Shohreh Aghdashloo

Shohreh Aghdashloo born May 11, 1952, is an Academy Award-nominated Iranian-American actress. She is the narrator for Iranium, a film purporting that Iran is a "nuclear threat".

At the end of 2006 Aghdashloo has appeared as Elizabeth, cousin of the Virgin Mary, in the biblical film The Nativity Story. Aghdashloo has noted the irony that she is a Muslim playing a Jewish character.

In the movie Mona's Dream, set to be released in March 2009, Aghdashloo portrays Mona's mother, who is a Baha'i.

Aghdashloo will make an appearance in the anti-capital punishment movie The Stoning of Soraya M., a drama film set to be released in June 26, 2009 in the United States. The film has been adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1994 novel of the same name. director.


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