Iranian American writer Desiree Akhavan thought of herself as a social outcast when she was growing up. That would start to change when she was in film school and made a successful comedy series about ...

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Desiree Akhavan is tall, with big eyes and dark hair. In person, she’s really striking. But as a kid in school, she says she felt invisible. Unless she was on stage. When I was in 6th grade, that’s ...

Desiree Akhavan is here 2 creep in 'Creep 2' After taking a bow with 2014's indie comedy "Inappropriate Behavior," where she wrote, directed and starred as a young bisexual Persian woman creating her ...

Here's a new talent to keep an eye on - Desiree Akhavan. She wrote, directed and stars in a new comedy called "Appropriate Behavior." The film's out today in some theaters. Akhavan plays a bisexual ...