WHO AM I
Hi there!
I am an actor and filmmaker born and raised in Tehran, Iran. I hold my MFA in Acting from The New School of Drama and my BFA in Theatre and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley. During my time at Berkeley, I had the privilege of attending Acting workshops led by the distinguished director, Bahram Beyzayie, at Stanford University where I performed in two of his plays, Tarabnameh and Crossroads.
My recent acting credit was playing Goli in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, English, written by the talented Sanaz Toossi and directed by the incredible Knud Adams. I also have a deep passion for documentary filmmaking, allowing me to explore the world from a different perspective. My latest short film, Sokoutée, was awarded Best Documentary at The New York Flash Film Festival. I draw endless inspiration from my roots and the resilient people of Iran whom I seize every opportunity to represent through my art.
Acting Reel
Sokoutée short film
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English by Sanaz Toossi, won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama; a quietly powerful play about four Iranian adults preparing for an English language exam in a storefront school near Tehran, where family separations and travel restrictions drive [...]
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Tarabnameh was performed in two five hour segments, with a cast of 37 actors, more than a year of rehearsals and hundreds of handmade costumes. Tarabnameh has its genealogy in the tradition of Takhte-Hozi plays—a tradition of popular plays, [...]
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Until it premiered at Stanford, Crossroads had never been published or performed. Staged using a minimalist set, the play is poetic and personal, but poignantly political and historical. It chronicles the havoc brought in the last four decades [...]
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