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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Actor and filmmaker Akhavan reflects on her heritage, her romantic disappointments, and her 1990s coming-of-age in this funny and incisive debut memoir-in-essays. The daughter of Iranian immigrants ...

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 ...

On a recent afternoon, Desiree Akhavan was having chicken soup at a diner in Times Squares and marveling over what could be her big break. At 29, her first feature, “Appropriate Behavior,” which she ...

Director, screenwriter and actor Desiree Akhavan's debut feature opens Friday in select theaters and on demand. The movie is about a bisexual... Akhavan's 'Appropriate Behavior' Defies Categories And ...