Shohreh Aghdashloo (Persian: شهره آغداشلو, born 11 May 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Iranian-American actress and self-proclaimed activist. “Farsi” redirects here. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Iranian-Americans (sometimes called Persian-Americans) are Americans of Iranian descent, including those who are expatriates in exile or permanent immigrants. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Biography

Aghdashloo was born in Tehran, Iran as Pari Vaziri-Tabar ("Aghdashloo" is the name of her former husband, famous Iranian painter Aydin Aghdashloo), to a wealthy secular Shiite Muslim family. Shohreh started acting at the age of 20. Following numerous starring roles on the stage, she was offered her first film role in Gozāresh (The Report) directed by renowned director Abbas Kiarostami, which won the Critics Award at the Moscow Film Festival. Her next film was Shatranje Bad (loosely translated: Chess With The Wind), directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani which screened at several film festivals. Unfortunately, both films were banned in her home country, but in 1978, Aghdashloo won acclaim for her performance in Sooteh Delan (Broken Hearts), directed by the late Iranian filmmaker Ali Hatami which established her as one of Iran's leading actresses. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Aydin Aghdashloo, 2003 Aydin Aghdashloo, (Persian, آیدین آغداشلو; born October 30, 1940 in Rasht, Iran. ... Wealth usually refers to money and property. ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ... Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: `Abbās KiyārostamÄ«; born 22 June 1940) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Ali Hatami (in Persian: علی حاتمی), Director, Screenwriter, Art Director and Costume designer, Born 1944, Tehran, Iran, Died 1996. ...

During the 1979 Revolution, Aghdashloo left Iran for Windermere, Cumbria, England, in 1978, where she achieved her longtime ambition of completing her education. Her interest in politics and concern for social injustice in the world, and especially in her native Iran, led her to earn a Bachelor's degree in International Relations. She continued to pursue her acting career, however, which brought her to Los Angeles. In 1987 Aghdashloo married actor/playwright Houshang Touzie. They had one daughter in 1989, whom they named Tara. She has since performed in a number of Touzie's plays, successfully taking them to national and international stages, primarily in the Iranian community. After Islamic Conquest  Modern SSR = Soviet Socialist Republic Afghanistan  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Iran  Iraq  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan  This box:      The Iranian Revolution (also known as the Islamic Revolution,[1][2][3][4][5][6] Persian: انقلاب اسلامی, Enghelābe Eslāmi) was the revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza... Windermere is a town in Cumbria, England, in the historic county of Westmorland. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Social injustice is a concept relating to the perceived unfairness or injustice of a society in its divisions of rewards and burdens. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      International relations (IR), a branch of political science, is the study of foreign affairs and global issues among states within the international system, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs). ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

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Career in the United States

Aghdashloo made her American film debut in 1989 in a starring role in Guests Of Hotel Astoria. Her TV debut came in 1990 in a guest role in the 25 September, two-hour episode of the NBC television series Matlock, titled "Nowhere to Turn: A Matlock Mystery Movie". Aghdashloo played a saleslady and was credited for this simply as Shohreh. She returned to American TV three years later when she played a guest role in the popular comedy series Martin. In the episode from April 1, 1993, she played the character Malika. In that same year she also made her next film appearance in Twenty Bucks, playing Ghada Holiday. After seven years, Aghdashloo returned once again to the American film industry in 2000, starring in the critically acclaimed Maryam (in which she played Mrs. Armin) and Surviving Paradise. After appearing as an exiled actress in America So Beautiful in 2001, Aghdashloo shot to fame in 2003 co-starring opposite Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly in director Vadim Perelman's House of Sand and Fog, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Matlock is the county town of Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. ... The television show Martin aired for five seasons from 1992 to 1997 on Fox. ... Twenty Bucks is a 1993 film that follows the travels of a $20 bill from a crisp new bill from the ATM through various transactions an incidents from person to person through the city. ... Maryam is a 2000 film about a young woman who is an Iranian immigrant living in the United States at the time of the Iran hostage crisis. ... Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE, (born December 31, 1943) is a British actor. ... Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former child model. ... Vadim Perelman is a Soviet-American film director. ... This article is about the movie. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

