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Shohreh Aghdashloo

Known for acting · Born 11 May 1952 · 74 · Tehran, Iran

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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

The Expanse

2015

24

2001

Renfield

2023

Grimm

2011

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012

Last Knights

2015

The Stoning of Soraya M.

2009

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

2022

House of Sand and Fog

2003

The Penguin

2024

Rosewater

2014

The Promise

2016

Acting (82)

2026Royally ScrewedQueen LenoraFilm
2025Deadly VowsMelodyFilm
2024DamselDragon (voice)Film
2024The PenguinNadia Maroni · 8 episodesSeries
2024Creature CommandosMadam (voice)Series
2024WondLaDarius (voice)Series
2024Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand StepsThe Wise WomanFilm
2024Googoosh: Made of FireSelfFilm
2023RenfieldBellafrancesca LoboFilm
2023Mrs. DavisMariaSeries
2022Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon KnightForouzan (voice) · 13 episodesSeries
2022The Voice of Dust and AshFilm
2021ArcaneGrayson (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeGozer (voice)Film
2021The Wheel of TimeElaida do Avriny a’Roihan · 4 episodesSeries
2021The Expanse: One ShipChrisjen AvasaralaSeries
2020The Flight AttendantBrenda · 5 episodesSeries
2020Run Sweetheart RunFirst LadyFilm
2020The CubanBano AyoubFilm
2019Lie 12Film
2018ImpulseFatima · 3 episodesSeries
2018A Simple WeddingZiba HusseiniFilm
2017Marvel's The PunisherFarah Madani · 4 episodesSeries
2017Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie MingMehrnaz (voice)Film
2017Sweet Smell of LoveFilm
2016Star Trek BeyondCommodore ParisFilm
2016The PromiseMarta BoghosianFilm
2016Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian ActressesSelfFilm
2015The ExpanseChrisjen Avasarala · 62 episodesSeries
2015Last KnightsMariaFilm
2015Septembers of ShirazHabibehFilm
2014ScorpionDr. Cassandra DavisSeries
2014RosewaterMoloojoonFilm
2014Still HereFarzanehFilm
2013Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersOracle (voice)Film
2013Abbas Kiarostami: A ReportSelfFilm
2012ElementaryLiliane BelleroseSeries
2012The Odd Life of Timothy GreenEvette OnatFilm
2011GrimmStefania Vaduva Popescu · 7 episodesSeries
2011PortlandiaNelofar JamshidiSeries
2011On the InsideDr. LoftonFilm
2011IraniumNarratorFilm
2010For NedaNarratorFilm
2009ArcherClandesti-con Event Presenter (voice)Series
2009FlashForwardNhadra Udaya · 3 episodesSeries
2009The Stoning of Soraya M.ZahraFilm
2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2Professor Nasrin MehaniFilm
2008House of SaddamSajida Hussein · 4 episodesSeries
2006X-Men: The Last StandDr. Kavita RaoFilm
2006The Lake HouseDr. Anna KlyczynskiFilm
2006American DreamzNazneen RizaFilm
2006The Nativity StoryElisabethFilm
2006Smith · 4 episodes, Charlie · 7 episodesSeries
2005Grey's AnatomyHelen CrawfordSeries
2005BonesAzita VaziriSeries
2005The Exorcism of Emily RoseDr. AdaniFilm
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf - GuestSeries
2005Babak & Friends: A First NoroozFarahFilm
2004HouseAfsoun HamidiSeries
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2003NCISMariam BawaliSeries
2003House of Sand and FogNadiFilm
2003PossessedWomanFilm
2002MaryamHoma ArminFilm
2002Mystic Iran: The Unseen WorldNarratorFilm
200124Dina Araz · 12 episodesSeries
2001America So BeautifulExiled actressFilm
2000Surviving ParadisePariFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSunny QadriSeries
1998Will & GracePamSeries
1994ERRiza KardataySeries
1993Twenty BucksGhada HolidayFilm
1992MartinMalikaSeries
1989The SimpsonsMina (voice)Series
1989Guests of Hotel AstoriaPouriFilm
1986MatlockSales Lady · 2 episodesSeries
1977The ReportAzam FiruzkuiFilm
1977DesideriumAghdasFilm
1976Chess of the WindKanizakFilm
1973Spring Behind the WindowFilm
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
—The DregsFilm

Crew (1)

2011The Adjustment BureauThanksFilm

Production (1)

2018A Simple WeddingExecutive ProducerFilm