Shohreh Aghdashloo ( شهره آغداشلو ) was born in Tehran, Iran, on May 11, 1952. In the 1970s at age 20, she achieved nationwide stardom in her homeland of Iran, starring in some prominent pictures such as The Report (1977) (The Report) directed by the renowned Abbas Kiarostami, which won critics awards at the Moscow Film Festival. In 1978, she won wider acclaim and established herself as one of Iran\'s leading ladies with Desiderium (1978) (Broken Hearts) directed by the late Ali Hatami. During t
...he 1978 Islamic revolution, Aghdashloo left Iran for England, to complete her education. Her interest in politics and her concern for social injustice in the world led her to earn a B.A. degree in International Relations. She continued to pursue her acting career, which eventually brought her to Los Angeles in 1987. She went onto marry actor/playwright Houshang Touzie, performing in a number of his plays, successfully taking them to national and international stages. However, it was not easy getting work in Hollywood as a middle eastern actress with an accent; she had roles in some decent, though not great, films, including Twenty Bucks (1993), Surviving Paradise (2000) and Maryam (2002). She had to wait quite some time to get a "Hollywood" break. And finally, years after having read the acclaimed novel "House of Sand and Fog," Dreamworks were in the process of bringing the story to the big screen. After having cast Ben Kingsley (as Massoud Amir Behrani) and Jennifer Connelly in the lead roles, they were looking for a relatively unknown Iranian actress to play Kingsley's wife, Nadi. Shohreh Aghdashloo was duly cast. She stole the limelight and earned herself an Academy award nomination as best supporting actress amongst many other prestigious awards, including the Independent spirit award as best supporting actress in a feature film, The New York and Los Angeles film critics award and others.Shohreh Aghdashloo has been a Actor in some movies:
The Report is about that The movie revolves around the life of a tax collector who is accused of taking bribes, and also has to deal with problems at home, including the suicide attempt of his wife. In this film Shohreh Aghdashloo collaborates with Paridokht Eghbalpour, Bahman Farmanara, Alireza Zarrindast, Abbas Kiarostami, Mousa Afshar, Mostafa Tari, Talat Mirfendereski, Ali Farhadi, Andre Guvalovich, Kurosh Afsharpanah, Mehdi Montazar, Hashem Arkan -, Tannaz Esmaili, Mehrnoosh Orodpoor, Yousef Shahab -, Ahmad Behrouzi, Ali Ahmadii, Iraj Samandi, Farhad Farhadi.
Desiderium is about that Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of three brothers: Majid, their young handicapped brother falls in love with Aghdas, a prostitute hired by his eldest brother Habib to entertain him, not knowing the truth about her profession. Karim, the middle brother is so infatuated with a quail that he almost completely ignores his wife and her emotions. Habib himself is in love with Foroogh, a tailor lady who lives with them, while his sense of responsibility about Majid keeps him from requiting her affections. In this film Shohreh Aghdashloo collaborates with Behrouz Vossoughi, Jahangir Forouhar, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Rogheyeh Chehreh Azad, Ali Hatami, Saeed Nikpour, Mousa Afshar, Houshang Baharloo, Jalal Moayerian, Fakhri Khorvash, Mahmoud Basiri, Saeed Amir Soleimani, Otello Fava, Esfandiar Mavandadi, Ali Abassi, Akbar Meshkin, Minoo Abrishami -, Atash Khayyer, Parisa, Abdollah Yaghouti, Jafar Akbari.
Rosewater is about that Based of a true story about a journalist who gets detained and brutally interrogated in prison for 118 days. The journalist Maziar Bahari was blindfolded and interrogated for 4 months in Evin prison in Iran, while the only distinguishable feature about his captor is the distinct smell of rosewater. An interview and sketch that Maziar did with a journalist on The Daily Show was used as evidence that Maziar was a spy and in communication with the American government and the CIA. In this film Shohreh Aghdashloo collaborates with Golshifteh Farahani, Maziar Bahari, Phaedra Dahdaleh, Haluk Bilginer, Jon Stewart, Gael García Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas, Claire Foy, Amir El-Masry, Nasser Faris, Kambiz Hosseini, Amir Rahimzadeh, Bobby Bukowski, Aimee Molloy, Howard Shore.
The Chess Game of the Wind is about that The first lady of a noble house has died and now there is conflict between the remainders for taking over her inheritance In this film Shohreh Aghdashloo collaborates with Bahman Farmanara, Mohammad Reza Aslani, Abbas Ganjavi, Houshang Baharloo, Akbar Zanjanpoor, Fakhri Khorvash, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Sami Tahassoni, Hamid Taati, Ali Ahmadi, Anik Shefrazian, Mostafa Mostafazadeh, Shahram Golchin, Agha Jan Rafii, Sheyda Gharachedaghi, Ali Aghajanian, Hossein Rasael, Farhad Farhadi.
Escape from Prison is about that Shahla escapes from Shahin and his men from Ahvaz to Abadan. They assign Fereshte to find her. In this film Shohreh Aghdashloo collaborates with Paridokht Eghbalpour, Mousa Afshar, Faramarz Rasooli, Koopal Meshkat, Kioomars Mahmoodi, Davood Ghaffari, Shahla Yousefi, Nader Ghane, Reza Anjam Rooz, Darvish Eghbal Poor, Nasrin, Abbas Tabaraki, Mehran Cheraghali.
Bandit is about that "Ahmad" is a young gypsy who is hated by one of the Kurdish tribes and is accused of theft by them. He inevitably escapes and joins a group of bandits led by "Assad" until he falls in love with the daughter of one of the Kurdish singers named "Golnar". In this film Shohreh Aghdashloo collaborates with Enayatollah Famin, Ali Zandi, Mohammad Ali Zarandi, Esmaeel Koushan, Siamak Yasemi.
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife is about that Youssef's brothers, jealous of their father Yaqub's love for him, throw him into a well. A caravan rescues Joseph and a few years later, he is sold as a slave in the Egyptian market. "Zulikha" becomes infatuated with Yusu and in an incident, Zulikha's husband puts him in prison... In this film Shohreh Aghdashloo collaborates with Hooshang Dibaian, Mahmoud Kushan, Mohsen Mahdavi, Hossein Mohseni, Esmaeel Koushan, Siamak Yasemi, Ghasem Jebeli.
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