Following this exposure, she received good reviews for her 12 season-four episodes of the Fox Broadcasting television series 24, playing Dina Araz, a Muslim terrorist undercover in Los Angeles as a well-to-do housewife and mother. This storyline raised controversy in Iranian-American and Muslim-American communities, and in an interview with Time magazine, Aghdashloo stated that although she had previously resisted reinforcing the stereotype of Muslims as terrorists, the strength and complexity of the role convinced her to accept the part. Jonathan Ahdout played her son both in House of Sand and Fog and 24. She went on to guest star on two episodes of NBC shows that were broadcast the same night, March 23, 2006: The "Cowboys and Iranians" episode of the comedy Will & Grace, in which she played a wannabe interior designer who, to the confusion of Grace, is a Jewish Persian; and the "Lost in America" episode of the medical drama ER, playing a bereaved mother who loses her daughter in the trauma room. The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... For other uses, see 24 (disambiguation). ... Dina Araz is a fictional character in the fourth season of the TV series 24. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Iranian-Americans (sometimes called Persian-Americans) are Americans of Iranian descent, including those who are expatriates in exile or permanent immigrants. ... Look up time in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jonathan Ahdout (born March 18, 1989) is an American actor. ... This article is about the movie. ... For other uses, see 24 (disambiguation). ... Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award winning and Golden Globe nominated American television sitcom that was originally broadcast from 1998 to 2006. ... Interior design is a multi-faceted profession in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... This article is about the drama series. ...

Shohreh also continued her film career. She played Dr. Adani in the 2005 movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose and also appeared as the Asian-Indian Dr. Kavita Rao in the film X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). Two other parts also came her way in 2006, that of a wealthy housewife whose family lovingly takes in their cousin (who has been sent by Pakistani terrorists to kill the American president) in the satirical comedy American Dreamz and that of Dr. Anna Klyczynski, friend and colleague to Sandra Bullock's character Kate, in The Lake House. The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a 2005 horror/thriller film directed by Scott Derrickson. ... The Republic of India is a large country in South Asia, and one of only two countries in the world with a population of over one billion. ... Doctor Kavita Rao is a fictional character from Marvel Comics X-Men. ... X-Men 3 is the third film adaptation of the X-Men superhero comic books. ... American Dreamz is a 2006 comedy film that satirizes both American politics and popular entertainment. ... The Lake House is a 2006 romantic drama film remake of the Korean motion picture Il Mare (2000). ...

Other credits include narrating and producing a documentary Mystic Iran: The Unseen World, narrating the PBS documentary Iran: A Celebration of Art and Culture, narrating the audiobook version of Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia and lending her vocal talents to animated movie Babak & Friends: A First Norooz. She also starred in the 2004 one-hour-long pilot episode The Secret Service (which was not picked up) and played the character Charlie in two of three aired episodes of the flopped TV series Smith. An audio book is a recording of the contents of a book read aloud. ... Smith is a short-lived American television drama that premiered on September 19, 2006 at 10:00 p. ...

At the end of 2006 Aghdashloo has appeared as Elizabeth, cousin of the Virgin Mary, in the biblical film The Nativity Story. Aghdashloo has noted the irony that she is a Muslim playing a Jewish character.^[1] This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Saint Mary and Saint Mary the Virgin both redirect here. ... Bible Stories are selected passages from the Bible that are simple, enjoyable, and suitable for children. ... The Nativity Story, previously titled Nativity, is a 2006 film starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, the Oscar-nominated actress of The Whale Rider and Shohreh Aghdashloo, the Oscar-nominated supporting actress of House of Sand and Fog. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ...

Filmography

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TV Work

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Awards and nominations

Wins

• 2003: NYFCC Award for Best Supporting Actress – House of Sand and Fog

• 2004: Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress – House of Sand and Fog

• 2004: LAFCA Award for Best Supporting Actress – House of Sand and Fog

• 2004: OFCS Award for Best Supporting Actress – House of Sand and Fog

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• 2004: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – House of Sand and Fog

• 2005: Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Film Made for Television – 24

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See also

• Iranian women
• List of famous Persian women

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Footnotes

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External links

• Shohreh Aghdashloo at the Internet Movie Database