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    Shila Ommi

    Shila Vosough Ommi 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.

    Movies

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    Sisters
    0 %|May 25, 2024
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    Elemental
    76.27 %|Jun 14, 2023
    Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
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    Forgive Me
    0 %|Oct 25, 2019
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    The Illegal
    100 %|Sep 21, 2019
    Drama
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    Roya
    0 %|Jul 29, 2018
    Comedy, Drama
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    Starwatch
    0 %|Feb 27, 2017
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    Liberation
    0 %|Jul 26, 2009
    Drama, History
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    Charlie Wilson's War
    65.34 %|Dec 19, 2007
    Comedy, Drama, History

    Series

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    KAOS
    72.97 %|Aug 29, 2024
    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    Tehran
    75 %|Jun 22, 2020
    Drama
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    Little America
    67 %|Jan 17, 2020
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Bold Type
    78 %|Jun 20, 2017
    Drama, Comedy
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    Lili & Lola
    0 %|Feb 22, 2015
    Animation
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    The First Family
    100 %|Sep 22, 2012
    Comedy
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    Little Shrink
    0 %|Mar 8, 2012
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    Mixed Nutz
    0 %|Dec 12, 2009