Pooya Mohseni

Known for ActingBorn 1978-01-01 (age 48)Teheran, Iran

Pooya Mohseni is an Iranian American actress, writer, filmmaker and Trans activist, born and raised in Tehran, Iran. She moved to New York in her teens, where she discovered her love of acting and story telling. She has guest starred on Primetime shows, like Law and Order : SVU , Falling Water and Madam Secretary and Big Dogs on Amazon Prime. She is the first middle eastern trans actor to play the role of judge on a prime time procedural. Her latest starring role in a feature is the lead role of Mari Walker's "See You Then", coming out in 2021. She is a graduate from the esteemed Maggie Flanigan Studio, and continues to build her resume of a wide range of characters, while exploring their humanity and fragility. She is fluent in Persian/Farsi and a transgender advocate, as well as a voice for immigrant and women's issues. She is also involved in writing and consulting on original LGBT stories to shed light on an otherwise under represented community.Read more

Movies & web series

The Walking Dead: Dead City

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Madam Secretary

Terrifier

Lapsis

Thorp

Remote

Troy

Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker

The Arrival

Let Me Go (The Right Way)

Chateau Sauvignon: terroir

Brutal Colors

Theresa & Allison

Day 39

See You Then

Stray

Subways

Class A

When Death Calls

After the Date

Bloody Slumber Party

Human Theories

Bound

Beti

Always Azizam

English

Heather

Deathless

Transit: A New York City Fairytale

Luz Marina

Veronica