Diana Simonzadeh

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“Risk more than others think is safe.  Care more than others think is wise.  Dream more than others think is practical.  Expect more than others think is possible.” - Cadet Maxim

   Represented by Gray Talent Group, Inc.  Agents Dawn Gray and Brooke Shoemaker.  Casting Networks Resume

I’m cast in a short film called, Remote Viewing.  Shoot begins mid June, 2012!  More info soon…

Scrooge & Marley

I’m a featured player in Scrooge & Marley, an independent movie coming to theaters December 2012!

Scrooge & Marley (2012)

Qwerty and Waterwalk in Theaters!

I’m a featured player in two independent feature films that are about to make their big screen debuts!  Qwerty (2012) has just been accepted as an Official Selection in three major film fests:  Nashville Film Festival, Dallas International Film Festival, and AMC Theaters Kansas City FilmFest.   Waterwalk (2012) opens in select theaters across the Midwest in April!  Nationwide premieres including Chicago, LA, and New York will be announced as soon as theaters and times are secured.  More info soon… :)

Water Walk is now showing in theaters!  I was a featured player in this independent feature film that’s based on a true story about a father and son bonding while on a 1000 mile canoe trip. Waterwalk is directed by and stars Hollywood veteran actor, Robert Cicchini.  Here’s the link for venue updates and premiere dates. Water Walk is now in theaters!

   Waterwalk on Facebook!

Back in November, I took home the honor of a 2011 Equity Jeff Award  for Best Supporting Actress in Wajdi Mouawad’s highly acclaimed and Jeff Nominated play, SCORCHED performed at Silk Road Rising!  In Scorched I played the old incarnation of the tragic heroine, Nawal Marwan as well as the role of Nazira. Here are the Jeff Award Photos taken from the evening of the event. Photos courtesy of photographer, Johnny Knight.

I have just been cast in a devastatingly beautiful play called Night Over Erzinga, written by Adriana Sevahn Nichols and directed by Lisa Portes.  Performances to be held at Silk Road Rising! More details soon…

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Diana as Madame Helena in Yesterday She Was Here (2012).  More info soon… Photo courtesy of Amy Kearney.

Diana as Madame Helena in Yesterday She Was Here (2012).  More info soon… Photo courtesy of Amy Kearney.

Still from feature, Between Western and California (2012) directed by Nicholas Medina. Pictured are Diana Simonzadeh as Maria and Anthony DiNicola as the film’s lead, Jacob.

Wrapped as Maria in Between Western and California (2012), a feature film directed by Nicholas Medina with the team of Black and Brown Ink.  Amazing shoot!!!  Also wrapped as Madame Helena in the indie short, Yesterday She Was Here (2012) written and directed by Michael Apostolidis (another great script), and recently wrapped on the the indie comedy feature, Dealing the Movie (2012).  In this one I played the role of Sr. Marianne, a nun who suffers from advanced glaucoma and smokes pot to ease her symptoms ;-)  Film was shot in Chicago and in LA.

My IMDB, Vimeo and Youtube pages will give you a glimpse of some of my work in film and television, including various film demos and a clip of my work as the forensic pathologist in Sony Picture’s TV movie, Matadors starring Stephen Lang (Avatar) and David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck & LA Confidential).

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