Shohreh Aghdashloo

ActorProducerCrew May 11 (age 73) Tehran, Iran 1953–2026 (73 year career)

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Biography

Shohreh Aghdashloo (born May 11, 1952) is an Iranian American actress. After establishing a theatre and film career in Iran, Aghdashloo moved to England during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and subsequently became a citizen of the United States. After several years playing supporting roles in television and film, her performance in House of Sand and Fog (2003) brought her several film critics' awards and a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has continued to play …

Known For

Film

The Expanse

Chrisjen Avasarala

Film

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Gozer (voice)

Film

Star Trek Beyond

Commodore Paris

Film

The Penguin

Nadia Maroni

Film

X-Men: The Last Stand

Dr. Kavita Rao

Film

The Adjustment Bureau

Thanks

Film

The Lake House

Anna Klyczynski

Film

Damsel

Dragon (voice)

Filmography

Acting (83)

Movies (48)

Royally Screwed

2026

as Queen Lenora

7.0

Deadly Vows

2025

as Melody

Damsel

2024

as Dragon (voice)

7.0

Googoosh: Made of Fire

2024

as Self

6.8

Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps

2024

as The Wise Woman

6.5

Renfield

2023

as Bellafrancesca Lobo

6.5

The Voice of Dust and Ash

2022

1.0

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as Gozer (voice)

Run Sweetheart Run

as First Lady

The Cuban

as Bano Ayoub

Lie 12

A Simple Wedding

as Ziba Husseini

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

as Mehrnaz (voice)

Sweet Smell of Love

The Promise

as Marta Boghosian

Star Trek Beyond

as Commodore Paris

Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses

as Self

Last Knights

as Maria

Septembers of Shiraz

as Habibeh

Rosewater

as Moloojoon

Still Here

as Farzaneh

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

2013

as Oracle (voice)

6.0

Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

2013

as Self

4.8

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

as Evette Onat

On the Inside

as Dr. Lofton

Iranium

as Narrator

For Neda

as Narrator

The Stoning of Soraya M.

2009

as Zahra

7.7

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

2008

as Professor Nasrin Mehani

The Lake House

as Anna Klyczynski

The Nativity Story

as Elisabeth

American Dreamz

as Nazneen Riza

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006

as Dr. Kavita Rao

6.4

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005

as Dr. Adani

6.6

Babak & Friends: A First Norooz

2005

as Farah

House of Sand and Fog

as Nadi

Possessed

as Woman

Mystic Iran: The Unseen World

as Narrator

Maryam

as Homa Armin

America So Beautiful

as Exiled actress

Surviving Paradise

as Pari

Twenty Bucks

1993

as Ghada Holiday

5.7

Guests of Hotel Astoria

as Pori Karemnia

Desiderium

as Aghdas

The Report

as Azam Firuzkui

Chess of the Wind

as Kanizak

Spring Behind the Window

1973

The Dregs

Television (35)

The Penguin

as Nadia Maroni

Creature Commandos

as Madam (voice)

WondLa

as Darius (voice)

Mrs. Davis

as Maria

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

as Forouzan (voice)

Arcane

as Grayson (voice)

The Wheel of Time

as Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan

7.6

The Expanse: One Ship

2021

as Chrisjen Avasarala

The Flight Attendant

as Brenda

Impulse

as Fatima

Marvel's The Punisher

2017

as Farah Madani

8.1

The Expanse

2015

as Chrisjen Avasarala

8.1

Scorpion

2014

as Dr. Cassandra Davis

Elementary

as Liliane Bellerose

Grimm

as Stefania Vaduva Popescu

Portlandia

as Nelofar Jamshidi

Archer

as Clandesti-con Event Presenter (voice)

FlashForward

as Nhadra Udaya

House of Saddam

as Sajida Hussein

Smith

as Charlie

Smith

Grey's Anatomy

as Helen Crawford

Bones

as Azita Vaziri

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

House

as Afsoun Hamidi

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

NCIS

as Mariam Bawali

as Dina Araz

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Sunny Qadri

Will & Grace

as Pam

as Riza Kardatay

Martin

as Malika

The Simpsons

as Mina (voice)

Matlock

as Sales Lady

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

A Simple Wedding

2018

Executive Producer

4.7

The Adjustment Bureau

2011

Thanks

6.8