CineScope
Shila Ommi picture

Shila Ommi

Acting
Known For

55 Years Old

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.

Born

Tehran, Iran on 1st January 1970

All Credits

The Bold Type Image
The Bold Type
Shamsi
Tehran Image
Tehran
Nahid Kamali
KAOS Image
KAOS
Pas
Little America Image
Little America
Yasmin
Elemental Image
Elemental
Cinder (voice)
The First Family Image
The First Family
Mrs. Olson
Charlie Wilson's War Image
Charlie Wilson's War
Refugee Mother
Lili & Lola Image
Lili & Lola
Mother (Voice)
Mixed Nutz Image
Mixed Nutz
Layla
Little Shrink Image
Little Shrink
Jacqueline Hill
Sisters Image
Sisters
Nazanin
The Illegal Image
The Illegal
Sara
The Last King Image
The Last King
Sima
Forgive Me Image
Forgive Me
Marjan
Liberation Image
Liberation
Farah Diba Pahlavi
Roya Image
Roya
Roya
Starwatch Image
Starwatch
Dr. Dorothy Reynolds