• 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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