Sepideh Moafi is an Iranian-American actress and singer.
26 Facts About Sepideh Moafi
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Sepideh Moafi is best known for her roles in The Deuce, The L Word: Generation Q, and Black Bird.
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Sepideh Moafi started singing at 15 years old and within a year had a full scholarship to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she graduated in 2007.
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Sepideh Moafi attended the University of California Irvine to study acting where she later graduated with an MFA in 2013.
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In 2013, Sepideh Moafi had her first on-screen credit in a guest-starring role as Aaliya Zaki in the tenth episode of season four of CBS's Blue Bloods.
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Sepideh Moafi wrote a letter to the executive producers of The Deuce, Simon, Pelecanos and Nina Kostroff Noble hoping that they would still let her be a part of The Deuce despite her regular gig on Notorious.
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The executive producers on The Deuce let Sepideh Moafi continue to be a part of their show and worked around her schedule as The Deuce was mainly filmed in New York.
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However, as a result, Loretta's arc could not be fulfilled as initially planned and had to go a different direction because of Sepideh Moafi's scheduling conflicts and she was only in three episodes in the first season of The Deuce.
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In 2016, Sepideh Moafi starred as Megan Byrd on ABC's Notorious.
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Sepideh Moafi's character is a junior producer and booker on the fictional number one cable news show Louise Herrick Live and her character is considered to be the number-two to Julia George, played by Piper Perabo.
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Sepideh Moafi has stated that The Deuce has changed and influenced her relationship and view of the porn industry after the stories portrayed in the show.
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Sepideh Moafi has stated that her career "started out in opera and then theater" and considers opera to "forever be a part of [her] artistic identity".
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In 2018, Sepideh Moafi was cast as a series regular on and starred as Alexis Simms in season 2 of Falling Water.
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Sepideh Moafi's character was introduced as the new partner of NYPD detective Taka who later discovers the supernatural world in the show.
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In 2019, Sepideh Moafi was cast as Gigi Ghorbani on Showtime's The L Word: Generation Q, a sequel of the early 2000s lesbian classic The L Word.
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At the beginning of season 1 of Generation Q, Sepideh Moafi's character was introduced as the ex-wife of Natalie "Nat" Bailey who is currently dating Alice Pieszecki, a character that originated in The L Word.
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Sepideh Moafi's character was well received by fans and quickly became a fan-favorite among the new cast.
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In 2020, Sepideh Moafi starred alongside Clayne Crawford in The Killing of Two Lovers, an American drama film written, directed, produced and edited by Robert Machoian.
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The film tells the separation between the parents of four children in which Sepideh Moafi plays Niki, the wife of Clayne Crawford's David.
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Sepideh Moafi plays FBI agent Lauren McCauley in the true crime drama, an FBI agent who approaches protagonist Jimmy Keene about the Larry Hall operation.
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Sepideh Moafi attended the premiere event on Wednesday June 29,2022, at the Regency Bruin Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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In November 2021, Moafi was cast as "Hour" in the FX limited series Class of '09 alongside Brian J Smith, Jake McDorman, Brooke Smith, joining previously announced leads Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara.
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Sepideh Moafi is an activist and works to support the International Rescue Committee.
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In 2019, Sepideh Moafi penned a first person essay sharing her experience as a refugee.
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In 2021, Sepideh Moafi was a special guest on Girls Write Now, a writing and mentoring organisation for girls and gender-expansive teens.
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Sepideh Moafi hosted a program titled Belonging: From Refugee to Hollywood as part of the Summer Salon series in February 2021.