Shila Ommi

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

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Place of Birth

Tehran, Iran

Shila Ommi

Biography

Shila Vosough Ommi is an American actress, director, writer and producer who was born in Tehran, Iran, and grew up in Los Angeles. She has directed and produced award winning plays in Los Angeles, and for over a decade she toured internationally under the name Shila Vosough in an Iranian-American theater production company performing plays in Persian. Shila directed the feature film, 'Wake Up Sleeping Beauty', a psychological dramatic film about a young Iranian-American woman waking up from cultural trappings and 'curses,' and coming into her own power. It was produced by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. A graduate of UCLA,...

Acting

2019

Forgive Me

as Marjan

2023

Elemental

as Cinder (voice)

2007

Charlie Wilson's War

as Refugee Mother

2021

2017

Starwatch

as Dr. Dorothy Reynolds

2024

Sisters

as Nazanin

2009

Liberation

as Farah Diba Pahlavi

2018

Roya

as Roya

2024

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