Faezeh Jalali (born 1980) is an Indian–Iranian actress, director, writer, producer and activist. She is known for ''

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'' (2008), '' Shaitan'' (2011) and the play ''Jaal'' (2012).

Personal life and education

She is a fourth generation Iranian born to an Iranian Muslim family residing in India and grew up in Mumbai. After schooling at JB Petit High School, she attended

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, USA, where she studied theatre arts and also took pre-medical background classes for dental school. Jalali joined theatre and went on to obtain a Master of Fine Arts at the

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and Clarence Brown Theatre at Knoxville.

Career

Jalali's theatre acting performances include, Mira Nair's stage musical ''Monsoon Wedding'', ''I Don’t Like It'', ''As You Like It'' and other productions such as ''Jatinga'', ''The Djinns of Eidgah'', ''Thook'', ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream'', ''Arms and the Man'', ''The Trestle at Popelick Creek''. She also directed her own plays such as ''07/07/07'' and ''Shikhandi- The Story of the In-betweens'', which won the ''Best Ensemble Cast'' at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) 2016 and 2018 for which Jalali was also nominated for the Best Director. She also played roles in movies such as

and kurbaan and was part of the Indian action-thriller television series 24.

Sports

Jalali is a trained acrobatic aerialist. She represented Iran at the 1st Mallakhamb World Championships which was held at Mumbai in 2019. She participated in the rope category.

Filmography

Films

Her work as an actress includes films such as:

Television

Theatre

Director: *''Jaal'' (2012) *''Shikandi'' (2016) *''‘07/07/07'' (2016)

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