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Shohreh Aghdashloo: Biography

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Birth Place: Tehran, Iran
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/11/1952, Taurus
Profession: Actor

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Shohreh Aghdashloo Fast Facts:

A well-known actor in her native Iran, she fled the country in 1978, a few months before the Shah was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, when she discovered the acting workshop she attended had been closed by religious fundamentalists.
Studied to be a journalist in England, earning a B.A. in 1983.
Returned to acting in the mid-'80s in a Farsi-language play and met the man who would become her second husband, actor and playwright Houshang Touzie, a fellow Iranian expatriate.
With Touzie, opened Drama Workshop '79, a Los Angeles-based theater company devoted to producing works in Farsi.
A 25-year ban on her name in the Iranian media was lifted after her Oscar nomination for House of Sand and Fog (2003).
Voiced a character in the video game Mass Effect 2 (2010).

Shohreh Aghdashloo Relationships:
Aydin Aghdashloo - Ex-husband
Houshang Touzie - Husband
Tara Jane - Daughter
Shohreh Aghdashloo Awards:
2003 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Nominee
2009 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Winner

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Shohreh Aghdashloo, Carlos Bernard, Kim Raver Jesse Grant/WireImage.com

House, Shohreh Aghdashloo Adam Taylor/FOX

Law and Order SVU, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mariska Hargitay Will Hart/NBC

Law and Order SVU, Shohreh Aghdashloo Will Hart/NBC

FlashForward, Shohreh Aghdashloo Ron Tom/ABC

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