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Sheila Vand is an American actress and performance artist of Iranian descent. She is known for her role in Ben Affleck's 2012 Oscar-winning film Argo. Vand made her Broadway debut alongside Robin Williams in 2011 in the Pulitzer-nominated Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. She has worked with filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour on several projects, including Pashmaloo which premiered at the Berlinale in 2011 and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. She also has an ongoing collaboration with 2013 TED speaker Alexa Meade. Their photo series MILK: What Will You Make of Me? is on exhibit at the Gallery for Contemporary Photography Ingo Seufert, Munich, Germany and was also exhibited in the Grand Palais at Art Paris Art Fair. Vand is also the creator of experimental performance piece Sneaky Nietzsche.
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Land of Dreams | Simin | 2022 |
| The Fall of the House of Usher | The TV Host | 2021 |
| The Rental | Mina | 2020 |
| Snowpiercer | Zarah Ferami | 2020 |
| The Wave | Theresa | 2020 |
| Undone | Farnaz | 2019 |
| She's Missing | Cherry | 2019 |
| Tuca & Bertie | (voice) | 2019 |
| Triple Frontier | Lauren Yates | 2019 |
| Viper Club | Sheila | 2018 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Land of Dreams | Simin | 2022 |
| The Fall of the House of Usher | The TV Host | 2021 |
| The Rental | Mina | 2020 |
| Snowpiercer | Zarah Ferami | 2020 |
| The Wave | Theresa | 2020 |
| Undone | Farnaz | 2019 |
| She's Missing | Cherry | 2019 |
| Tuca & Bertie | (voice) | 2019 |
| Triple Frontier | Lauren Yates | 2019 |
| Viper Club | Sheila | 2018 |
| Prospect | Inumon | 2018 |
| We the Animals | Ma | 2018 |
| Aardvark | Hannah | 2018 |
| 68 Kill | Monica | 2017 |
| XX | Carla (segment "The Birthday Party") | 2017 |
| 24: Legacy | Nilaa Mizrani / Nilaa | 2016 |
| The OA | Yassi | 2016 |
| Women Who Kill | Simone | 2016 |
| Holidays | Lily (segment: Mother's Day) / Lily (segment "Mother's Day") | 2016 |
| Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero | Leila | 2016 |
| Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Shakira Khar / Shakira | 2016 |
| Breakthrough | Narrator (voice) | 2015 |
| Camino | Marianna | 2015 |
| Minority Report | Fredi Kincaid | 2015 |
| Hollywood Today Live | Self | 2015 |
| In Her Place | Nazy | 2015 |
| The Red Tent | Meryt | 2014 |
| A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | The Girl | 2014 |
| State of Affairs | Maureen James | 2014 |
| BoJack Horseman | Todd's Phone | 2014 |
| Live@Sundance | Self | 2014 |
| Cult | Allegra Constantine | 2013 |
| Argo | Sahar | 2012 |
| NYC 22 | Jasmeen | 2012 |
| Bold Native | Sonja | 2010 |
| Girlfriend | Kenny's Wife (voice) | 2010 |
| Life | Shahnaz Darvashi | 2007 |
| Prom Queen | Courtney | 2007 |
