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Desiree Akhavan
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- You're Embarrassing Yourself
- Late Bloomer
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Desiree Akhavan is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter and actress of Iranian descent, best known for her 2014 feature film debut, Appropriate Behavior, and her 2018 film The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
Known for
- Overcompensating — Ronnie2025
- Dykes, Camera, Action! — Self2018
- The Bisexual — Leila2018
- Creep 2 — Sara2017
- The Circuit — Angie2016
- Flowers — Carol2016
- Appropriate Behavior — Shirin2015
- Girls — Chandra2012
- The Slope — Desiree2010
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15
- Total plays
- 19
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- television producer
- Educated at
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Desiree Akhavan 2015-05-24.png
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- date of birth
- 1984-12-27
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Desiree Akhavan
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