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词条 Azita Ghanizada
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  1. Life and career

  2. Filmography

  3. References

  4. External links

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Azita Ghanizada is an Afghan American actress.

Life and career

Azita Ghanizada's life in American began as a political asylum seeker. Her father's relationships from working at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran afforded her family the opportunity to flee Afghanistan when she was a baby. She learned most of her English from watching American Television in the Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C; her fascination to learn from American T.V., combined with the family's regular trips to a local cinema that showed Bollywood movies, and her mother's passionate love of Indian and American film stars, inspired her to become an actress.[1] She relocated to Los Angeles, California and began her on-camera career by working in television commercials and guest starring on popular television shows. Her multi-ethnic appearance has enabled her to play Indian, Arabic, Iranian, Mediterranean and the All-American girl next door.[1] In the Laura Neri film A Kiss on the Nose, Ghanizada played the lead role of Chiara, a performance for which she received a film festival best actress nomination. A few of her notable television guest-starring roles include How I Met Your Mother, Entourage, Veronica Mars, The Mentalist , Bones, Psych, Ghost Whisperer, Castle, and Up All Night.

In 2008, Ghanizada joined the cast of the General Hospital prime-time spin-off Night Shift for season 2 as Dr. Saira Batra, a specialist in holistic medicine.[2] In 2009, Ghanizada played Kelly, a Prada sales girl on HBO's Entourage (season 6, episode 2) and joined the cast of the television pilot Tough Trade starring Sam Shepard and Cary Elwes, from Weeds creator Jenji Kohan, and executive producer T Bone Burnett. In 2010, she joined David Strathairn as a primary cast member of the American Syfy Channel series Alphas where she played Rachel Pirzad, a woman with enhanced sensory abilities.[3] Alphas was picked up to series in 2011, but only lasted two seasons. In 2014, she filmed the comedy pilot Ellen More or Less for NBC directed by Peyton Reed.

In 2016, Ghanizada appeared in the feature Complete Unknown opposite "Rachel Weisz" and "Michael Shannon", in 2017 she began production on the first installment on Kevin Smith's feature film Killroy Was Here.

In 2016, Azita founded the MENA Arts Advocacy Coalition, MAAC, and began to advocate on behalf of Middle Eastern North African (MENA) performers. She and MAAC member, "Assaf Cohen", spent two years lobbying SAG-AFTRA to include Middle Eastern North African (MENA) as its own diverse category in the producers theatrical contracts. In 2017, their advocacy work proved successful and for the first time in 37 years, a new diversity category was introduced to the 2017 SAG-AFTRA - AMPTP TV/Theatrical contracts.[4] In 2018, MAAC presented the first ever study on [https://deadline.com/2018/09/middle-eastern-north-african-representation-primetime-tv-mena-quantico-blacklist-tyrant-diversity-1202458101/ MENA performers] on PrimeTime TV [5] She actively speaks on representation and inclusion issues in the media, on social media, in business environments and on industry panels.

Filmography

Film
Year Title RoleNotes
2004{{sortname>A|Kiss on the Nose}}ChiaraShort film
2007X's & O'sAnita
2009Why Men Go Gay in L.A.
2010You, Only Better...Kali Parker
2011Blood ShotZahra
2016Complete UnknownRamina
2019Killroy Was HereSarah
2020The FriendElizabeth
Television
Year Title RoleNotes
2005{{sortname>The|Closer}}NeighborEpisode: "Batter Up"
2006Numb3rsPritaEpisode: "Harvest"
2007BonesGirlfriendEpisode: "The Man in the Mansion"
2007{{sortname>The|Wedding Bells}}JodyEpisode: "Wedding from Hell"
2007Veronica MarsAmira KrimaniEpisode: "Un-American Graffiti"
2008Night ShiftDr. Saira Batra14 episodes
2009How I Met Your MotherSexy Female CopEpisode: "As Fast as She Can"
2009EntourageKellyEpisode: "Amongst Friends"
2009PsychMinaEpisode: "Bollywood Homicide"
2009Ghost WhispererChareeEpisode: "Devil's Bargain"
2010Tough TradeSabinaTV movie
2010CastleMistress SapphireEpisode: "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice"
2010Los AngelesRochelle StantonEpisode: "Disorder"
2011Friends with BenefitsTasiEpisode: "The Benefit of Full Disclosure"
2011–2012AlphasRachel PirzadMain role
2012Body of ProofAnnabelle KipEpisode: "Cold Blooded"
2012Up All NightNatashaEpisode: "The Game of Life"
2013The MentalistDefianceEpisode: "Green Thumb"
2014Major CrimesAngela SoamesEpisode: "Frozen Assets"
2014Ellen More or LessLucyPilot
2016I Love DickSaharEpisode: "Cowboys and Nomads"
2017Wisdom Of The CrowdTanyaEpisode: "User Bias"
2018911Kelly WessonEpisode: "Let Go"
2018ElementaryDr. Sepi ChamanaraEpisode: "The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out"

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstoneme.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249 |title=Azita Ghanizada’s Rise to Alpha Female |first=Adam |last=Grundey |work=rRolling Stone Middle East |date=2011-05-01 |accessdate=26 July 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324223000/http://www.rollingstoneme.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249 |archivedate=March 24, 2012 |deadurl=yes }}
2. ^{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092502207.html |title=At This
Hospital, Virginia Doctors Are In |first= Becky|last= Krystal|work=The Washington Post |date= 2008-10-05|publisher=WPC |location=Washington DC |issn=0190-8286 |accessdate=26 July 2011|quote=Ghanizada, 29 }}
3. ^{{cite web |url= http://collider.com/azita-ghanizada-interview-alphas/100761/ |title=Azita Ghanizada Interview
ALPHAS |first= Christina|last= Radish|publisher=Collider |date= 2011-07-08|accessdate=26 July 2011}}
4. ^https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/how-azita-ghanizada-has-fought-for-recognition-for-mena-actors-in-hollywood-1.786127
5. ^https://deadline.com/2018/09/middle-eastern-north-african-representation-primetime-tv-mena-quantico-blacklist-tyrant-diversity-1202458101/

External links

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