Shohreh Aghdashloo

Acting · Born 1952-05-11 in Tehran, Iran

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

Filmography

• The Lake House as Dr. Anna Klyczynski
• The Nativity Story as Elisabeth
• House of Sand and Fog as Nadi
• The Stoning of Soraya M. as Zahra
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Gozer (voice)
• The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Evette Onat
• Damsel as Dragon (voice)
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 as Professor Nasrin Mehani
• American Dreamz as Nazneen Riza
• X-Men: The Last Stand as Dr. Kavita Rao

TV

• The Simpsons as Mina (voice)
• 24 as Dina Araz
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sunny Qadri
• ER as Riza Kardatay
• Grimm as Stefania Vaduva Popescu
• Scorpion as Dr. Cassandra Davis
• The Expanse as Chrisjen Avasarala
• Grey's Anatomy as Helen Crawford
• Marvel's The Punisher as Farah Madani
• Impulse as Fatima