
Shila Ommi
Born
1968-04-22
Place of birth
Tehran, Iran
Biography
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...
Known for

Elemental
Cinder (voice)

Charlie Wilson's War
Refugee Mother

KAOS
Pas

Tehran
Nahid Kamali

The Bold Type
Shamsi

Little America
Yasmin

The First Family
Mrs. Olson

The Illegal
Sara

Forgive Me
Marjan

Starwatch
Dr. Dorothy Reynolds

Sisters
Nazanin

Liberation
Farah Diba Pahlavi

Roya
Roya

The Last King
Sima

Lili & Lola
Mother (Voice)