Yasmine Delawari
Born: 1972-09-27 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Yasmine Delawari (born Yasmine Z. Delawari, 27 September 1972 in Los Angeles, California) – Afghan-American actress and producer, daughter of Afghan immigrants. The first Afghan-American Rose Queen (1990, representing La Cañada Flintridge), she earned a degree in Political Science from UCLA before training at Circle in the Square in New York. She made her acting debut at age 13 in The Children of Times Square (1986), then had a 15-year hiatus before resuming her career in 2002. Her most notable film roles include Sunday in Mr. Brooks (2007, opposite Kevin Costner), the English Teacher in Thirteen (2003, opposite Holly Hunter and Nikki Reed), Maria Barrera in Megalodon (2002), and Operator #2 in Lies and Alibis (2006, opposite Rebecca Romijn). On television she held a recurring role as Yasmin Amir in American Family (2004, 13 episodes, PBS), appeared in The Shield (2004) as Angelica, and E-Ring (2005–2006) as Mira/Maya. She has been married to entertainment lawyer Matt Johnson since 2007, with four children, and has since largely stepped away from acting, producing the documentary We Came Home (2013).
Filmography
2008
- The Ode as Guli
2007
- Mr. Brooks as Sunday
- Backyards & Bullets
2006
- The Alibi as Operator #2
2005
- Numb3rs as Nasreen Kafaji
2004
- Megalodon as Maria Barrera
- Winning The Peace as Susan Latif
2003
- Thirteen as English Teacher
2002
- The Shield as Angelica
1986
- The Children of Times Square as Carla