Shohreh Aghdashloo

Biography

An Iranian-American actress, Shohreh Aghdashloo began her career on stage at 19 before her first film role, Chess of the Wind (1976). After moving to the United States, she spent years in small television and film parts until House of Sand and Fog (2003) brought her critics' awards and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to appear in The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), The Lake House (2006), The Nativity Story (2006), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008), and The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008). On television, she played Dina Araz on 24 and Chrisjen Avasarala on The Expanse from 2015 to 2022, and won a Primetime Emmy for House of Saddam. She has also voiced video game characters and narrated an audiobook.

74years old

Turns 75 on May 11in 191 days

Born May 11, 1952Tehran
Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar (birth name)

Movie Career

Films: 18
Career span: 30 years1993 to 2023

Genres

Drama67%, 12 films
Comedy28%, 5 films
Adventure17%, 3 films
Horror17%, 3 films
Romance17%, 3 films

First and latest

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First role
Aghdashloo's first work as a theater actress came at 19, when she took a role in a stage version of the novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North in 1973.
A first
Aghdashloo's first time as the lead in an American feature film was in 2008, when she portrayed Zahra Khanum in The Stoning of Soraya M.

Shohreh Aghdashloo movies on Netflix

Renfield2023IMDb rating 6.4as Bellafrancesca Lobo
The Voice of Dust and Ash2022IMDb rating 8.0
Run Sweetheart Run2020IMDb rating 5.5as First Lady
The Promise2016IMDb rating 6.1as Marta Boghosian
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming2016IMDb rating 6.6as Mehrnaz (voice)
Last Knights2015IMDb rating 6.2as Maria
Septembers of Shiraz2015IMDb rating 6.2as Habibeh
Rosewater2014IMDb rating 6.6as Moloojoon
The Odd Life of Timothy Green2012IMDb rating 6.6as Evette Onat
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 22008IMDb rating 6.2as Professor Nasrin Mehani
The Stoning of Soraya M.2008IMDb rating 7.9as Zahra
American Dreamz2006IMDb rating 5.5as Nazneen Riza
The Lake House2006IMDb rating 6.8as Anna
The Nativity Story2006IMDb rating 6.8as Elizabeth
X-Men: The Last Stand2006IMDb rating 6.6as Dr. Kavita Rao
The Exorcism of Emily Rose2005IMDb rating 6.7as Dr. Adani
House of Sand and Fog2003IMDb rating 7.5as Nadi
Twenty Bucks1993IMDb rating 6.3as Ghada Holiday

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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The Promise2016 Drama, History, Romanceas Marta Boghosian
IMDb rating 6.1181K votes
Renfield2023 Comedy, Fantasy, Horroras Bellafrancesca Lobo
IMDb rating 6.4122K votes
The Stoning of Soraya M.2008as Zahra
IMDb rating 7.923K votes
House of Sand and Fog2003as Nadi
IMDb rating 7.576K votes
The Lake House2006as Anna
IMDb rating 6.8167K votes
Last Knights2015as Maria
IMDb rating 6.248K votes
The Odd Life of Timothy Green2012as Evette Onat
IMDb rating 6.651K votes
The Exorcism of Emily Rose2005as Dr. Adani
IMDb rating 6.7151K votes

Most often with

Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Oscar Isaac

Ellen Page

Navid Negahban

Numan Acar

Peyman Moaadi

Maggie Parto

Films together

Oscar Isaac2 films together, 2006 to 2016
Oscar Isaac's page
- The Promise2016IMDb rating 6.1Aghdashloo as Marta BoghosianIsaac as Mikael Boghosian
- The Nativity Story2006IMDb rating 6.8Aghdashloo as ElizabethIsaac as Joseph
Ellen Page2 films together, 2006 to 2016
Ellen Page's page
- Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming2016IMDb rating 6.6Aghdashloo as MehrnazvoicePage as Kellyvoice
- X-Men: The Last Stand2006IMDb rating 6.6Aghdashloo as Dr. Kavita RaoPage as Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat
Navid Negahban2 films together, 2008 to 2016
Navid Negahban's page
- Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming2016IMDb rating 6.6Aghdashloo as MehrnazvoiceNegahban as Mehranvoice
- The Stoning of Soraya M.2008IMDb rating 7.9Aghdashloo as ZahraNegahban as Ali
Numan Acar2 films together, 2014 to 2016
Numan Acar's page
- The Promise2016IMDb rating 6.1Aghdashloo as Marta BoghosianAcar as Mustafa
- Rosewater2014IMDb rating 6.6Aghdashloo as MoloojoonAcar as Rahim
Peyman Moaadi2 films together, 2015 to 2016
Peyman Moaadi's page
- Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming2016IMDb rating 6.6Aghdashloo as MehrnazvoiceMoaadi as Paymanvoice
- Last Knights2015IMDb rating 6.2Aghdashloo as MariaMoaadi as Emperor
Maggie Parto2 films together, 2008 to 2015
Maggie Parto's page
- Septembers of Shiraz2015IMDb rating 6.2Aghdashloo as HabibehParto as Voice Over
- The Stoning of Soraya M.2008IMDb rating 7.9Aghdashloo as ZahraParto as Vo
Also two films together1 more actor
- Nasser FarisRosewater (2014) and House of Sand and Fog (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Box office

What Shohreh Aghdashloo's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$943 million

12 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.

12Worldwide figure
2US gross only
1Never in cinemas
3Figure not found

Top grosser

X-Men: The Last Stand2006Dr. Kavita Rao$459 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

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X-Men: The Last Stand2006as Dr. Kavita Rao
$459M48.7% of the total
2
The Exorcism of Emily Rose2005as Dr. Adani
$145M15.4% of the total
3
The Lake House2006as Anna
$115M12.2% of the total
4
The Odd Life of Timothy Green2012as Evette Onat
$56M5.9% of the total
5
The Nativity Story2006as Elizabeth
$46M4.9% of the total
6
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 22008as Professor Nasrin Mehani
$44M4.7% of the total
7
Renfield2023as Bellafrancesca Lobo
$26M2.8% of the total
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House of Sand and Fog2003as Nadi
$17M1.8% of the total