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Shohreh Aghdashloo
Born: 11th May 1952 Tehran, Iran
Dept: Acting
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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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 82
Film: 48 (59%)
Television: 34 (41%)
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Filmography
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A friends’ trip to Tuscany that gets derailed by old wounds and a cursed bottle of Grappa. ... view
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2026
A rebellious prince and a witty waitress collide in Manhattan, sparking a royal romance that tests tradition, tabloids, and the crown. ... view
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Queen Lenora
2025
After fleeing the Iran-Iraq war, Darya begins a new life in Los Angeles and is swept off her feet by the charming Sam Lebon. But behind his promises o ... view
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Melody
Dec 2024 (first aired)
Follow the exploits of the Creature Commandos, a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans. When all ... view
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Madam (voice) (1 ep.)
2024
On stage since she was a toddler, Googoosh has been an icon of Iranian pop culture since the 1970s. Her progressive style and raw singing talent attra ... view
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Self
Sep 2024 (first aired)
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and fina ... view
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Nadia Maroni (8 ep.)
2024
Three Mysterious Curses, two lost souls... and one incredibly difficult dance. A lowly goatherd seeks out a reclusive witch to break the evil enchant ... view
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The Wise Woman
Jun 2024 (first aired)
Forced to flee her underground sanctuary for Earth’s surface, Eva discovers a world unlike anything she expected. As she journeys across perilous te ... view
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Darius (voice) (1 ep.)
2024
A young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon. ... view
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Dragon (voice)
Apr 2023 (first aired)
Sister Simone partners with her ex-boyfriend on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis, a powerful artificial intelligence. ... view
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Maria (1 ep.)
2023
Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls f ... view
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Bellafrancesca Lobo
2022
When Iran’s ayatollah banned music and performances in the entire country, instruments and records became contraband, and artists were exiled, impr ... view
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Jul 2022 (first aired)
Follow the adventures of Po, who partners up with a no-nonsense English knight named Wandering Blade to find a collection of four powerful weapons bef ... view
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Forouzan (voice) (13 ep.)
Dec 2021 (first aired)
An anthology of short webisodes of The Expanse, all relating to the Doctrine of One Ship - that there is only one ship, and it has countless parts as ... view
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Chrisjen Avasarala (1 ep.)
Nov 2021 (first aired)
The lives of five young villagers change forever when a strange and powerful woman arrives, claiming one of them is the child of an ancient prophecy w ... view
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Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan (4 ep.)
2021
When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Gho ... view
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Gozer (voice)
Nov 2021 (first aired)
Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions ... view
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Grayson (voice) (4 ep.)
Nov 2020 (first aired)
Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes in her hotel room hungover from the night before in Dubai with a dead body lying next to her. Afraid to call t ... view
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Brenda (5 ep.)
2020
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 ... view
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Bano Ayoub
2020
A woman runs for her life though the streets of Los Angeles after her blind date suddenly turns violent. ... view
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First Lady
2018
Cultures clash and families collide when an Iranian woman finds love with an eccentric bisexual artist. ... view
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Ziba Husseini
Jun 2018 (first aired)
16-year-old Henry Coles is an outsider in her new town of Reston, New York. With a major chip on her shoulder and no friends, she remains withdrawn an ... view
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Fatima (3 ep.)
Nov 2017 (first aired)
A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy. ... view
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Farah Madani (4 ep.)
2017
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 ... view
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Mehrnaz (voice)
Original title: Booye Khoshe Eshgh
2017
An immigrant gets all the attendant family problems that involves. ... view
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Original title: لبهٔ تیغ: میراث بازیگران زن سینمای ایران
2016
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 ... view
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Self
2016
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated ... view
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Marta Boghosian
2016
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the ... view
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Commodore Paris
Dec 2015 (first aired)
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain ... view
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Chrisjen Avasarala (62 ep.)
2015
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 ... view
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Habibeh
2015
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 ... view
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Maria
2014
In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country ... view
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Moloojoon
2014
Two strangers receive test results from the hospital: A young, up-and-coming sports agent has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, while a grim old lo ... view
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Farzaneh
Sep 2014 (first aired)
Eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern ... view
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Dr. Cassandra Davis (1 ep.)
2013
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 ... view
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Oracle (voice)
Original title: عباس کیارستمی: یک گزارش
2013
A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. ... view
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Self
Sep 2012 (first aired)
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in reha ... view
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Liliane Bellerose (1 ep.)
