Person
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Acting · Born 1952-05-11 · Tehran, Iran
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.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sunny Qadri
Grey's Anatomy
Helen Crawford
Grimm
Stefania Vaduva Popescu
NCIS
Mariam Bawali
The Simpsons
Mina (voice)
House
Afsoun Hamidi
Bones
Azita Vaziri
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self - Guest
ER
Riza Kardatay
Elementary
Liliane Bellerose
Filmography
- 2026Royally ScrewedQueen Lenora
- 2025Deadly VowsMelody
- 2024Creature CommandosMadam (voice)
- 2024Googoosh: Made of FireSelf
- 2024The PenguinNadia Maroni
- 2024Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand StepsThe Wise Woman
- 2024WondLaDarius (voice)
- 2024DamselDragon (voice)
- 2023Mrs. DavisMaria
- 2023RenfieldBellafrancesca Lobo
- 2022The Voice of Dust and Ash
- 2022Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon KnightForouzan (voice)
- 2021The Expanse: One ShipChrisjen Avasarala
- 2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeGozer (voice)
- 2021The Wheel of TimeElaida do Avriny a’Roihan
- 2021ArcaneGrayson (voice)
- 2020The Flight AttendantBrenda
- 2020The CubanBano Ayoub
- 2020Run Sweetheart RunFirst Lady
- 2019Lie 12
- 2018A Simple WeddingZiba Husseini
- 2018ImpulseFatima
- 2017Marvel's The PunisherFarah Madani
- 2017Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie MingMehrnaz (voice)
- 2017Sweet Smell of Love
- 2016Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian ActressesSelf
- 2016The PromiseMarta Boghosian
- 2016Star Trek BeyondCommodore Paris
- 2015The ExpanseChrisjen Avasarala
- 2015Septembers of ShirazHabibeh
- 2015Last KnightsMaria
- 2014RosewaterMoloojoon
- 2014Still HereFarzaneh
- 2014ScorpionDr. Cassandra Davis
- 2013Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersOracle (voice)
- 2013Abbas Kiarostami: A ReportSelf
- 2012ElementaryLiliane Bellerose
- 2012The Odd Life of Timothy GreenEvette Onat
- 2011On the InsideDr. Lofton
- 2011GrimmStefania Vaduva Popescu
- 2011The Adjustment BureauThanks
- 2011IraniumNarrator
- 2011PortlandiaNelofar Jamshidi
- 2010For NedaNarrator
- 2009FlashForwardNhadra Udaya
- 2009ArcherClandesti-con Event Presenter (voice)
- 2009The Stoning of Soraya M.Zahra
- 2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2Professor Nasrin Mehani
- 2008House of SaddamSajida Hussein
- 2006The Nativity StoryElisabeth
- 2006SmithCharlie
- 2006The Lake HouseDr. Anna Klyczynski
- 2006X-Men: The Last StandDr. Kavita Rao
- 2006American DreamzNazneen Riza
- 2005BonesAzita Vaziri
- 2005The Exorcism of Emily RoseDr. Adani
- 2005Grey's AnatomyHelen Crawford
- 2005Babak & Friends: A First NoroozFarah
- 2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf - Guest
- 2004HouseAfsoun Hamidi
- 2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest
- 2003House of Sand and FogNadi
- 2003NCISMariam Bawali
- 2003PossessedWoman
- 2002MaryamHoma Armin
- 2002Mystic Iran: The Unseen WorldNarrator
- 200124Dina Araz
- 2001America So BeautifulExiled actress
- 2000Surviving ParadisePari
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSunny Qadri
- 1998Will & GracePam
- 1994ERRiza Kardatay
- 1993Twenty BucksGhada Holiday
- 1992MartinMalika
- 1989The SimpsonsMina (voice)
- 1989Guests of Hotel AstoriaPouri
- 1986MatlockSales Lady
- 1977DesideriumAghdas
- 1977The ReportAzam Firuzkui
- 1976Chess of the WindKanizak
- 1973Spring Behind the Window
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —The Dregs
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