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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).
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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.
- Emily Gould
- Features Writer, New York Magazine
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.
Oct 5, 2018 · Desiree Akhavan: ‘Just because I’m from a marginalised group, I don’t have to skewer the mainstream’. The star of ‘The Bisexual’ on why not only heterosexuals are guilty of prejudice and...
- Gabriel Tate
Desiree Akhavan is a filmmaker, writer and director who explores identity, sexuality and shame in her work. She has won awards for her films Appropriate Behavior and The Miseducation of Cameron Post, and cowrote and directed the Hulu series The Bisexual.
Jan 14, 2015 · Brooklyn’s next big indie filmmaker. The first bisexual Iranian-American to make it big. But after watching her debut film, Appropriate Behavior, which opens in theaters in New York this weekend ...
