DIANA SIMONZADEH
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA Eligible
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Clip from The Solution (2025 short film) (Performance Video) Quicktime
As lead, Ruby Finnegan. Produced by 54 Scripts Productions. @ Stockholm City Film Fest, Official Selection @ Cinestesya Film Fest in Porto, Portugal, Finalist for Best Horror/Thriller @The London Film Club Shorts Fest, & Best Short @ UFVA Conference.
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Role of Sara from Modque4Mosque (Performance Video) Quicktime
Sara from Mosque4Mosque by Omer Abbas Salem. Performed by Diana Simonzadeh
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Matadors (Sony Pictures TV movie) - clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
In this scene I play a pathologist testifying in a murder trial. TV movie starring Michael Rooker and Stephen Lang. More on IMDB.
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Googled (short film) - clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
Short clip from drama, Googled. "Imagine a mobile app that allows you to take a picture of a complete stranger and instantly provides you with most personal and sometimes intimate information about that person. Imagine the possibilities. Imagine the consequences. A man on a business trip meets a mysterious woman who seems to know a little too much about his personal life. The encounter changes his life forever. " Written by Anonymous on IMDB
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Sweeney Todd adaptation - short clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
Comedy/horror footage. Diana Simonzadeh in an adaptation of Sweeney Todd.
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What about Chrissy (pt 1) - short clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
Raw footage of dramatic short film, What About Chrissy starring Diana Simonzadeh. Acrimony and baseless mistrust lead a married couple to spiral toward separation. Written and directed by Joy Jones. Full film on YouTube.
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The Reunion - 2019 (pt 1) - short clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
Clip from short film, The Reunion (2019) starring Diana Simonzadeh filmed in Chicago.
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The Reunion film - 2019 (pt 2) - short clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
Clip from short film, The Reunion starring Diana Simonzadeh filmed in Chicago. Film in its entirety on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/334857032
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The Onion - clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
In this clip from The Onion I play a Scientologist who along with other Scientologists have accused a Scientology Minister of molesting thetans. For full video of The Onion episode visit The Scientology Report on Onion's YouTube.
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The Candy Cane Contraption (magic realism) - clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
From Mankato Pictures, a film I acted in, co-wrote, and co-produced. This is a magical tale surrounding a mysterious transient who has gravitated towards a boy who feels lost and hopeless. Following their adventures and search for the elusive...
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What about Chrissy (pt 2) - short clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
Raw footage of dramatic short film, What About Chrissy starring Diana Simonzadeh. To see the film in its entirety please visit YouTube
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Googled (Short film) - clip 2 (Performance Video) Quicktime
Short clip from drama, Googled. After getting caught in his wife's spider web, the indiscreet husband has no choice but to succumb to her blackmail.
Résumé Print Résumé
WEBSITES | ||
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Actor Website |
Reviews, Prod. History, Photos |
Backstage |
Official Backstage |
Official profile / demo reels |
YouTube |
Film Work, Demo Reels/Clips |
Official YouTube profile |
IMDB |
Official IMDB |
Also on IMDB PRO |
TELEVISION | ||
Chicago Fire - Episode # 1.22 |
Co-Star |
NBC / Michael Slovis |
Matadors - TV Movie |
Co-Star |
Sony Pictures / Yves Simoneau |
Generations - Episode # 2.32 |
Co-Star |
NBC / Sally Sussman Morina |
INTERNET | ||
The Vortex Of Time by Alan Maass (2026) |
Principal (Monday Night Playground) |
PlayGround Chicago |
Clarity is Kindness by Tanuja Devi Jagernauth (2025) |
Principal (Monday Night PlayGround) |
PlayGround Chicago |
