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Shila Vosough Ommi (born April 22, 1968) 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.

The Last King
as Sima

KAOS
as Pas

Sisters
as Nazanin

Elemental
as Cinder (voice)

The Illegal
as Sara

Tehran
as Nahid Kamali

Little America
as Yasmin

Forgive Me
as Marjan

Roya
as Roya

The Bold Type
as Shamsi

Starwatch
as Dr. Dorothy Reynolds

Lili & Lola
as Mother (Voice)

The First Family
as Mrs. Olson

Little Shrink
as Jacqueline Hill

Mixed Nutz
as Layla

Liberation
as Farah Diba Pahlavi

Charlie Wilson's War
as Refugee Mother