six years of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972. In 1975, Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vossoughi; they divorced fourteen months later in 1976. During their brief marriage they were considered to be the country's biggest celebrity power couple. [custom_adv] In 1980, Googoosh was imprisoned for nearly one month after the Iranian Revolution. During the late 1970s, Googoosh became involved with Homayoun Mesdaghi, and married him in 1979. Six years later, in 1985, she divorced Mesdaghi. [custom_adv] She then married director Masoud Kimiai in 1991. They divorced in 2005.In 2018, in reply to a question by interviewer about how she stays young, she said, "Love, music and lots of fruit!".
