Shohreh Aghdashloo - wikipedia Shohreh Aghdashloo Shohreh Aghdashloo Aghdashloo at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival Shohreh Vaziri - Tabar ( 1952 - 05 - 11 ) May 11, 1952 ( age 65 ) Tehran, Iran Occupation Actress Years active 1976 -- present Spouse ( s ) Aydin Aghdashloo ( m. 1972 ; div. 1979 ) Houshang Touzie ( m. 1987 ) Children Shohreh Aghdashloo ( Persian : شهره آغداشلو ‎ ‎ ‎, pronounced ( ʃohˈɾe ɒɢdɒʃˈluː ) ; born May 11, 1952 ) is an Iranian - American actress. Following numerous starring roles on the stage, her first major film role was in The Report ( Gozāresh ) ( 1977 ) directed by Abbas Kiarostami, which won the Critics Award at the Moscow Film Festival. Her next film was Shatranje Bad ( Chess of the Wind ), directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani, which screened at several film festivals. Both films were banned in her home country ; but, in 1978, Aghdashloo won acclaim for her performance in Sooteh Delan ( Broken - Hearted ), directed by Ali Hatami, which established her as one of Iran 's leading actresses. After establishing a theatre and film career in Iran, Aghdashloo moved to England during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, subsequently becoming a U.S. citizen. After several years playing small 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 supporting and character roles in film and television, including a starring role as Chrisjen Avasarala on the Syfy original series The Expanse ( 2015 -- present ), and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her work in the HBO original miniseries House of Saddam ( 2008 ). In 2013, she released her autobiography, titled The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Films 3.2 Television 3.3 Video games 4 Other awards 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Early Life Aghdashloo was born in Tehran, Iran, as Shohreh Vaziri - Tabar, the daughter of Effie ( née al - Sadat ) and Anushiravan Vaziri - Tabar. She has three brothers : Shahram, Shahriar, and Shahrokh. Her stage name is from the family name of her first husband, painter Aydin Aghdashloo. After their marriage in 1972 when she was 19 and he was 31, she began attending theatre workshops, against the wishes of her family. She had always wanted to be an actress, and soon began playing leading roles in Iranian theatre and film. They did not have children and were divorced in 1979, when she left Iran for England at the start of the Iranian Revolution. Once she arrived in England, she earned a Bachelor 's degree in international relations because of her interest in politics after having to leave her home country. She was already familiar with England, as her parents took her to London as a child. She then continued to pursue her acting career, which brought her to Los Angeles. In 1987, Aghdashloo married actor / playwright Houshang Touzie. They have a daughter, Tara Touzie, born in 1989. She has since performed in a number of Touzie 's plays, successfully taking them to national and international stages, primarily in the Iranian diaspora. Though born to a Muslim family, she never practiced the religion. Career Aghdashloo made her American film debut in 1989 in a starring role in Guests of Hotel Astoria. Her television debut came in 1990 in a guest role in the 25 September, two - hour episode of the NBC television series Matlock, titled `` Nowhere to Turn : A Matlock Mystery Movie ''. Aghdashloo played a saleslady and was credited for this simply as Shohreh. She returned to American television three years later when she played Malika ( wife of the storekeeper Rashidi ) in the `` Jerome 's In The House '' episode of the popular comedy series Martin ( aired April 1, 1993, and credited as `` Shohreh Vaziri '' ). In that same year, she also made her next film appearance in Twenty Bucks, playing Ghada Holiday. After seven years, Aghdashloo returned once again to the American film industry in 2000, starring in the critically acclaimed Surviving Paradise ( راز بهشت ), the first English language Iranian American feature film released in the United States, written and directed by Kamshad Kooshan. Having been shown at major International Film Festivals, Surviving Paradise went on to become one of the most well received Iranian films in the U.S. Aghdashloo made a brief two - episode performance in a short - lived Honduran television series, The Honduran Suburbs, in which she played Zereshk, an Iranian woman who had arrived in the country to help the poor situation. In that year, she also starred in Maryam ( in which she played Mrs. Armin ). After appearing as an exiled actress in America So Beautiful in 2001, Aghdashloo played opposite Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly in director Vadim Perelman 's House of Sand and Fog ( 2003 ). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, however the award was won by Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain. Following this exposure, she received good reviews for her 12 episodes on Season 4 of the Fox television series 24, playing Dina Araz, a terrorist undercover in Los Angeles as a well - to - do housewife and mother. This storyline raised controversy in Iranian - American and Muslim American communities, and in an interview with Time magazine, Aghdashloo stated that although she had previously resisted reinforcing the stereotype of Muslims as terrorists, the strength and complexity of the role convinced her to accept it. She went on to guest star on two episodes of NBC shows that were broadcast the same night, March 23, 2006 : The `` Cowboys and Iranians '' episode of the comedy Will & Grace, in which she played a wannabe interior designer who, to the confusion of Grace, is a Persian Jew ; and the `` Lost in America '' episode of the medical drama ER, playing a bereaved mother who loses her daughter in the trauma room. Aghdashloo continued to appear in films. She played Dr. Adani in the film The Exorcism of Emily Rose ( 2005 ) and also appeared as Kavita Rao in the sequel X-Men : The Last Stand ( 2006 ). Two other roles also came her way in 2006, that of a wealthy housewife whose family lovingly takes in their cousin ( who has been sent by Pakistani terrorists to kill the American President ) in the satirical comedy American Dreamz and that of Dr. Anna Klyczynski, friend and colleague to Sandra Bullock 's character Kate, in The Lake House. Her other credits include narrating and producing a documentary Mystic Iran : The Unseen World, narrating the PBS documentary Iran : A Celebration of Art and Culture, narrating the audiobook version of Inside the Kingdom : My Life in Saudi Arabia and lending her vocal talents to the animated movie Babak and Friends -- A First Norooz. She also starred in the 2004 hourlong pilot episode `` The Secret Service '' ( which was not picked up ) and played the character Charlie in two of three aired episodes of the flopped TV series Smith. At the end of 2006, Aghdashloo appeared as Elizabeth, cousin of Mary, mother of Jesus, in the biblical film The Nativity Story. Aghdashloo dismissed the irony that she is a Muslim playing a Jewish character. In 2008, she served as an official festival judge for the second annual Noor Iranian Film Festival in Los Angeles. The festival would later honor her in 2013 with an Achievement Award for her acting career. Aghdashloo plays the lead character, Zahra Khanum, in the film The Stoning of Soraya M., a drama film released on June 26, 2009 in the United States. This film marks the first time during her career in America where she plays a leading character in a major feature - length motion picture. In the movie Mona 's Dream, Aghdashloo portrays Mona 's mother, who is a Bahá'í. On September 29, 2009, Aghdashloo won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her supporting role on the HBO original miniseries House of Saddam. Speaking to a crowd of over 1,400 people at George Washington University 's Lisner Auditorium on September 12, 2009, Aghdashloo, author Dr. Azar Nafisi, and Dr. Dwight Bashir, Associate Director for Policy at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, added their voices to those concerned about human rights in Iran and the persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran. Aghdashloo 's talk in particular was posted to YouTube. Aghdashloo at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Septembers of Shiraz in 2015 Aghdashloo voiced Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay, a character from the video game Mass Effect 2, a role that she reprised for Mass Effect 3. On October 9, 2010, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans awarded Aghdashloo their Career Achievement Award during its first annual gala. On January 19, 2011, Aghdashloo starred in `` Dirty '', an episode of the NBC crime drama Law & Order : Special Victims Unit, as Detective Saliyah `` Sunny '' Qadri. In September 2011, it was confirmed that Aghdashloo would star in a London show, the Almeida Theatre 's adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca 's play, The House of Bernarda Alba, as Bernarda Alba. The show ran from January 19 to March 10, 2012. In 2013, she co-narrated Khaled Hosseini 's novel, And the Mountains Echoed, in its audiobook version. Aghdashloo starred in the film Rosewater ( 2014 ) and in Septembers of Shiraz ( 2015 ). Her most recent TV credit is her continuing featured role in Syfy 's television series The Expanse ( 2015 - present ), as the Machiavellian UN executive Chrisjen Avasarala, a `` smart and passionate member of a political family legacy who has risen high in the ranks of Earth 's governing body without once standing for election ''. Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 1976 Shatranje Bad 1977 The Report 1978 Sooteh - Delan Aghdas Guests of Hotel Astoria Mrs. Pori Karemnia First American film role 1991 Raha Raha 1993 Twenty Bucks Ghada Holiday 2000 Surviving Paradise ( راز بهشت ) Pari First English language Iranian - American feature film distributed theatrically in the United States, written and directed by Kamshad Kooshan 2001 America So Beautiful Exiled Actress 2002 Maryam Mrs. Homa Armin 2003 Possessed Woman Short film by Shirin Neshat Pulse Woman Mystic Iran Narrator Documentary film by Aryana Farshad House of Sand and Fog Nadereh ' Nadi ' Behrani Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress ( 3rd place ) New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated -- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated -- Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress 2005 The Exorcism of Emily Rose Dr. Sadira Adani Babak and Friends -- A First Norooz Farah Animated film 2006 American Dreamz Mrs. Nazneen Riza The Lake House Dr. Anna Klyczynski X-Men : The Last Stand Dr. Kavita Rao The Nativity Story Elizabeth 2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Professor Nasrin Mehani The Stoning of Soraya M. Zahra Satellite Award for Best Actress -- Motion Picture The Adjustment Bureau The Chairman ( Role was cut from finished version ) The No Game