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Deana Taheri

Birth Place: London UK

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Deana Taheri is an English-Iranian actress based in New York City. She graduated with a BFA in Drama from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is represented by British American Talent Management. Despite the pandemic causing a major stop in the industry, Deana became a finalist in WBTV's Actors in Training program; wrote, directed, and starred in multiple short films; worked as casting director for upcoming short films "Cook or Die" and "Blitz"; is in active pursuit of voiceover and audiobook narration, since booking an audiobook with Penguin Random House; and is currently working as a remote casting assistant for Laura Stanczyk Casting: Brick Wall Theatrical.

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Sam Given's FLINCH To Receive Public Reading At Naked Angels


FLINCH, a new play by Sam Given, explores family secrets and the impact of history in a public reading at Naked Angels.

Bad Behavior Lab Gives a Voice to Artists Silenced During the Pandemic


As New York University graduates in the pandemic, with a determination to make a space for themselves in an industry on life support, Deana Taheri, Zac Branciforte, and Julia Di Lorenzo co-founded Bad Behavior Lab: an artist lab debuting and creating original works by multi-hyphenate artists.

New Trish Harnetiaux Play Set for Run At The Lee Strasberg Institute


A new dark comedy by Trish Harnetiaux (Tin Cat Shoes, How to Get into Buildings) and directed by Olivia Songer (SEEDS Resident Director, Rough Magic Theatre Company) will play The Imra Sandrey Theatre at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (115 East 15th Street) on Thursday May 9, Friday May 10, & Saturday May 11. Harnetiaux is the recipient of The Clifford Odets Ensemble Play Commission, an annual playwriting commission designed to serve large ensembles of emerging actors.

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