Shohreh Aghdashloo
Shohreh Aghdashloo (born May 11, 1952) is an Iranian American actress. After establishing a theatre and film career in Iran, Aghdashloo moved to England during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and subsequently became a citizen of the United States. After several years playing supporting roles in television and film, her performance in House of Sand and Fog (2003) brought her several film critics' awards and a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has continued to play supporting and character roles in film and television and won an Emmy Award for her work in the television drama House of Saddam (2008). Description above from the Wikipedia Shohreh Aghdashloo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Penguin 
The Promise 
The Expanse 
The Lake House 
The Exorcism of Emily Rose 
Renfield 
House of Sand and Fog 
Last Knights 
The Odd Life of Timothy Green 
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 
Run Sweetheart Run 
American Dreamz 
The Stoning of Soraya M. 
The Nativity Story 
Rosewater 
Septembers of Shiraz 
On the Inside 
Chess of the Wind 
The Report 
A Simple Wedding 
Window Horses 
Royally Screwed 
The Cuban 
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps 
The Voice of Dust and Ash