Acting

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Born 1952-05-11 · Tehran, Iran

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.

Credits

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Royally Screwed
as Queen Lenora
2026
Deadly Vows
as Melody
2025
Creature Commandos
as Madam (voice)
2024
Googoosh: Made of Fire
as Self
2024
The Penguin
as Nadia Maroni
2024
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Wise Woman
2024
WondLa
as Darius (voice)
2024
Damsel
as Dragon (voice)
2024
Mrs. Davis
as Maria
2023
Renfield
as Bellafrancesca Lobo
2023
The Voice of Dust and Ash
2022
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
as Forouzan (voice)
2022
The Expanse: One Ship
as Chrisjen Avasarala
2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Gozer (voice)
2021
The Wheel of Time
as Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan
2021
Arcane
as Grayson (voice)
2021
The Flight Attendant
as Brenda
2020
The Cuban
as Bano Ayoub
2020
Run Sweetheart Run
as First Lady
2020
Lie 12
2019
A Simple Wedding
as Ziba Husseini
2018
A Simple Wedding
Executive Producer
2018
Impulse
as Fatima
2018
Marvel's The Punisher
as Farah Madani
2017
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
as Mehrnaz (voice)
2017
Sweet Smell of Love
2017
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
as Self
2016
The Promise
as Marta Boghosian
2016
Star Trek Beyond
as Commodore Paris
2016
The Expanse
as Chrisjen Avasarala
2015
Septembers of Shiraz
as Habibeh
2015
Last Knights
as Maria
2015
Rosewater
as Moloojoon
2014
Still Here
as Farzaneh
2014
Scorpion
as Dr. Cassandra Davis
2014
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
as Oracle (voice)
2013
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
as Self
2013
Elementary
as Liliane Bellerose
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Evette Onat
2012
On the Inside
as Dr. Lofton
2011
Grimm
as Stefania Vaduva Popescu
2011
The Adjustment Bureau
Thanks
2011
Iranium
as Narrator
2011
Portlandia
as Nelofar Jamshidi
2011
For Neda
as Narrator
2010
FlashForward
as Nhadra Udaya
2009
Archer
as Clandesti-con Event Presenter (voice)
2009
The Stoning of Soraya M.
as Zahra
2009
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
as Professor Nasrin Mehani
2008
House of Saddam
as Sajida Hussein
2008
The Nativity Story
as Elisabeth
2006
Smith
as Charlie
2006
Smith
2006
The Lake House
as Dr. Anna Klyczynski
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Dr. Kavita Rao
2006
American Dreamz
as Nazneen Riza
2006
Bones
as Azita Vaziri
2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Dr. Adani
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Helen Crawford
2005
Babak & Friends: A First Norooz
as Farah
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self - Guest
2005
House
as Afsoun Hamidi
2004
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
House of Sand and Fog
as Nadi
2003
NCIS
as Mariam Bawali
2003
Possessed
as Woman
2003
Maryam
as Homa Armin
2002
Mystic Iran: The Unseen World
as Narrator
2002
24
as Dina Araz
2001
America So Beautiful
as Exiled actress
2001
Surviving Paradise
as Pari
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sunny Qadri
1999
Will & Grace
as Pam
1998
ER
as Riza Kardatay
1994
Twenty Bucks
as Ghada Holiday
1993
Martin
as Malika
1992
The Simpsons
as Mina (voice)
1989
Guests of Hotel Astoria
as Pouri
1989
Matlock
as Sales Lady
1986
Desiderium
as Aghdas
1977