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).
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Shohreh Aghdashloo Biography / Wiki
| Name | Shohreh Aghdashloo |
| Also Know | Шоре Ðгдашлу, ΣόχÏε Άγκντασλου |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Tehran, Iran |
| Date of Birth | 1952-05-11 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 70 |
| Deathday |
Shohreh Aghdashloo Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Stoning of Soraya M. | Zahra | 2009-06-26 | A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who rel… |
| The Report | 1977-01-01 | The movie revolves around the life of a tax collector who is accused of taking bribes, and also has to deal with problems at home, including the suici… | |
| Iranium | Narrator | 2011-02-06 | Iranium is a timely documentary presenting the dangerous scenarios posed to the free world by a nuclear Iran. The film exposes the dangerous ideology … |
| For Neda | Narrator | 2010-06-14 | On June 20, 2009, Neda Agha-Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran during the turmoil that followed the Iranian presidential contest. Wit… |
| Sweet Smell of Love | 2017-01-02 | Directed by Hooshang Tozie…. | |
| America So Beautiful | Exiled actress | 2001-10-11 | This film follows the odyssey of a group of Iranian immigrants in Los Angeles, trying to find their place in America amidst the unfolding of the 1979 … |
| Guests of Hotel Astoria | 1989-04-17 | An Iranian couple (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mohsen Marzban) declare themselves political refugees after police detain them on their way to Cuba…. | |
| Lie 12 | 2019-04-01 | The Lie 12 is a story of love…. | |
| Possessed | 2002-01-01 | In Possessed, a seemingly mad woman in an Islamic village evokes questions of social acceptability…. | |
| Babak & Friends: A First Norooz | Farah | 2005-03-10 | Babak and Friends – A First Norooz is the story of little Babak who is not familiar with the traditions of the Persian New Year Norooz. When his cousi… |
| Razor’s Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses | Self | 2016-12-31 | An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film… |
| Rosewater | Moloojoon | 2014-11-07 | In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran’s volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country… |
| Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming | Mehrnaz | 2016-06-13 | Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with … |
| A Simple Wedding | Ziba Husseini | 2018-09-21 | Cultures clash and families collide when an Iranian woman finds love with an eccentric bisexual artist…. |
| The Cuban | Bano Ayoub | 2020-07-31 | When a young Afghan immigrant named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, a resident with dementia, reignites… |
| The Alchemist | An adaptation of the classic novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988…. | ||
| Chess of the Wind | Lady’s Maid | 1976-11-01 | The first lady of a noble house has died and now there is conflict between the remainders for taking over her heritage…. |
| Maryam | Homa Armin | 2002-02-22 | An Iranian-born teenager living in suburban New Jersey thinks of herself as simply an American until anti-Iranian sentiment erupts in her community af… |
| Desiderium | Aghdas | 1978-01-01 | Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of a three brother: Majid, they young handicapped brother with a deformed head falls in love with Aghdas… |
| Last Knights | Maria | 2015-04-03 | When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come … |
| Septembers of Shiraz | Habibeh | 2015-09-15 | In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstr… |
| Damsel | A young princess is married off to a rival kingdom, and immediately discovers their true intentions…. | ||
| On the Inside | Dr. Lofton | 2011-12-31 | A decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane and soon finds himself in a fight for his life battling… |
| Run Sweetheart Run | Blue Ivy | 2020-01-23 | A woman runs for her life though the streets of Los Angeles after her blind date suddenly turns violent…. |
| The Nativity Story | Elisabeth | 2006-11-30 | Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visua… |
| House of Sand and Fog | Nadi | 2003-12-19 | Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. … |
| The Promise | Marta Boghosian | 2016-12-02 | Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated … |
| Renfield | Ella | 2023-04-12 | Renfield, who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even redemption when h… |
| The Lake House | Anna Klyczynski | 2006-06-16 | A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must … |
| The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Dr. Adani | 2005-09-09 | When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The pri… |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Professor Nasrin Mehani | 2008-08-06 | Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” Now three years later, these lifelong … |
| Twenty Bucks | Ghada Holiday | 1993-01-01 | A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people…. |
| The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Evette Onat | 2012-08-15 | A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all … |
| American Dreamz | Nazneen Riza | 2006-03-04 | The new season of “American Dreamz,” the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country’s attention, as the competition looks to … |
| Man & Witch | Three Mysterious Curses, two lost souls… and one incredibly difficult dance. A lowly goatherd seeks out a reclusive witch to break the evil enchant… | ||
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Dr. Kavita Rao | 2006-05-24 | When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful… |
| Star Trek Beyond | Commodore Paris | 2016-07-07 | The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the… |
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Gozer (voice) | 2021-11-11 | When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy … |
| Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Oracle (voice) | 2013-08-07 | In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop… |
Shohreh Aghdashloo Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| A Simple Wedding | Executive Producer | 2018-09-21 | Cultures clash and families collide when an Iranian woman finds love with an eccentric bisexual artist…. |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Adjustment Bureau | Thanks | 2011-03-03 | A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under… |
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