Welcome to Pooyaland…

Actor . Writer . Filmmaker . Activist
SAG . AFTRA . AEA

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Biography

I am an Iranian/American actor, writer and activist, born and raised in Tehran, Iran, based in New York City.
I moved to New York in my teens, where I studied design at Fashion Institute of Technology, and after joining the FIT theatre ensemble, I discovered my love of acting and story telling. I am a graduate from the esteemed Maggie Flanigan Studio.
I seek stories that speak to me, with rich, three dimensional characters, good and bad, while exploring their humanity and fragility.
I’m fluent in Persian(Farsi) , a Transgender advocate, as well as a voice for immigrants’ and women’s issues. I am also involved in writing and co-writing original LGBT stories to shed light on an otherwise under represented community.

Advocate Article : Living Trans, From Iran to NYC

Ht: 5’ 9” . SAG/AFTRA – AEA . Wt: 120 lbs

Represented by: Headline Talent Agency

TEL:(212) 257-6110

Erica Bines | Erica@headlinetalent.net
Ben Jordan | Ben@headlinetalent.net

TV & Media
Big Dogs	Recurring Guest Star	Choice Films – Mathew Penn / Tony Glazer
Falling Water (USA Network)	Recurring Guest Star	Universal Cable Productions – Jack Bender / Ellen Krus
Madam Secretary	Co-Star	CBS Corp – Eric Stoltz
Lofty Dreams	Recurring Guest Star	Drew Moore
Celebrity Ghost Stories (Ep 77 )	Supporting	The Bio Channel – Matt Pizzano
Parents Smoke Weed	Lead	Talaiya Safdar
Below The Line	Supporting	Rob McCaskil

Film
Heather	Lead	Choice Films – Tony Repinski
Day 39	Lead	Jesse Gustafson – ACADEMY AWARD FINALIST
Lucky	Supporting	Bari Kang
The Word Trader	Supporting	Salvadore D’Alia – CANNES Short 2013
Brutal Colors	Supporting	Mike Conroy
My Friend Stendhal	Supporting	Jason Colvin
You and I : A Modern Tragedy	Lead	Larry Rosen
King of The Castle	Supporting	Yoni Lotan

Theatre : New York & Regional
One Woman	Woman (lead)	United Solo @ The Theatre Row (Best Premiere) – Joan Kane
The Good Muslim	Mom (support)	Ensemble Studio Theatre – William Carden
White Snake	Guan Yin (support)	Baltimore Center Stage – Natsu Onoda Power
The Maids	Madame	Access Theatre – Ben Gunderson
Man in Love (staged reading)	Bernice (lead)	KC Rep Theatre – Marissa Wolf
Death Of The Persian Prince	Samantha (lead)	NYMITF & SAIPAF (Best Play)– Dewey Moss
U R The Owner of This Suitcase	Isha (lead)	Theater 167 – Ari Laura Kreith
A Touch of Forever	Mary Fray (support)	Fringe NYC – Michael Tartaglia
Garrett The Blue Giraffe	Garrett (Lead)	Thesbis Thtr Fstvl – Joan Kane
Mahalla	Samia (lead)	Berkshire Fringe Fstvl – Melissa Moschitto

Training
Maggie Flanigan Studio	Charlie Sandlan &Maggie Flanigan (Meisner Technique) Nate Flower ( Movement) – Alyssa Ciccarello (Voice + Shakespeare) Lenard Petit ( Clowning) – Kate Lacey (Audition Technique)
Acting Tech. (stage/on camera)	Matt Newton – Brad Calcaterra – Anthony Grasso
Scene Study	Austin Pendelton – Pandora Scooter
Improv	The PIT(L 1-L3) , Playing With Reality

Skills
Bilingual (Farsi/Persian) . Transgender Advocate , Accents : Indian, Arabic, British RP, French, Russian , Southern (Atlanta,GA) . Stage Combat . Singer ( Jazz, Pop, R&B – Range: Alto-Mezzo)