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Shohreh Aghdashloo is a Actor and Thanks Iranienne born on 11 may 1952 at Tehran (Iran)
Shohreh Aghdashloo (About this sound listen Persian: شهره آغداشلو, [ʃohˈɾe ɒɢdɒʃˈluː]; born May 11, 1952) is an Iranian-American actress.
Following numerous starring roles on the stage, her first major film role was in The Report (Gozāresh) (1977) directed Abbas Kiarostami, which won the Critics Award at the Moscow Film Festival. Her next film was Shatranje Bad (Chess of the Wind), directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani, which screened at several film festivals. Both films were banned in her home country; but, in 1978, Aghdashloo won acclaim for her performance in Sooteh Delan (Broken-Hearted), directed by Ali Hatami, which established her as one of Iran's leading actresses.
After establishing a theatre and film career in Iran, Aghdashloo moved to England during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, subsequently becoming a U.S. citizen. After several years playing small 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 the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her work in the HBO original miniseries House of Saddam (2008).
Once she arrived in England, she earned a Bachelor's degree in International Relations because of her interest in politics after having to leave her home country. She was already familiar with England, as her parents took her to London as a child. She then continued to pursue her acting career, which brought her to Los Angeles. In 1987, Aghdashloo married actor/playwright Houshang Touzie. They have a daughter, Tara Touzie, born in 1989. She has since performed in a number of Touzie's plays, successfully taking them to national and international stages, primarily in the Iranian community.
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Shohreh Aghdashloo
Following numerous starring roles on the stage, her first major film role was in The Report (Gozāresh) (1977) directed Abbas Kiarostami, which won the Critics Award at the Moscow Film Festival. Her next film was Shatranje Bad (Chess of the Wind), directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani, which screened at several film festivals. Both films were banned in her home country; but, in 1978, Aghdashloo won acclaim for her performance in Sooteh Delan (Broken-Hearted), directed by Ali Hatami, which established her as one of Iran's leading actresses.
After establishing a theatre and film career in Iran, Aghdashloo moved to England during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, subsequently becoming a U.S. citizen. After several years playing small 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 the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her work in the HBO original miniseries House of Saddam (2008).
Biography
Aghdashloo was born in Tehran, Iran, as Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar, the daughter of Effie (née al-Sadat) and Anushiravan Vaziri-Tabar. She has three brothers: Shahram, Shahriar, and Shahrokh. Her stage name is from the family name of her first husband, Iranian-Azeri painter Aydin Aghdashloo. After their marriage in 1972 when she was 19 and he was 31, she began attending theatre workships, against the wishes of her family. She had always wanted to be an actress, and soon began playing leading roles in Iranian theatre and film. They did not have children and were divorced in 1979, when she left Iran for England at the start of the Iranian Revolution.Once she arrived in England, she earned a Bachelor's degree in International Relations because of her interest in politics after having to leave her home country. She was already familiar with England, as her parents took her to London as a child. She then continued to pursue her acting career, which brought her to Los Angeles. In 1987, Aghdashloo married actor/playwright Houshang Touzie. They have a daughter, Tara Touzie, born in 1989. She has since performed in a number of Touzie's plays, successfully taking them to national and international stages, primarily in the Iranian community.
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Filmography of Shohreh Aghdashloo (27 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Actress | Gozer (voice) |
| 2016 | Star Trek Beyond | Actress | Commodore Paris |
| 2016 | The Promise | Actress | Marta Boghosian |
| 2015 | Last Knights | Actress | Maria |
| 2015 | Septembers of Shiraz | Actress | Habibeh |
| 2015 | Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming | Actress | Mehrnaz |
| 2014 | Rosewater | Actress | Moloojoon |
| 2013 | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Actress | Oracle (voice) |
| 2013 | Abbas Kiarostami: A Report | Actress | Self |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Actress | Evette Onat |
| 2011 | The Adjustment Bureau | Thanks | |
| 2011 | Iranium | Actress | Narrator |
| 2011 | On the Inside | Actress | Dr. Lofton |
| 2010 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Actress | Zahra |
| 2008 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Actress | Professor Nasrin Mehani |
| 2008 | House of Saddam | Actress | Sajida Hussein |
| 2006 | The Lake House | Actress | Anna Klyczynski |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Actress | Dr. Kavita Rao |
| 2006 | American Dreamz | Actress | Nazneen Riza |
| 2006 | The Nativity Story | Actress | Elisabeth |
| 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Actress | Dr. Adani |
| 2003 | House of Sand and Fog | Actress | Nadi |
| 2002 | Maryam | Actress | Homa Armin |
| 2000 | Surviving Paradise | Actress | Pari |
| 1993 | Twenty Bucks | Actress | Ghada Holiday |
| 1978 | Desiderium | Actress | Aghdas |
| 1977 | The Report | Actress |