Awni Abdi-Bahri
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Coming Up...
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Three Tall Persian Women (Fall 2024) | Shakespeare & Company
World premiere of Awni Abdi-Bahri's full length play, Three Tall Persian Women in Lenox, Massachusetts. Directed by Dalia Ashurina. |
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EVIL (Summer 2024)| Paramount+
Catch Awni in the final season of Evil on Paramount Plus/CBS airing June 2024. Directed by Tyne Rafaeli. |
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Understudies | Comedy Pilot
A TV pilot created by and starring Awni Abdi-Bahri and Dalia Ashurina. |
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Previously...
Spring 2024
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Winter 2024
Hello Beautiful | A Feature Film
Awni shot the feature, Hello Beautiful, in Salem Massachusetts.
Directed by Ziad Hamzeh
Awni shot the feature, Hello Beautiful, in Salem Massachusetts.
Directed by Ziad Hamzeh
Fall 2023
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The Gett at Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA (November 12th)
A public reading of Alicia Louzoun-Heisler's play, The Gett. Awni played Shira. |
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Wish You Were Here at Yale Repertory Theater (October 5- 28th)
Awni will be playing Nazanin in WYWH, a stage-play by Pulitzer winning playwright, Sanaz Toosi. Click here for website/tix. |
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Summer 2023
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Three Tall Persian Women | Staged Reading at Shakespeare and Company
Awni directed her first staged reading of her play, three Tall Persian Women, at Shakespeare and Company. |
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Spring 2023
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Echoes of Pomegranate
A short-film by Alex Bijan Zandi. |
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Paramount+ | EVIL
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Awni co-starred on Paramount+, EVIL. She will be recurring as Dr. Boggs' new assistant, Seraph.
Season 4 airing Summer 2024. |
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Winter 2022/2023
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HBO Max | Girls on the Bus
Awni shot her first series recurring role as Lily Rahaii in HBO Max's Girls on the Bus, starring Carla Gugino, Melissa Benoist, Natasha Behnam, and Claudia Elmore. Airing Spring 2024.
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Fall 2022
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Shapeshifter
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Winter - Summer 2022
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Fall 2022
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Spring 2022
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December 2021
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October 2021
Online Edessa of Baghdad
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February 2021
A Very MENASA Valentine's
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January 2021
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Repentance (توبه)
Written and Directed by by Sam Motamedi |
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December 2020
OUR MOTHERS, THE GHOST STORY
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November 2020
UPS International Branding Campaign
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February 2020
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American Standard Written by: Heloise Wilson Directed by: Kathleen Capdesuñer At Moxie Arts NYC |
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November 2019
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Fen
By Caryl Churchill Directed by Shadi Ghaheri At Columbia University School of the Arts |
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August 2019
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Sideways Smile
Web Series by Han Nguyen https://sidewayssmileseries.com/ |
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July 2019
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Bismillah
By: Nakisa Aschtiani Directed by: Dalia Sevilla World Premiered at the Wild Project part of Fresh Fruit Festival for Pride Month. |
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June 2019
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¡O, Cascadia!
By: Ramón Esquivel Directed by: Amy Saltz Part of iD Theatre's Seven Devil's Playwright Conference. |
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May 2019
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The Welcoming Committee
By Sanaz Toosi Directed by Taylor Reynolds Part of Noor Theatre's 48 Hour Forum |
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February 2019
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The Sad Poet
A film by Andrew Acedo World premiered (2/23/19) at NewFilmMakersLA, |
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Anita made her Columbia University debut in Return to Fall; a play based on true accounts about finding home amidst the Syrian Civil War through Rock and Roll. Written by Zizi Majid. Directed by Will Steinberger.
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October 2018
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Anita kicked-off her New York arrival with the reading of Haleh Roshan's A Play Titled After the Collective Noun for Female-Identifying 20-Somethings Living in NYC in the 2010s. (Yes- that is the title). At THML Theatre Company. Anita played an Iranian-American woman, trying to make meaning of her life as an artist in New York. (You can guess she had a lot of rapport with this one). |
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June 2018
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Anita co-starred in Season 2 / Episode 4 of Ahamed's Ramadan Diaries on
Comedy Central. Check it out here |
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May 2018
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Anita's 1st episode of her web-series is up on YouTube.
Poupak - A(MACE)ING AMERICA |
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April 2018
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Anita played the lead, Zoe, in the staged reading of The Dead Woman (written by Chelsea Sutton) at The Los Angeles Theater Center.
