The day has finally come. We are here with the long pursued Shohreh Aghdashloo. You Might Know Her From House of Sand and Fog, The Expanse, 24, House of Saddam, X-Men: The Last Stand, A Simple Wedding, The Lake House, and The Chess Game of the Wind. We talked to the Emmy winner and Oscar nominee about having to go toe to toe with Ben Kingsley in her first big Hollywood film, whether she liked science fiction before The Expanse, finding the footage and the wig that would help her embody Sajida Talfah in House of Saddam, and dipping her toe in comedy (alongside Rita Wilson). Since we started You Might Know Her From Shohreh has been at the top of our list so getting to finally chat with her about all the things made us feel all the things, too. 

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Gina Gershon is butch in Bound, and gayish in Showgirls

Showgirls talk back at Lincoln Center was definitely with Paul Verhoeven (director) and Gina

Long live Barrage and RIP 9th Ave Saloon 

A Simple Wedding

Rita Wilson suggested Shohreh’s husband, Houshang Touzie write the script (he’s a playwright)

The Expanse (Amazon series most often compared to Battlestar Gallactica)

Chrisjen Avasarala

Margaret Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Benazir Bhutto

Oscar nominated for House of Sand and Fog in 2003 opposite Ben Kingsley (Ghandi, Sexy Beast)

Dina Araz on 24 with Kiefer Sutherland

Made her film debut in The Chess Game of the Wind a lost Iranian film that is now considered a classic

Won an Emmy for playing Sajida Talifa in the BBC/HBO series, House of Saddam 

Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher is sorcery. The neck!

Played a lesbian in The Cuban 

Worked with Catherine Hardwicke in The Nativity Story

Was in ABC pilot, Pearl, with Candice Bergen 

Will & Grace had best hair and makeup AShohreh Aghdashloo uses Revlon skin care

EW article where Jennifer Connelly mentions putting dirt in her hair to make it grimy for HoSaF

Blake Lively was a believable archeology student in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. 

Shohreh demanded a good wig for House of Saddam and we think it got her the Emmy.

Connecting this week’s guest to next week’s: Shohreh was in American Dreamz with Mandy Moore who was in Saved! and The Princess Diaries with next week’s guest! Shohreh was also in The Lake House with Keanu Reeves who was in The Devil’s Advocate with next week’s guest!