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Shohreh Aghdashloo

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David Osborn

Updated on March 13, 2026

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Aghdashloo in 2009, photo by PrPhotos

Birth Name: Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar

Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran

Date of Birth: May 11, 1952

Ethnicity: Iranian

Shohreh Aghdashloo is an Iranian and American actress.

Aghdashloo is the family name of her former husband, artist and author Aydin Aghdashloo. Shohreh was born to a wealthy family, and left Iran around the time of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. She lived in London, England, and later in Los Angeles. Shohreh is from a Muslim background.

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