It was a huge success with a fantastic turnout and great discussions afterwards. |
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March 2018
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Anita has been admitted to Columbia University's MFA Acting Program. She will be venturing to New York come September for three rigorous and playful years, "Mastering" the craft! |
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February 2018
Anita will be finishing February having directed and acted in a pilot she wrote.
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
January 2018
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Anita filmed for an original project under the artistry and direction of Shuja Paul at Starlight Global films. We're staying tuned for the final product! |
December 2017
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Anita made her YouTube short film debut! She starred in New Years Eve written and directed by the ever-so creative YouTuber, Brandon Calvillo! Watch it here! |
November 2017
Anita signed with C&C Talent Management and Black Apple Talent Agency. She is thrilled to be professionally represented and continue making great work.
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Anita made her L.A filming debut! "Last Call for Liberty" (written and directed by Taurez Davis). She played the lead, Vira, a tech-savy activist, who codes for justice. |
October 2017
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Anita was honored to have been chosen by theSheytoon App Company (a Persian Matchmaking platform) to be the main woman in their first ever worldwide COMMERCIAL! Stay TUNED! #LAdreamin!
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June-September 2017
Just when she thought she had a hiatus with Shakespeare, Anita had a summer FULL of SHAKESPEARE under the stars!
She played Biondello and the Tailor in The Taming of the Shrew (directed by Beth Lopes)
and Miranda in The Tempest (directed by Eli Simon).
At New Swan Shakespeare Festival.
Just when she thought she had a hiatus with Shakespeare, Anita had a summer FULL of SHAKESPEARE under the stars!
She played Biondello and the Tailor in The Taming of the Shrew (directed by Beth Lopes)
and Miranda in The Tempest (directed by Eli Simon).
At New Swan Shakespeare Festival.
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Olivia in 12th Night
(directed by Meilisa Livingston) At UCIrvine |
October 2016 Anita was thrilled to be cast in The Iliad directed by the one and only, Annie Loui. Check out some of the show's amazing pictures in our Gallery page! |
June 2016
Anita played one of her dream roles: Patricia in Sight-Unseen. Directed by Trey Morehouse at the Robert Cohen Theater.
Anita played one of her dream roles: Patricia in Sight-Unseen. Directed by Trey Morehouse at the Robert Cohen Theater.
May 2016
Anita dove into another Ibsen play: Enemy of the People directed by Jane Page at UCIrvine. |
January 2016
Anita had the privilege, once again, to join Jeremy Aluma and Nahal Navidar in a new staged reading: So Donia Speaks at the
Road Theater Company, LA.
Anita had the privilege, once again, to join Jeremy Aluma and Nahal Navidar in a new staged reading: So Donia Speaks at the
Road Theater Company, LA.
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December 2015
Anita was so honored to be a recipient for the Elizabeth and Thomas Tierney Scholarship for Fine Arts at UCIrvine. |
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November 2015 Anita played Regina Engstrand in Ibsen's Ghosts, directed by Paul Cook in UCIrvine. |
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September 2015
Anita read for the role of Parvaneh in the new up-and-coming play, My Dear Hussein at the Company of Angels in Downtown Los Angeles. Written by Nahal Navidar and directed by Jeremy Aluma. |
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August 2015
Anita was Sally in Diana Burbano's Fabulous Monsters at Chapman University's Moulton Center Studio Theatre as part of OrangeCounty's New Play Festival, OC-Centric. |
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May 1-3, 2015
Anita had a blast playing Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona directed by Sarah Butts. |
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March, 2015
Anita had a great time playing Sandrine in Almost, Maine directed by Shinshin Tsai at UCIrvine's Nixon Theater. |
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October 31, 2014
Anita will be starring in "Girl-Power", a new up-and-coming web series about superwomen! She will be portraying Nasha, a superwoman with Medusa-like powers. |
October 9, 2014
Anita was cast in UCIrvine's MainStage
(and world premiere) production of
The Last Lifeboat by Luke Yankee directed by Don Hill.
She portrayed Madeline Astor.
Anita was cast in UCIrvine's MainStage
(and world premiere) production of
The Last Lifeboat by Luke Yankee directed by Don Hill.
She portrayed Madeline Astor.
September-November 2014
Anita began taking her first Camera Acting classes at South Coast Repertory! |
June 2014 Anita took Matthew Arkin's Advanced Scene Study class at South Coast Repertory. |
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September 2013
Awni began college at UCI double majoring in Drama and Biology! |
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