A Cold War by Dakota Pariset (2025) |
Principal (Monday Night PlayGround) |
PlayGround Chicago |
Customer Service at the Nightmare Factory (2024) |
Principal - by Tanuja Devi Jagernauth |
PlayGround Chicago |
Disloyal by Anne Brady (2024) |
Principal (Monday Night PlayGround) |
PlayGround Chicago |
The Sea and its Keeper by Zach Barr (2024) |
Principal (Best of the Fest -PlayGround) |
PlayGround Chicago |
The Sea and its Keeper by Zach Barr (2024) |
Principal (Monday Night PlayGround) |
PlayGround Chicago |
Look Closer by Gabriella Bonamici (2024) |
Principal (Monday Night PlayGround) |
PlayGround Chicago |
1994: Stealing the Scream by J.S. Puller (2024) |
Principal (Monday Night PlayGround) |
PlayGround Chicago |
Regicide Or How I Became Queen...by Alfonzo Kahlil (2024) |
Principal (Monday Night PlayGround) |
PlayGround Chicago |
Knotty Acknowledgements by Toby Inoue (2023) |
Principal (Monday Night PlayGround) |
PlayGround Chicago |
The Origin Of Zeke Wolf by Dana Hall (2023) |
Principal (Monday Night PlayGround) |
PlayGround Chicago |
Layla by Iman Ahmed |
Lead (2020 Pilot read via Zoom) |
The Orchard Project (NY) |
The Promised Land by Deborah Stein |
Supporting (2020 Pilot read via Zoom) |
The Orchard Project (NY) |
The Onion - Review |
Featured |
Onion Digital Studios |
FILM - Selected Credits | ||
Pretty Weeds (2027) - Feature |
Day Player - Shel |
Emily Lape |
The Solution (2026) - Short by Ben Kurstin |
Lead - Best Actress 1 Win; 2 Nominations |
John Klein, Stephen Kniss |
I Lost Something? (2026) - Short |
Lead (post production) |
Alyssa Rubin |
The Great Balloon (2026) - Short |
Supporting (post production) |
Remsy Atassi - RA Imaging |
Sharing Air (2026) - Feature |
Supporting (post production) |
David Marsh - Deep Dive Prods. |
In These Moments (2026) - Short |
Lead (post production) |
Mariana Torres |
Mother's Daughter (2026) - Short |
Lead (post production) |
Leila Boisvert |
Clothes On Our Backs (2026) - Short |
Supporting (post production) |
A Thousand Faces Productions |
Defective (2025) - Short |
Supporting (post production) |
Lynne Park |
Necro 101(2024) - Feature |
Supporting- Santa Monica Intl. Film Fest |
Applause For a Cause |
Soft Boiled (2026) - Feature |
Supporting |
Eric McKenzie |
The Cancer Card (2025) - Short |
Supporting |
Jimmy Rancich |
Oops! I've Been Driven Mundane (2023) - Short |
Lead |
Nick Schoenbrodt |
The Reunion (2019) - Short |
Lead |
Jeremy Xujia Chen |
Not in this House (2018) - Short |
Lead |
CCC |
The Glass House (2014) - Feature |
Supporting |
On Amazon Prime |
The Origins of Wit and Humor (2014) - Feature |
Supporting |
On Amazon Prime |
Remote Viewing (2014) - Short |
Supporting |
Robert Puccinelli |
Dealing (2014) - Feature Comedy |
Supporting |
Angel Alzona and Rob Marcacci |
Scrooge & Marley (2012) - Feature |
Featured |
scroogeandmarleymovie on IMDB |
Qwerty (2012) - Feature Comedy |
Supporting |
On Amazon Prime |
WaterWalk (2012) - Feature starring Robert Cicchini |
Supporting |
waterwalkthemovie on IMDB |
Yesterday She Was Here (2012) - Short |
Lead |
Mike Apostolidis |
Between Western and California (2012) - Feature |
Supporting |
Black and Brown Ink |
What About Crissy (2012) - Short |
Lead |
Joy Jones |
Supply Fulfillment - Advanced Scene Study (2012) |
Lead |
Claudia Rosario Olvera |
West Side Story - Advanced Scene Study (2012) |
Lead |
Ryan Buckley |
Orange - Short |
Lead |
Ryan Buckley |
The Widow - Short |
Supporting |
Yellow Wing Productions |
Remnants - Short |
Lead |
Grenke Productions |
Googled - Short |
Lead |
DePaul U. / Wojciech Lorenc |
All We Had - Documentary |
Lead |
allwehadmovie on IMDB |
The 5:22 - Short |
Lead - Rhode Island Int. Film Festival |
Ephemeron Films |
Adagio - Short |
Lead |
Adigul Films |
The First Step - Short |
Lead |
David M. Brown |
The Candy Cane Contraption - Short |
Lead |
Mankato Pictures |
Happy Robin - Short |
Lead |
Mankato Pictures |
Cougars For Kids - Short |
Lead |
No Clue Productions |
Fathers and Sons - Short |
Lead |
Columbia College |
Other People - Short |
Lead |
J. Paul Preseault |
Detour Home - Short |
Lead |
C.C.C. Practicum Set Etiquette |
A Little Secret - Short |
Lead |
C.C.C. Practicum Film 2007 |
Witch Hunt - Short |
Lead |
C.C.C. Special Studies Film |
Sage - Short |
Lead |
Israel Alpizar |
Isle of Lesbos - Feature |
Supporting |
On Amazon Prime |
COMMERCIAL | ||
Global Novations/ Korn Ferry - Industrial |
Lead - Sydney (Nurse) |
Zoo Creative/ Joel Umbaugh |
KMA Diversity - Middle East & LGBT |
Lead |
Miller Creative Media, Inc. |
Value City Commercial "The Unbelievables" |
Lead |
Mills James Productions |
NorthShore University HealthSystem |
Brain Trust - (Doctor) |
