POOYA MOHSENI is an Iranian-American actor, writer, consultant, and transgender activist. She won the Best Performance and Best Actress awards at OUTFEST and Film OUT San Diego for See You Then, by Mari Walker, which premiered at South By Southwest last year and will be released in theaters later this year. She’s also the co-creator of “Always, Azizam,” the first Iranian American romantic comedy revolving around a transgender lead character. Her stage performances include She,He,Me for National Queer Theater, Our Town in Pride Plays, Hamlet in Play On Shakespeare festival, Galatea for the WP Pipeline festival, as well as the Audible production of Chonburi Hotel & The Butterfly Club for Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has recurred on “Big Dogs” (Amazon Prime) and “Falling Water” (USA), as well as guest starred on the CBS shows “Law & Order: SVU” and “Madam Secretary.” Pooya is represented by TGTalent and Headline Talent Agency.