2012
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 ... view
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Evette Onat
2011
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 ... view
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Dr. Lofton
Oct 2011 (first aired)
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly ... view
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Stefania Vaduva Popescu (7 ep.)
2011
Iranium is a timely documentary presenting the dangerous scenarios posed to the free world by a nuclear Iran. The film exposes the dangerous ideology ... view
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Narrator
Jan 2011 (first aired)
Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture. ... view
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Nelofar Jamshidi (1 ep.)
2010
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 ... view
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Narrator
Sep 2009 (first aired)
When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, ... view
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Nhadra Udaya (3 ep.)
Sep 2009 (first aired)
Smart-mouthed superspy Sterling Archer and his dysfunctional team of secret agents turn dangerous missions into messy misadventures around the globe. ... view
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Clandesti-con Event Presenter (voice) (1 ep.)
2009
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, ... view
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Zahra
2008
Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong ... view
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Professor Nasrin Mehani
Jul 2008 (first aired)
The intimate world of Saddam Hussein and his closest inner circle is in this gripping four-part drama that charts the rise and fall of one of the most ... view
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Sajida Hussein (4 ep.)
2006
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 ... view
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Elisabeth
Sep 2006 (first aired)
Though Bobby Stevens appears to be a regular family man with a nine-to-five job, he's actually an expert thief who is seeking a few last big jobs so h ... view
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Charlie (7 ep.)
Unknown/various (4 ep.)
2006
When architect Alex Wyler moves into an unusual glass house on stilts over a lake, he discovers a note from the previous tenant in the mailbox--but no ... view
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Dr. Anna Klyczynski
2006
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 ... view
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Dr. Kavita Rao
2006
The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to ... view
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Nazneen Riza
Sep 2005 (first aired)
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when t ... view
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Azita Vaziri (1 ep.)
2005
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 ... view
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Dr. Adani
Mar 2005 (first aired)
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. ... view
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Helen Crawford (1 ep.)
2005
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 ... view
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Farah
Jan 2005 (first aired)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regul ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Nov 2004 (first aired)
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsbor ... view
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Afsoun Hamidi (1 ep.)
Sep 2004 (first aired)
The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television. ... view
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Self - Guest (1 ep.)
2003
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. ... view
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Nadi
Sep 2003 (first aired)
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Mari ... view
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Mariam Bawali (1 ep.)
2003
In Possessed, a seemingly mad woman in an Islamic village evokes questions of social acceptability. ... view
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Woman
2002
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 ... view
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Homa Armin
2002
Mystical practices in Iran. Shoreh Aghadashloo narrated this documentary. Explores practices rarely if ever seen on film before. ... view
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Narrator
Nov 2001 (first aired)
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a si ... view
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Dina Araz (12 ep.)
2001
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 ... view
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Exiled actress
2000
Surviving Paradise follows the adventures of 10-year-old Sam and 8-year-old Sara, Iranian children lost in Los Angeles, as they struggle to search for ... view
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Pari
Sep 1999 (first aired)
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate ... view
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Sunny Qadri (1 ep.)
Sep 1998 (first aired)
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with ... view
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Pam (1 ep.)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened e ... view
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Riza Kardatay (1 ep.)
1993
A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people. ... view
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Ghada Holiday
Aug 1992 (first aired)
Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best fr ... view
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Malika (1 ep.)
Dec 1989 (first aired)
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa ... view
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Mina (voice) (1 ep.)
1989
An Iranian couple (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mohsen Marzban) declare themselves political refugees after police detain them on their way to Cuba. ... view
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Pori Karemnia
Mar 1986 (first aired)
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced b ... view
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Sales Lady (2 ep.)
Original title: سوته دلان
1977
Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of a three brother: Majid, they young handicapped brother with a deformed head falls in love with Aghdas ... view
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Aghdas
Original title: گزارش
1977
A tax collector is accused of taking bribes, and also has to deal with problems at home. ... view
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Azam Firuzkui
Original title: شطرنج باد
1976
The first lady of a noble house has died and now there is conflict between the remainders for taking over her heritage. ... view
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Kanizak
Original title: بهار پشت پنجره
1973
When Pari confronts Parvin to stop her affair with her husband, their encounter unfolds in a way neither of the two women had anticipated. ... view
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Mar 1953 (first aired)
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuett ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)