Juliette Motamed is a British actress and musician. She makes music and DJs under the moniker AZADI.mp3. On television, she is known for her role in the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts (2021âÂÂ). Her films include Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023).
Motamed was born to Iranian parents and moved from Sweden to England at one year old. She grew up in North London.
Motamed studied English at University of Bristol and graduated in 2016. Her final-year dissertation was titled, âÂÂAmerica never was America to me: Exploring the relationship between Claudia RankineâÂÂs âÂÂâÂÂ, Kendrick LamarâÂÂs âÂÂTo Pimp a Butterflyâ and contemporaneous activismâÂÂ. As a student, Motamed was a contributor to the online magazine Gal-dem (which ceased publication in 2023).
In 2019, Motamed starred in the short film Pagans.
Having appeared in Nida Manzoor's 2018 comedy short Lady Parts, Motamed reprised her role as punk drummer Ayesha in the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts in 2021, marking her television debut. She reprised the role in the sitcom's second series.
Motamed made her feature film debut as dancer Hannah in the 2023 comedy-drama Magic Mike's Last Dance, the third and final instalment in the Magic Mike trilogy with Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek.
As Azadi.mp3, Motamed released two singles, "Who is" and "Aphrodite", on 8 January 2019. Working with NTS Radio's WIP artist development programme, Motamed released her conceptual three-track debut EP, Summer in the Crypt, later that year.
In 2021, Motamed released the single "NAZAR". The following year, she took part in Radio Alhara's Sonic Liberation Front stream held in protest of the death of Mahsa Amini.
In 2023, Azadi.mp3 featured in the inaugural Another Sky Festival for SWANA artists and on Intended Consequence, a compilation of electronic music by Iranian women and non-binary people. Her contribution to the collection, "Empty Platform", was noted for sampling protest chants mixed in with heavy percussive beats.
In 2024, Azadi.mp3 released an EP entitled Control, which was positively reviewed. The Clash magazine described the record as "technically skilful" and "emotionally impactful", praising Motamed's ability to "merg[e] aspects of their heritage with a desire for free-thinking musicality". Metal characterised the EP as "a frenetic, challenging, yet ultimately mesmerising voyage through the artist's psyche of cultural identity and late-stage capitalist anxieties".
Motamed released another EP, Note to Self in 2025, pledging to donate all proceeds from record sales as well as merchandise to The Sameer Project, a charity providing aids in Gaza, Palestine.
On the side, Motamed gives Ableton lessons.
Motamed grew up listening to Googoosh, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Aqua, and Missy Elliott. She has named Googoosh as well as the likes of My Chemical Romance, Aphex Twin, Imogen Heap, and Earl Sweatshirt as her influences.