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Desiree Akhavan (Persian: دزیره اخوان, born December 27, 1984) [1] is an American filmmaker, writer and actress. [2] She is best known for her 2014 feature film debut Appropriate Behavior, [3] [4] and her 2018 film The Miseducation of Cameron Post. She appeared in the found footage horror film Creep 2.
Desiree Akhavan was born on 27 December 1984 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a director and actress, known for Appropriate Behavior (2014), The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) and The Bisexual (2018).
Aug 20, 2024 · Akhavan plays one-half of a Park Slope–dwelling lesbian couple who’s constantly doing something awkward or mistaken, and the series’ deadpan humor and nonexistent production values set her apart from her film-school classmates.
Desiree Akhavan is best known for her films Appropriate Behavior and The Miseducation of Cameron Post, which won the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Award. More recently she cowrote, directed and starred in the Hulu original series The Bisexual.
When filmmaker Desiree Akhavan told her Iranian immigrant parents she was in love with a woman, she knew they would object. She explains why it's worth the risk to let people get to know the real you.
Aug 13, 2024 · Iranian American writer Desiree Akhavan thought of herself as a social outcast when she was growing up. That would start to change when she was in film school and made a...
The writer, director and actor discusses her pioneering series about bisexuality, why it was rejected in America and why she finds the label so embarrassing. The Bisexual is a funny and honest exploration of sexual identity, shame and relationships, starring Akhavan and Maxine Peake.