Aunt Laila 2011 Iranium Narrator Documentary film by Alex Traiman On the Inside Dr. Lofton 2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green Evette Onat 2013 Percy Jackson : Sea of Monsters The Oracle Voice role Silk Rani Short film by Catherine Dent 2014 Rosewater Moloojoon Still Here Farzaneh Short film by Ethan Rains 2015 Last Knights Maria Septembers of Shiraz Habibeh 2016 Star Trek Beyond Commodore Paris Window Horses Mehrnaz Animated film The Promise Marta Boghosian Television Television Year Title Role Notes Matlock Saleslady Episode : `` Nowhere to Turn '' 1993 Martin Malika Episode : `` Jerome 's in the House '' 2001 The Honduran Suburbs Zereshk 2 episodes The Secret Service Lila Ravan Television film 2005 24 Dina Araz 12 episodes : Day 4 Nominated -- Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress -- Series, Miniseries or Television Film 2006 Smith Charlie 7 episodes Will & Grace Pam Episode : `` Cowboys and Iranians '' Curious George Hat Salesperson Episode : `` The Clean, Perfect Yellow Hat '' ER Mrs. Riza Kardatay Episode : `` Lost in America '' 2007 Grey 's Anatomy Dr. Helen Crawford Episode : `` Scars and Souvenirs '' 2008 House of Saddam Sajida Talfah 4 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Simpsons, The The Simpsons Mina Episode : `` MyPods and Boomsticks '' 2009 FlashForward Nhadra Udaya 3 episodes 2011 Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Detective Saliyah `` Sunny '' Qadri Episode `` Dirty '' House M.D. Afsoun Hamidi Episode : `` Moving On '' NCIS Mariam Bawali Episode : `` Safe Harbor '' 2012 Portlandia Nelofar Jamshidi Episode : `` Cool Wedding '' Mob Doctor Dr. Lauren Baylor 3 episodes 2013 Grimm Stefania Vaduva Popescu 7 episodes 2014 Believe Mrs. Delkash Episode : `` Origin '' Bones Azita Vaziri Episode : `` The Cold in the Case '' Scorpion Dr. Cassandra Davis Episode : `` True Colors '' 2015 Elementary Liliane Bellerose Episode : `` Tag, You 're Me '' 2015 -- present The Expanse Chrisjen Avasarala 23 episodes 2017 The Punisher Farah Madani Video games Video Games Year Game Character Mass Effect 2 Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay ( voice ) 2012 Mass Effect 3 Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay ( voice ) 2014 Destiny Lakshmi - 2 ( voice ) 2017 Destiny 2 Lakshmi - 2 ( voice ) Other awards 2007 : Arpa Career Achievement Award 2013 : Noor Iranian Film Festival Achievement Award See also Women in Iran List of Iranian women List of Iranian actresses References ^ Jump up to : Hibberd, James. `` Syfy 's ' The Expanse ' space drama casts Shohreh Aghdashloo ''. Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 12 September 2014. Jump up ^ World Archipelago. `` The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines ''. HarperCollins US. Jump up ^ Shohreh Aghdashloo biography retrieved 2 / 25 / 2015 Jump up ^ source : House Of Sand And Fog DVD -- Biographies Jump up ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-balfour/iranian-actress-shohreh-a_b_221992.html Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642697/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast ^ Jump up to : TV Guide : The Honduran T.V. series makes cameos for two unusual characters in Hollywood. Jump up ^ `` House of Sand and Fog Movie -- Shohreh Aghdashloo Interview ''. Movies.about.com. 2010 - 06 - 17. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 26. Jump up ^ Monday, Jan. 24, 2005 ( 2005 - 01 - 24 ). `` Q&A : Shohreh Aghdashloo ''. TIME. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 26. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Bianco, Robert ( 2010 - 05 - 21 ). `` At the end of the day, Jack Bauer and ' 24 ' delivered ''. Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 26. Jump up ^ Stanley, John ( 2006 - 11 - 26 ). `` ' Nativity ' Revisited ''. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2006 - 11 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Shohreh speaks against stoning ''. Dailymailnews.com. 2010 - 07 - 17. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Azar Nafisi, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Dwight Bashir Join Swelling Chorus in Support of Iranian Baha'is ''. Dcbahai.org. 2009 - 09 - 12. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Azar Nafisi, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Dwight Bashir Join Swelling Chorus in Support of Iranian Baha'is ''. Bahá'í Community of DC, News & Events. Bahai Faith, Washington DC. 2009 - 09 - 12. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 26. Jump up ^ Aghdashloo, Shohreh ( 2009 - 09 - 21 ). `` Shohreh Aghdashloo on Baha'i Human Rights in Iran ''. ctcny9. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 26. Jump up ^ Post a comment. `` Celebrity cast announced for Mass Effect 2 game ''. TechShout. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Announcing the First PAAIA Annual Gala '', Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, October 9, 2010 Jump up ^ https://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Echoed-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/1611761808/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1489857677&sr=1-1&keywords=and+the+mountains+echoed&refinements=p_n_feature_browse-bin%3A2682077011 Jump up ^ `` Elementary, Episode `` Tag, You 're Me '' : Full Cast & Crew ``. IMDb. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 27. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shohreh Aghdashloo. 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