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Multi award-winning actress Vida Ghaffari was born and raised in the Washington DC metropolitan area. The daughter of a NASA scientist and an artist, Vida was infused with a diverse artistic and analytical upbringing. Vida graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) with a major in Economics (to please her strict Persian father) and minored in theatre and communication for her own artistic growth and expression. While at UMCP, Vida performed in a lot of improv shows at the school’s avant garde black box theatre and participated in a few plays. After college,she started training with a number of acting coaches and completed the full improv program at the prestigious Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), which was created by Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) and some of her colleagues. At this time, she began acting in feature films and TV. This acting powerhouse landed a great co-starring role in Mindy Kaling's humorous and much buzzed about show The Mindy Project as well as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. She has also starred in Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia.
These projects cap off a number of successes for the versatile starlet. She recently featured Variety for her work in multi award-winning filmmaker Harley Wallen’s Abeyance opposite an impressive ensemble cast consisting of Scout Taylor-Compton, Richard Tyson, Billy Wirth, Mel Novak, Kaiti Wallen and Yan Birch. Vida played the role of the cunning and powerful, femme fatale scientist Nikita, which garnered her international coverage given the power of the story, the cast and Vida portraying a scientist like her famous father.
Vida is also a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Dustin Ferguson, who has been awarded numerous awards for his innovative films. In the upcoming sci-fi thriller Robowoman, she was cast alongside a stellar ensemble cast consisting of Dawna Lee Heising, Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), Mel Novak, Sue Price (Nemesis 5: The New Model), Gregory Blair and Peter Stickles. In this film, she once again played an educated medical researcher Hannah. She also worked played the badass, hold no prisoners role of Becky in Ferguson’s Horndog’s Beach Party opposite Lee Heising and Saved By the Bell’s Troy Fromin. She also starred in the pivotal role of school security guard Joan in Nation’s Fire with two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern, Gil Bellows, UFC fighter Chuck Liddell, Krista Grotte and many others. The ultimate horror scream queen, she then played the role of the possessed Hayley in Holy Terror opposite Kristine DeBell (Meatballs) and Mel Novak (Bruce Lee's Game of Death, Black Belt Jones). For her compelling performance in that film, she was billed as the “Persian Linda Blair” by prominent journalist Maurice Dwayne Smith. She also portrayed the role of serious reporter Sabrina Sanchez in noted filmmaker Romane Simon’s Hybristophilia alongside Quinton Aaron (the Blindside with Sandra Bullock). She also recently shot Levin Garbisch’s Miranda Veil, where she plays the touching role of Alice Veil, a concerned mother who may or may not be what she seems.
作为演员/演员
明迪项目
纳斯林
巨猿
Jessie (Voice)
饭姑娘
Pink Cadillac Girl
海滩宝贝宾果游戏
贝基
全球恐怖电影的演变
恐怖电影专家
永恒密码
尼基塔
超越地狱之门
Radio DJ 'Godly Gloria'
恋爱中的希琳
女服务员
太空鲨鱼
Hallie (Voice)
濒临死亡
普里西拉
血兽之月
Dispatcher Noel Johnson
机器人女人
汉娜
衣柜里的怪物
珍妮特
顶级掠夺者
Dr. Elaine Ripley
埃博拉霸王龙与杀人黄蜂
谢利亚
蜘蛛宝宝
Godly Gloria (voice)
寻找妮可
Mary Ann ( News Anchor)
天蛾人大战大脚怪
珍妮特
嗜喜症
Sabrina Sanchez (NEWS Reporter)
房间里的女人
朱迪
神圣恐怖
海莉
Runaway Nightmare
Psy-Chic
圣诞节的孟加拉
Safari (voice)
《巅峰掠夺者 2:产卵》
Dr. Elaine Ripley (archive footage)
疯狂的
护士#2
天生的电影制片人
巴贝特
Circus of Dread
Don't Trick-Or-Treat Alone!
丽莎
阴影领域
卡桑德拉
娃娃杀手3
Nurse Mickey