Pooya Mohseni

Pooya Mohseni is a multi-award-winning Iranian American actor, writer, filmmaker, and transgender activist. She is set to star in Playwrights Horizons and Breaking The Binary Theatre’s upcoming world premiere of Sarah Mantell’s In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot. She appeared in the world premiere of The Sex Party (Menier Chocolate Factory) in London. Her other stage performances include her Obie win in the Pulitzer and Obie-winning play English (Atlantic Theater Company), Hamlet (Play On Shakespeare Festival), One Woman (United Solo), She,He,Me (National Queer Theater), Our Town (Pride Plays), Galatea (The WP Project), The Good Muslim (EST), White Snake (Baltimore Center Stage), and the Audible production of Chonburi Hotel & The Butterfly Club (Williamstown Theater Festival). Her film and television credits include The Walking Dead: Dead City (upcoming), Law & Order: SVU, Big Dogs, Falling Water, Madam Secretary, Terrifier and See You Then, streaming on all digital platforms. She's part of the advisory council for The Ackerman Institute's Gender & Family Project.