- 2009: Portrayed the aunt of the film's title character in "The Stoning of Soraya M."; based on the true story and adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1994 novel of the same name
- 2008: Portrayed Saddam's first wife in "House of Saddam," a co-production between BBC and HBO films, about the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein
- 2008: Appeared in the coming-of-age drama "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2"
- 2006: Played Dr. Kavita Rao in the third installment of the "X-Men" series, "X-Men: The Last Stand"
- 2006: Cast in Paul Weitz's political satire "American Dreamz"
- 2006: Joined the short-lived CBS crime drama, "Smith"
- 2006: Cast in Catherine Hardwicke's biblical film "The Nativity Story"
- 2005: Joined the fourth season of the FOX drama "24" as a member of a terrorist cell
- 2005: Co-starred with Tom Wilkinson and Laura Linney in "The Exorcism of Emily Rose"
- 2003: Received International acclaim portraying Ben Kingsley's wife in Vadim Perelman's "House of Sand and Fog"; earned a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination
- 1987: Acted in Los Angeles stage productions, where she met her future husband
- 1978: Appeared in "Sootah Delaan (Heart-brokens)"; helmed by legendary Iranian writer/director, Ali Hatami; film was banned in her home country
- 1978: Emigrated to Britain, where she completed her education and continued acting in the theater
- Began acting career, performing in numerous plays with Theater Workshops in Iran
- Acted in "Shatranje Bad" (loosely translated "Chess With the Wind"); directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani; film was banned in her home country
- Film debut in the family drama, "Gozaresh (The Report)"; helmed by world renowned director, Abbas Kia-Rostami




