Shohreh Aghdashloo
Highest Rated: 100% Chess of the Wind (1976)
Lowest Rated: 16% Last Knights (2015)
Birthday: May 11, 1952
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
The star of a number of politically controversial feature films in her native Iran during the 1970s, actress Shohreh Aghdashloo had to wait another 20 years before she resumed her career momentum with acclaimed screen performances in American films and television. At the age of 51, she emerged onto the international stage with her Oscar-nominated supporting performance as the wife of a former Iranian military officer reduced to working-class status upon the family's immigration to America in "House of Sand and Fog" (2003). From there, the actress was cast in many roles as highly educated, sophisticated professionals on primetime dramas and in films, including "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006). Aghdashloo also maintained a commitment to Iranian social and political issues with productions like "Maryam" (2002) and "The Stoning of Soraya M." (2008), which showcased her powerful screen presence and a versatility that helped break down the Western screen's limited notions about Middle-Eastern life and women.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Damsel |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Voice) |
- | 2023 |
| 57% | 79% | Renfield | Unknown (Character) | $17.1M | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man & Witch | The Wise Woman (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 63% | 45% | Run Sweetheart Run | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 74% | 58% | The Cuban | Bano Ayoub (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 85% | 70% | A Simple Wedding |
Ziba Husseini (Character), Executive Producer |
$54.4K | 2018 |
| 92% | 93% | Intent to Destroy | Self | $13.2K | 2017 |
| 92% | 85% | Window Horses | Mehrnaz (Voice) | $2.1K | 2016 |
| 51% | 92% | The Promise | Marta Boghosian (Character) | $8.0M | 2016 |
| 86% | 80% | Star Trek Beyond | Commodore Paris (Character) | $158.8M | 2016 |
| 31% | 45% | Septembers of Shiraz | Habibeh (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 16% | 46% | Last Knights | Maria (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 76% | 68% | Rosewater | Moloojoon (Character) | $3.1M | 2014 |
| 42% | 54% | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Oracle (Voice) | $68.5M | 2013 |
| 36% | 67% | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Adoption Agency Employee (Character) | $51.9M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Iranium | Narrator | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In NorthWood | Dr. Lofton (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 59% | 87% | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Zahra (Character) | $655.6K | 2008 |
| 66% | 66% | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Prof. Nasrin Mehani (Character) | $44.1M | 2008 |
| 37% | 76% | The Nativity Story | Elizabeth (Character) | $37.6M | 2006 |
| 35% | 73% | The Lake House | Dr. Anna Klyczynski (Character) | $52.3M | 2006 |
| 57% | 61% | X-Men: The Last Stand | Dr. Kavita Rao (Character) | $234.4M | 2006 |
| 38% | 31% | American Dreamz | Nazneen Riza (Character) | $7.2M | 2006 |
| 44% | 60% | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Dr. Adani (Character) | $75.1M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Babak & Friends: A First Norooz | Farah (Voice) | - | 2005 |
| 74% | 83% | House of Sand and Fog | Nadi Behrani (Character) | $13.0M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 77% | Mystic Iran: The Unseen World | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 78% | 75% | Maryam | Mrs. Homa Armin (Character) | $104.2K | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surviving Paradise | Pari (Character) | $15.6K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Guests of Hotel Astoria | Pori Karemnia (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Gozaresh | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 100% | 83% | Chess of the Wind | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 57% | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Forouzan (Voice) | 2023 |
| 95% | 92% | The Expanse | Chrisjen Avasarala (Character) | 2015-2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2018 |
| 64% | 78% | Marvel's The Punisher | Farah (Character) | 2017 |
| 95% | 88% | Elementary | Liliane Bellerose (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 61% | 78% | Scorpion | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 90% | 82% | Bones | Azita Vaziri (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 39% | 79% | Believe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 89% | 90% | Grimm | Stefania Vaduva Popescu (Guest Star) | 2013-2014 |
| 21% | 43% | The Mob Doctor | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 94% | 79% | Portlandia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | NCIS | Mariam Bawali (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 90% | 96% | House | Afsoun Hamidi (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 78% | 84% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Detective Sunny Qadri (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 80% | 79% | FlashForward | Nhadra Udaya (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 60% | 100% | House of Saddam | Sajida Khairallah Talfah (Character) | 2008 |
| 85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Mina (Guest Voice) | 2008 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Smith | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| 84% | 74% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | ER | Riza Kardatay (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Pam (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 87% | 87% | 24 |
Dina Araz (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2005 |