Mona Yousefi

Mona Yousefi (born July 10, 1982) is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her eclectic style and her alter egos Tallah Khosravian, Wakana Fukui, and Natascha Leboushkin. Yousefi gained recognition from her first directorial television debut Mayhem Makers. She rose to prominence with her performance in Going Native, which was commissioned by the BBC.
Yousefi has been featured in numerous media outlets for her performance and
witty roles including Daily Mail, The Daily Beast, IB Times, BBC, The British Comedy Guide, the London Evening Standard, Marie Claire and several others.
==Early life and education==
Yousefi was born and brought up in London, UK, by Iranian parents. After
completing her high school education at the Hall School Wimbledon, Yousefi
enrolled in the University of Greenwich London, where she pursued a bachelor’s degree in Media and Communications. After that Yousefi went to the University of Westminster London to pursue a postgraduate LLM in Entertainment Law.
Later, Yousefi trained under Sam Rumbelow, a prominent acting teacher known
for method acting, and took clown training with the renowned Philippe Gaulier. Yousefi also did stunt training at the British Action Academy in 2016 with Andreas Petrides one of the UK’s leading Action Directors, Stunt Coordinators, Fight Arrangers, and Stunt Performers.
==Career==
Yousefi started her career as a paralegal at Joseph Hill &Co, a Criminal Law firm
in London.
She started her career in the media industry in 2007 when she took her first
directorial role in E4’s Mayhem Makers. Yousefi wrote, directed, and produced
the show, which aired as part of the Funny Cuts strand in 2007. Under the
leadership of Yousefi, Mayhem Makers got commissioned without an agent or any industry connections. Yousefi tied a trailer tape of her show to a helium balloon and tried to deliver it to the reception of Channel 4. After getting kicked out, Yousefi climbed up the side of the building to the mail-room window where she paid the post room guy ten pounds to put the trailer onto the desk of the Head of Comedy.
Later Yousefi created “Going Native” where she starred in multiple roles playing three characters pranking the UK under the unsuspicious guise of a genuine documentary. Going Native was commissioned by BBC and launched on BBC 3. This show acquired much appreciation and was highly acclaimed by the audience, so much so that it got her in the news under the ubiquitous headline “The Female Borat”.
==Art==
Yousefi is best known for her unique style comprising a creative approach to
personality embodiment. Her method acting approach to character development helped her create three alter egos, Tallah Khosravian, a Middle-Eastern businesswoman, Wakana Fukui, the Japanese Lolita girl, and widow Natascha Leboushkin, a Russian social climber.
==Filmography==
S.No.	Title 	Type 	Role 	Year
1 	Mayhem Makers 	TV Mini Series	Producer, Writer, Director	2007
2 	The Revolution Will Be Televised	TV Series 	Actor 	2012-2014
3 	BBC Comedy Feeds 	TV Series 	Writer, Actor 	2013
4 	Space Ark 	TV Movie 	Actor 	2014
5 	Glitchy 	TV Series 	Actor 	2015
6 	Ministry of Justice 	TV Series 	Actor 	2018
7 	Coming Up 	Movie 	Actor 	Pre-Production
==Gallery==
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Mona Yousefi on imdb
Category:1982 births
Category:British actresses
Category:British writers
Category:British film producers
Category:Alumni of the University of Greenwich
Category:Alumni of the University of Westminster