Acting
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Born 1952-05-11
Tehran, Iran
Department: Acting
Biography
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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Prominent works featuring Shohreh Aghdashloo
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The Simpsons
1989
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Grey's Anatomy
2005
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X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
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House
2004
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Star Trek Beyond
2016
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Arcane
2021
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Bones
2005
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (85 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Royally Screwed | Queen Lenora | Movie | 2026 |
 | Deadly Vows | Melody | Movie | 2025 |
 | Creature Commandos | Madam (voice) | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Googoosh: Made of Fire | Self | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Penguin | Nadia Maroni | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | The Wise Woman | Movie | 2024 |
 | WondLa | Darius (voice) | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Damsel | Dragon (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Mrs. Davis | Maria | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Renfield | Bellafrancesca Lobo | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Voice of Dust and Ash | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2022 |
 | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Forouzan (voice) | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Expanse: One Ship | Chrisjen Avasarala | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Gozer (voice) | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Wheel of Time | Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Arcane | Grayson (voice) | TV Series | 2021 |
 | The Flight Attendant | Brenda | TV Series | 2020 |
 | The Cuban | Bano Ayoub | Movie | 2020 |
 | Run Sweetheart Run | First Lady | Movie | 2020 |
 | Lie 12 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2019 |
 | A Simple Wedding | Ziba Husseini | Movie | 2018 |
| A Simple Wedding | Executive Producer | Movie | 2018 |
 | Impulse | Fatima | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Marvel's The Punisher | Farah Madani | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming | Mehrnaz (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
| Sweet Smell of Love | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 | |
 | Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Promise | Marta Boghosian | Movie | 2016 |
 | Star Trek Beyond | Commodore Paris | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Expanse | Chrisjen Avasarala | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Septembers of Shiraz | Habibeh | Movie | 2015 |
 | Last Knights | Maria | Movie | 2015 |
 | Rosewater | Moloojoon | Movie | 2014 |
 | Still Here | Farzaneh | Movie | 2014 |
 | Scorpion | Dr. Cassandra Davis | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Oracle (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Abbas Kiarostami: A Report | Self | Movie | 2013 |
 | Elementary | Liliane Bellerose | TV Series | 2012 |
 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Evette Onat | Movie | 2012 |
 | On the Inside | Dr. Lofton | Movie | 2011 |
 | Grimm | Stefania Vaduva Popescu | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Adjustment Bureau | Thanks | Movie | 2011 |
 | Iranium | Narrator | Movie | 2011 |
 | Portlandia | Nelofar Jamshidi | TV Series | 2011 |
 | For Neda | Narrator | Movie | 2010 |
 | FlashForward | Nhadra Udaya | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Archer | Clandesti-con Event Presenter (voice) | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Zahra | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Professor Nasrin Mehani | Movie | 2008 |
 | House of Saddam | Sajida Hussein | TV Series | 2008 |
 | The Nativity Story | Elisabeth | Movie | 2006 |
 | Smith | Charlie | TV Series | 2006 |
| Smith | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The Lake House | Dr. Anna Klyczynski | Movie | 2006 |
 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Dr. Kavita Rao | Movie | 2006 |
 | American Dreamz | Nazneen Riza | Movie | 2006 |
 | Bones | Azita Vaziri | TV Series | 2005 |
 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Dr. Adani | Movie | 2005 |
 | Grey's Anatomy | Helen Crawford | TV Series | 2005 |
| Babak & Friends: A First Norooz | Farah | Movie | 2005 | |
 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2005 |
 | House | Afsoun Hamidi | TV Series | 2004 |
| The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2004 | |
 | House of Sand and Fog | Nadi | Movie | 2003 |
 | NCIS | Mariam Bawali | TV Series | 2003 |
| Possessed | Woman | Movie | 2003 | |
 | Maryam | Homa Armin | Movie | 2002 |
 | Mystic Iran: The Unseen World | Narrator | Movie | 2002 |
 | 24 | Dina Araz | TV Series | 2001 |
| America So Beautiful | Exiled actress | Movie | 2001 | |
 | Surviving Paradise | Pari | Movie | 2000 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sunny Qadri | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Will & Grace | Pam | TV Series | 1998 |
 | ER | Riza Kardatay | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Twenty Bucks | Ghada Holiday | Movie | 1993 |
 | Martin | Malika | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Simpsons | Mina (voice) | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Guests of Hotel Astoria | Pouri | Movie | 1989 |
 | Matlock | Sales Lady | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Desiderium | Aghdas | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Report | Azam Firuzkui | Movie | 1977 |
 | Chess of the Wind | Kanizak | Movie | 1976 |
 | Spring Behind the Window | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | The Dregs | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |