Desiree Akhavan

Born: 1984-12-27

Desiree Akhavan is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter and actress of Iranian descent, best known for her 2014 feature film debut, Appropriate Behavior, and her 2018 film The Miseducation of Cameron Post.


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Creep 2

as Sara
Released: 2017-10-14

After finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is...

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Appropriate Behavior

as Shirin
Released: 2015-03-14

Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip...

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Dykes, Camera, Action!

as Self
Released: 2018-06-19

The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes...

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Girls

as Chandra
First aired: 2012-04-15

The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something...

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Flowers

as Carol
First aired: 2016-04-25

Dark comedy about the eccentric members of the Flowers family. Maurice and Deborah are barely...

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The Bisexual

as Leila
First aired: 2018-10-10

Leila takes a break from her decade long relationship with partner Sadie, and begins to explore...

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