Winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for House of Saddam, Shohreh Aghdashloo, 59, is the first Iranian actress to be nominated for an Academy Award, for her role in House of Sand and Fog. She also won acclaim for her role on the fourth season of Fox’s “24”. Aghdashloo was born in Tehran in 1952, where at age 20, she achieved national stardom for her work on stage and screen. During the 1978 Islamic revolution, Aghdashloo left Iran for England, and has since moved to Los Angeles, where she continues her successful acting career.

Books by Shohreh Aghdashloo

The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines

by Shohreh Aghdashloo - Autobiography

When revolution swept Iran in 1978, the Ayatollah Khomeini’s religious regime brought stifling restrictions on women and art. Shohreh Aghdashloo seized the moment and boldly left her husband for Europe and eventually, America, a vastly different culture.Shohreh Aghdashloo writes poignantly about her struggles as an outsider in a new culture—as a woman, a Muslim, and a Persian—adapting to a new land and a new language, and shares behind-the-scenes stories about what it’s really like to be an actress in Hollywood.