Shohreh Aghdashloo

Shohreh Aghdashloo (Persian: شهره آغداشلو) (born Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar; May 11, 1952) is an Iranian actress. Her first major part was in 1977 on the movie The Report. She became well known for her part in House of Sand and Fog which she was considered for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Aghdashloo currently has a starring role in The Expanse. In 2013, she wrote a book about herself called The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines.

Shohreh Aghdashloo
Aghdashloo in 2017
Born	Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar (1952-05-11) May 11, 1952 Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1976–present
Spouse(s)	Aydin Aghdashloo ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 1979)​ Houshang Touzie ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	1

Early life

Aghdashloo was born in Tehran, Iran. Her parents were Effie al-Sadat and Anushiravan Vaziri-Tabar and she has three brothers: Shahram, Shahriar and Shahrokh. At the age of 19, Aghdashloo married painter Aydin Aghdashloo in 1972. During this time, she went to classes on theater even though her parents did not approve. She and Aydin divorced in 1979 when she left Iran for England during the Iranian Revolution.

She went to Brunel University and earned a Bachelor's degree in international relations. Later, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. She later became a U.S. Citizen. In 1987, she married actor and playwright Houshang Touzie. She was born to a Muslim family, but says she never practiced the religion.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Shatranje Bad
1977	The Report
1978	Sooteh-Delan	Aghdas
1989	Guests of Hotel Astoria	Mrs. Pori Karemnia	First American film role
1991	Raha	Raha
1993	Twenty Bucks	Ghada Holiday
2000	Surviving Paradise	Pari	First English language Iranian-American feature film distributed theatrically in the United States, written and directed by Kamshad Kooshan
2001	America So Beautiful	Exiled Actress
2002	Maryam	Mrs. Homa Armin
2003	Possessed	Woman	Short film by Shirin Neshat
	Pulse	Woman
	Mystic Iran	Narrator	Documentary film by Aryana Farshad
	House of Sand and Fog	Nadereh 'Nadi' Behrani	Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting FemaleLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (3rd place) New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
2005	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Dr. Sadira Adani
	Babak and Friends – A First Norooz	Farah	Animated film
2006	American Dreamz	Mrs. Nazneen Riza
	The Lake House	Dr. Anna Klyczynski
	X-Men: The Last Stand	Dr. Kavita Rao
	The Nativity Story	Elizabeth
2008	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Professor Nasrin Mehani
	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Zahra Khanum	Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture
2010	The Adjustment Bureau	The Chairman	(Role was cut from finished version)
	The No Game	Aunt Laila
2011	Iranium	Narrator	Documentary film by Alex Traiman
	On the Inside	Dr. Lofton
2012	The Odd Life of Timothy Green	Evette Onat
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	The Oracle	Voice role
	Silk	Rani	Short film by Catherine Dent
2014	Rosewater	Moloojoon
	Still Here	Farzaneh	Short film by Ethan Rains
2015	Last Knights	Maria
	Septembers of Shiraz	Habibeh
2016	Star Trek Beyond	Commodore Paris
	Window Horses	Mehrnaz	Animated film
	The Promise	Marta Boghosian
2018	A Simple Wedding	Ziba Husseini
2020	Run Sweetheart Run

Television

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Matlock	Saleslady	Episode: "Nowhere to Turn"
1993	Martin	Malika	Episode: "Jerome's in the House"
2001	The Honduran Suburbs	Zereshk	2 episodes
2004	The Secret Service	Lila Ravan	Television film
2005	24	Dina Araz	12 episodes: Day 4 Gold Derby TV Award - Best Drama Supporting Actress Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2006	Smith	Charlie	7 episodes
	Will & Grace	Pam	Episode: "Cowboys and Iranians"
	Curious George	Hat Salesperson	Episode: "The Clean, Perfect Yellow Hat"
	ER	Mrs. Riza Kardatay	Episode: "Lost in America"
2007	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Helen Crawford	Episode: "Scars and Souvenirs"
2008	House of Saddam	Sajida Talfah	4 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Nominated - Gold Derby TV Award - Best Miniseries/TV Movie Supporting Actress
	The Simpsons	Mina	Episode: "MyPods and Boomsticks"
2009	FlashForward	Nhadra Udaya	3 episodes
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Detective Saliyah "Sunny" Qadri	Episode "Dirty"
	House M.D.	Afsoun Hamidi	Episode: "Moving On"
	NCIS	Mariam Bawali	Episode: "Safe Harbor"
2012	Portlandia	Nelofar Jamshidi	Episode: "Cool Wedding"
	The Mob Doctor	Dr. Lauren Baylor	3 episodes
2013	Grimm	Stefania Vaduva Popescu	7 episodes
2014	Believe	Mrs. Delkash	Episode: "Origin"
	Bones	Azita Vaziri	Episode: "The Cold in the Case"
	Scorpion	Dr. Cassandra Davis	Episode: "True Colors"
2015	Elementary	Liliane Bellerose	Episode: "Tag, You're Me"
2015–2022	The Expanse	Chrisjen Avasarala	Main role 6 seasons
2016	Pearl	Arlene	TV film
2017	The Punisher	Farah Madani	4 episodes
2019	The Lion Guard	Queen Janna	Voice Role; 4 episodes
2019–	Impulse	Fatima	2 episodes

Video games

Video Games

Year	Game	Character
2010	Mass Effect 2	Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay (voice)
2012	Mass Effect 3
2014	Destiny	Lakshmi-2 (voice)
2017	Destiny 2

Audio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	The Two Princes	Queen Attosa	Audio drama