Assembly Films, Ltd |
NMH Commercial "A Grand Hopening" |
Lead - (Patient) |
iLeveL Advertising |
Fantasy Diamond Store - Training Video |
Supporting |
CNGM Pictures / Michael Noens |
Time Defiance / Artistry - Infomercial |
Model |
Amway / GSP Marketing |
Walgreens - Industrial |
Lead |
Meetings and Media Walgreen |
CTA and Respiratory Health - PSAs |
Lead |
Film Collective Productions |
Diversity: Face-To-Face - Industrial |
Lead |
ATS Advertising |
THEATRE - Selected Credits | ||
Iraq, But Funny (LADI 2024 Workshop) - by Atra Asdou |
Actor 1 (various roles) |
Lookingglass - Dalia Ashurina |
The Corpse Washer (Mar. 2019) |
Mother/Guard |
Actrs Thtr Louisvl-Mark Brokaw |
Night Over Erzinga |
Veronica, Older Alice |
Silk Road Rising - Lisa Portes |
My Name is Inanna, Medea Was Born in Fallujah - Reading |
Inanna, Medea |
Silk Road Rising - Azar Kazemi |
Scorched - 2011 Jeff Award Recipient for |
Old Nawal, Nazira |
Silk Road Rising - Dale Heinen |
Best Supporting Actress (Diana Simonzadeh) |
As Old Nawal and Nazira |
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Paulus - Invited Reading |
Adima |
Silk Rd Rising -Daniella Topol |
Return to Haifa - Jeff Recommended |
Safiyeh |
Next Theatre/Jason Southerland |
Perfect Mendacity - World Premiere |
Samira |
Asolo Repertory / Sarasota, FL |
Homebody / Kabul - Midwest Premiere |
Mahala |
Steppenwolf / Frank Galati |
Homebody / Kabul - Bam Theatre |
Steppenwolf / Center Thtre Group -Prods |
Frank Galati - NY Prod |
Homebody / Kabul - Tony Kushner |
All Souadingandtrack Solo Vocals |
Steppenwolf / Chgo, LA, NY |
A Bed the Size of Portugal - Invited Reading |
Odessa |
Teatro Vista / Cecilie Keenan |
A Dress of Steel Mesh - Invited Reading |
First Voice |
Silk Rd Rising /Amanda Respess |
Alberta / Einstein - Invited Reading |
Steppenwolf / Megan Shuchman |
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Anon(ymous) - Invited Reading |
Ritu, Serza, Sewing Woman |
Steppenwolf / Jessica Thebus |
Demeter in the City - Reading |
Greek Chorus |
Steppenwolf / Jessica Thebus |
Citizens of the World - Millennium Park |
Ensemble |
Steppenwolf / Jessica Thebus |
Talib - Stage Read - World Premiere |
Aida Al-Masri |
Silk Road Rising / M. Najjar |
Behind Their Eyes |
Afghan Storyteller |
Angels Thtre Co/Cecilie Keenan |
Alice's adventures in Wonderland |
Cheshire Cat, Ensemble |
City Lit / Cecilie Keenan |
The Sleep of Reason |
Leocadia's Voice, Cat Figure |
Bailiwick / Cecilie Keenan |
LeBourgeois Avant-Garde |
Violet |
Sliced Bread prod./Wm. Bullion |
King Richard III |
James Tyrrel, Ensemble |
Sliced Bread prod./Wm. Bullion |
A Wrinkle in Time |
Happy Medium, Ensemble |
Lifeline Thtre/ Meryl Friedman |
Italian American Reconciliation |
Janice |
Globe Theatre Showcase / LA |
Bye Bye Birdie |
Edna Henkel, Rosie - Understudy |
Drury Lane Thtre / Jim Corti |
Chicago |
Roxy Hart |
Prologue / Michael Barto |
Cole Porter in Revue |
Soloist |
Prologue Theatre |
The Good War - Studs Terkel |
Dellie Hahne, Soloist |
Prologue Theatre |
West Side Story |
Theresita, Anita - Performed |
Pheasant Run Theatre |
A Doctor in Spite of Himself |
Martine |
Rally Theatre / Chicago |
CHILDREN'S THEATRE | ||
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Hermia |
Arts - Lane Prods / Chicago |
Scraps, the Ragtime Girl of Oz |
Scraps |
Theatre at the Center / IN |
Super Dan, the Safety Man |
Lead |
Super Dan Productions / Tour |
TRAINING | ||
Acting: Johnathon Wilson |
Loyola University |
Chicago |
Acting Studio Chicago |
Commercial & Film Audition Workshop |
Matt Miller |
Peter Forester & Phyllis Schuringa |
Audition Center |
Chicago |
Ellen Gerstein |
Private Coach |
Los Angeles |
Voice: David Edelfelt |
Patricia Martinez |
Christopher Moore |
Dance: Sydni Knox |
Lou Conte School of Dance |
James Corti |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'1" |
Weight: 105 lbs |
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Fluent in Assyrian, Some Farsi, Chef, Improvisation, Singer, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Voiceover, American - New York Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, French Accent, Iraqi Accent, Italian Accent, Persian Accent, Puerto Rican Accent
2026 Best Actress Win for award-winning Indie Film, The Solution by 54 Scripts Productions at Wolf Tree Film Festival; 2026 Best Actress Nominations for The Solution at Flathead Lake International Cinemafest in Polson, Montana & Third Culture Film Festival in Tauranga, New Zealand. 2011 Equity Jeff Award for Scorched at Silk Road. Strong, Versatile actor. Skills: Mezzo-soprano, Wide Age Range, Voiceover, Character Voices, Strong with dialects...