Ava Lalezarzadeh

Ava Lalezarzadeh


in USA
Ava Lalezarzadeh is an actress and writer/poet from Southern California. She made her Off-Broadway debut originating the role of Goli in Atlantic Theater Co/Roundabout Theater Co’s English—recipient of an Obie award 2023 and Lucille Lortel award for Best Play. Credits include a series regular role in the pilot Wild Life (HBO/Imagine Ent), a guest star in New Amsterdam (NBC), and voices a new character in the upcoming season of Big Mouth (Netflix). Ava’s screenplay In the Garden of Tulips won the screenwriting competition at HollyShorts Film Festival 2022. Currently, World Premiering at the Oscar Qualifying Aspen Shortfest is her proof of concept short film, In the Garden of Tulips.

Movies for Ava Lalezarzadeh...

In the Garden of Tulips
Title: In the Garden of Tulips
Character: Caroline
Released: April 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Amidst the 1988 war, Caroline takes a car ride with her father to the Iranian countryside of Birjand.
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Winter of '79
Title: Winter of '79
Character: Leila Halousim
Released: April 29, 2022
Type: Movie
At the onset of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a Persian-Jewish mother is forced to question her faith in her country.
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London Arabia
Title: London Arabia
Character: Amina
Released: August 7, 2019
Type: Movie
When a Luxury Building Development tries to force out a diverse community in London's 'Little Arabia', they choose to stand their ground and band together to protect their hard won new homes in London.
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The Pursuit
Title: The Pursuit
Character: Cara
Released: November 17, 2018
Type: Movie
An Armenian-American woman struggling with cultural and familial pressures tries to live her truth and do right by her daughter.
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Yasamin
Title: Yasamin
Character: Mimi
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Amid the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Yasamin moves to the USA and navigates the trials and tribulations of assimilation through the waxing of a unibrow.
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Title: Big Mouth
Character: Nazanin (voice)
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: TV
Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.
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Title: Before
Character: Cleo
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
After tragically losing his wife, a child psychiatrist encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to the man’s past.