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Shila Ommi

Shila Vosough Ommi is an American actress, director, writer and producer who was born in Tehran, Iran, and grew up in Los Angeles. She has directed and produced award winning plays in Los Angeles, and for over a decade she toured internationally under the name Shila Vosough in an Iranian-American theater production company performing plays in Persian. Shila directed the feature film, 'Wake Up Sleeping Beauty', a psychological dramatic film about a young Iranian-American woman waking up from cultural trappings and 'curses,' and coming into her own power. It was produced by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. A graduate of UCLA, Ommi received a Departmental Honors for a 'Bachelor of Science in Biological Anthropology' minoring in Biology, where she wrote a published thesis on 'Parental Investment Among Vervet Monkeys.' She later attended the Ruskin School of Acting where she studied under the tutelage of John Ruskin and Sir Anthony Hopkins. In addition to emceeing charities, hosting award shows, moderating and occasionally performing stand-up comedy, Ommi is also a prolific voice-over artist narrating documentaries and voicing characters in animated TV and web series.


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Born:
In Tehran, Iran
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie Charlie Wilson's War 2007-12-19
Latest Project:
Movie Sisters 2024-05-25
Known For
Poster of Lili & Lola
Poster of The First Family
Poster of Little Shrink
Poster of Mixed Nutz
Filmography
Movie Sisters 2024-05-25
Movie Elemental Cinder (voice) 2023-06-14
Series Little America Yasmin 2020-01-17
Series Tehran Nahid Kamali 2020-06-22
Movie The Illegal Sara 2019-09-21
Movie Forgive Me Marjan 2019-10-25
Movie Roya Roya 2018-07-29
Movie Starwatch Dr. Dorothy Reynolds 2017-02-27
Series The Bold Type Shamsi 2017-06-20
Series Lili & Lola Mother (Voice) 2015-02-22
Series Little Shrink Jacqueline Hill 2012-03-08
Series The First Family Mrs. Olson 2012-09-22
Movie Liberation Farah Diba Pahlavi 2009-07-26
Series Mixed Nutz Layla 2009-12-12
Movie Charlie Wilson's War Refugee Mother 2007-12-19