Shohreh Aghdashloo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-05-11 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Tehran, Iran

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Biography

Shohreh Aghdashloo (born May 11, 1952) is an Iranian American actress. After establishing a theatre and film career in Iran, Aghdashloo moved to England during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and subsequently became a citizen of the United States. After several years playing supporting roles in television and film, her performance in House of Sand and Fog (2003) brought her several film critics' awards and a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has continued to play supporting and character roles in film and television and won an Emmy Award for her work in the television drama House of Saddam (2008). Description ...

Acting

2006

The Lake House

as Anna Klyczynski

2008

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

as Professor Nasrin Mehani

2006

The Nativity Story

as Elisabeth

2006

American Dreamz

as Nazneen Riza

2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as Gozer (voice)

2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

as Dr. Kavita Rao

1993

Twenty Bucks

as Ghada Holiday

2011

On the Inside

as Dr. Lofton

2023

Renfield

as Bellafrancesca Lobo

2011

Iranium

as Narrator

2024

Damsel

as Dragon (voice)

1976

2014

Rosewater

as Moloojoon

2010

For Neda

as Narrator

2002

Maryam

as Homa Armin

1977

Desiderium

as Aghdas

2001

America So Beautiful

as Exiled actress

2015

Last Knights

as Maria

2015

2016

The Promise

as Marta Boghosian

2017

Window Horses

as Mehrnaz

2016

Star Trek Beyond

as Commodore Paris

2018

A Simple Wedding

as Ziba Husseini

2019

2020

The Cuban

as Bano Ayoub

2020

Run Sweetheart Run

as First Lady

2013

2014

Still Here

as Farzaneh

-

Still Smiling

as Melody

Production

2018

A Simple Wedding

as Executive Producer

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