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Shohreh Aghdashloo

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Birthday: 1952-05-11 | Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran

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 above from the Wikipedia Shohreh Aghdashloo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Run Sweetheart Run

as    First Lady

2017
The Promise

as    Marta Boghosian

2016
Septembers of Shiraz

as    Habibeh

2015
The Expanse

as    Chrisjen Avasarala

2015
Last Knights

as    Maria

2014
Rosewater

as    Moloojoon

2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green

as    Evette Onat

2011
On the Inside

as    Dr. Lofton

2011
Iranium

as    Narrator

2010
For Neda

as    Narrator

2009
The Stoning of Soraya M.

as    Zahra

2008
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

as    Professor Nasrin Mehani

2008
House of Saddam

as    Sajida Hussein

2008
House of Saddam

as    Sajida Hussein

2006
The Lake House

as    Anna Klyczynski

2006
Smith

as    Charlie

2006
The Nativity Story

as    Elisabeth

2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose

as    Dr. Adani

2003
House of Sand and Fog

as    Nadi

1993
Twenty Bucks

as    Ghada Holiday

1977
Desiderium

as    Aghdas