EXCLUSIVE: Silver Lining Entertainment has signed Niousha Noor, the star of Maryam Keshavarz’s a number of prize-winning Sundance dramedy The Persian Version, for illustration.
Currently in theaters by way of Sony Pictures Classics and Stage 6 Films, The Persian Version facilities on Leila (Layla Mohammadi), an aspiring Iranian American filmmaker who reunites together with her household in New York City amidst her father’s coronary heart transplant, coming into battle together with her mom when a private secret is revealed. Drawing robust critiques out of Sundance 2023, the place it laid declare to the fest’s Audience Award and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, the movie has Noor portraying Leila’s conservative mom, Shireen.
Noor may also presently be seen starring alongside Giancarlo Esposito, Rufus Sewell, Paz Vega, Jai Courtney and extra in Kaleidoscope, Netflix’s heist present from creator Eric Garcia, which premiered in January. She was seen previous to that in IFC Midnight’s horror thriller The Night, reverse Cannes Best Actor winner Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman), which made historical past as the primary American-produced movie to obtain a proper extensive theatrical launch in Iran because the Iranian revolution greater than 4 a long time in the past. She’s additionally recurred on Alan Ball’s HBO present Here and Now and Freeform’s Stitchers, showing extra lately on 9-1-1: Lone Star and The Accidental Wolf.
Currently creating her unique screenplay, Blue Flower, as a car for her to topline and produce, Noor continues to be represented by TalentWorks, Rogers & Cowan/PMK, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
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