Farrah Assadi

Farrah Parisa Assadi was born in Chicago, Illinois. She moved to California with her mom after her parents divorced when she was 5 years old and was raised in the San Fernando Valley. She has two brothers and one sister. She is a UCLA graduate, Magna Cum Laude and is fully trilingual in English, Spanish and Farsi. She is currently deciding which language to learn next. She is the recipient of the Sandra Bush Foreign Language Award. Her ethnically ambiguous, multi-ethnic look has enabled her to play a variety of roles from Italian to Eastern European to Hispanic to Middle Eastern. She recently finished a 35 city tour throughout the U.S. and Canada playing the lead female in a comedic play called Mr. Justice and the Red Apple. This hilarious comedy makes Meet the Parents look like a walk in the park and newspapers hailed her comedic timing as impeccable. The director Parviz Kardan is one of the most prominent and respected directors from Iran. She has also toured the U.S. with the HereandNow Theatre Company with performances that are "an incisive commentary on the ethnic-American experience" and "thoroughly engaging." (LA Weekly March 2006) Her film credits include an upcoming feature called G.I. Jesus directed by Carl Colpaert where she plays an Iraqi mother. She has also recently appeared in Video Yearbook which was written by one of the writers of Scary Movie, Phil Beauman, where she plays a pregnant high school student. Her television credits include: Host of an entertainment news and music video program called Artist on IPN. Currently you can see her on satellite tv channel ATV hosting a weekly entertainment news and red carpet program called Cinema Now. In her spare time she enjoys snowboarding, karaoke, traveling, reading biographies and watching novelas.