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Desiree Akhavan was born on 27 December, 1984 in New York City, New York, U.S., is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actress. Discover Desiree Akhavan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 39 years old?

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Occupation Filmmaker,actress,writer
Age 39 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 27 December 1984
Birthday 27 December
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1979

Both of Akhavan's parents fled to the United States following the Iranian Revolution in 1979; Akhavan has stated in interviews that they now identify as American.

1980

Her father has not returned to Iran since the 1980s, though Akhavan occasionally visited family overseas as a child.

As a child, Akhavan lived in New Jersey before her family moved to Rockland County, New York.

As a commuting student, Akhavan attended the Horace Mann School, an independent prep school in The Bronx, for her high school years.

During this period of time, Akhavan struggled with feelings of loneliness: "My life was in New York City but I would sleep in the suburbs and I didn’t know anyone there. I didn’t have friends and I didn’t have a life, other than watching television and movies."

Akhavan has attributed her first experiences with American culture through watching TV shows and films.

She began writing plays when she was 10 years old and began acting in plays at 13 years old.

Akhavan struggled to fit in at school, with negative body images and standards leading her to face eating disorders such as bulimia.

"There was one aesthetic, and it was: very thin, very petite, straight hair, straight nose, Petit Bateau T-shirt, 7 For All Mankind jeans, North Face fleece” – but these things take their toll. "I know those girls who fit in at that age, and it was through a sexual power that they couldn’t handle.

Power is a really tricky thing, it’s overwhelming.

If men had paid attention to me at that age, I would have gotten in trouble."

Akhavan studied Film and Theatre at Smith College, a women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she was "a bit of a loner".

1984

Desiree Akhavan (, born December 27, 1984) is an American filmmaker, writer and actress.

Akhavan was born in New York City in 1984.

2007

After graduating in 2007, she studied film directing as a graduate student at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

She also spent a year studying abroad at Queen Mary, University of London.

Akhavan made her first short film Two Drink Minimum while studying in London as a graduate student.

2010

In 2010, she wrote and directed the short film Nose Job.

2011

The series premiered in 2011.

She plays a writing student in season 4 of Girls.

The role was offered to her after Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner saw her film Appropriate Behaviour.

2012

Akhavan has regularly appeared in her own work following her writing, directing, and acting in the lesbian-themed web series The Slope. She and Ingrid Jungermann, her creative partner, were named to Filmmakers 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2012.

2014

She is best known for her 2014 feature film debut Appropriate Behavior, and her 2018 film The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

She appeared in the found footage horror film Creep 2.

In 2014, Akhavan's film Appropriate Behavior, in which she plays an alternative version of herself, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

The film was first written as her senior thesis paper as a graduate student at New York University.

Although it is inspired by personal events in Akhavan's life, such as the break up of her first lesbian relationship, she has asserted that the film is not autobiographical.

That year, she was also selected for the Sundance Institute's Episodic Story Lab for her pilot script Switch Hitter.

2015

In 2015, Akhavan was the President of the Queer Palm jury at the Cannes Film Festival.

She has stated she draws inspiration from people such as Todd Solondz and Noah Baumbach.

Channel 4 commissioned a sitcom called The Bisexual to be written, directed by and starring Akhavan.

2016

In November 2016, it was announced Akhavan would write, direct and produce The Miseducation of Cameron Post, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, and Sasha Lane.

2018

It aired on October 10, 2018 in the U.K. and on November 16, 2018 in the U.S. The sitcom explores misconceptions of bisexuality.

In an interview with UK's Bazaar, she said, "To me that was the perfect way to handle bisexuality, through the lens of a lesbian."

The critically acclaimed film won the 2018 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and was officially selected for the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Toronto LGBT Film Festival, San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, Outfest, and the San Francisco Indie Film Festival, earning multiple additional nominations and awards.

In an interview about her career with The Guardian, Akhavan proclaimed, "The only mainstream queer female stories have been directed by men-it disgusts me."

In the same interview, Akhavan explains her intentions behind directing The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

"I didn’t want it to be propaganda, though I think that would be a more commercially successful film. I wanted the tone to be right… Every film about teens is really about the moment they realise that none of the adults know what they’re doing."

On November 17, 2018, Akhavan attended the Vulture Festival, speaking at a sit-down conversation alongside actresses Chloë Grace Moretz and Tatum O’Neal to discuss working in the film industry.

Currently, Akhavan is working on a memoir, Late Bloomer, a collection of personal essays, to be published in 2024.