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* ''The Slope'' (2010-12) [[AuthorAvatar as]] [[TheDanza Desiree]] (main role-she also [[DirectedByCastMember directed and wrote it]])

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* ''I Love That For You'' (2022; director, 2 episodes)
* ''Tiny Beautiful Things'' (2023; director, 4 episodes)
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After work in several minor films and TV series including directing two, Akhavan achieved recognition and praise for ''Film/TheMiseducationOfCameronPost'', which she directed and wrote. She's bisexual, and has been vocal in advocating for more LGBT+ works about queer women, saying she had uphill battles to get some of her work made. Some works she's done (like ''The Slope'' or ''The Bisexual'') are [[WriteWhatYouKnow semi-autobiographical]] as well.

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After work in several minor films and TV series including directing two, Akhavan achieved recognition and praise for ''Film/TheMiseducationOfCameronPost'', which she directed and wrote. She's bisexual, and has been vocal in advocating for more LGBT+ works about queer women, saying she had uphill battles to get some of her work made. Some works she's done (like ''The Slope'' or ''The Bisexual'') ''Series/TheBisexual'') are [[WriteWhatYouKnow semi-autobiographical]] as well.
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After work in several minor films and TV series including directing two, Akhavan achieved recognition and praise for ''Film/TheMiseducationOfCameronPost'', which she directed and wrote. She's bisexual, and has been vocal in advocating for more LGBT+ works about queer women, saying she had uphill battles to get some of her work made. Some work she's done (like ''The Slope'' or ''The Bisexual'') are [[WriteWhatYouKnow semi-autobiographical]] as well.

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After work in several minor films and TV series including directing two, Akhavan achieved recognition and praise for ''Film/TheMiseducationOfCameronPost'', which she directed and wrote. She's bisexual, and has been vocal in advocating for more LGBT+ works about queer women, saying she had uphill battles to get some of her work made. Some work works she's done (like ''The Slope'' or ''The Bisexual'') are [[WriteWhatYouKnow semi-autobiographical]] as well.

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Desiree Akhavan (born December 27, 1984 in New York City) is an American actress, director, producer and writer. She was born to Iranian parents who had fled Iran after their country's Islamic Revolution. Even so, she visited Iran to see family while growing up.

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[[quoteright:223:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/desiree_akhavan.jpg]] Desiree Akhavan (born December 27, 1984 in New York City) is an American actress, director, producer and writer. She was born to Iranian parents who had fled Iran after their country's Islamic Revolution. Even so, she visited Iran to see family while growing up.



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Desiree Akhavan (born December 27, 1984 in New York City) is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She was born to Iranian parents who had fled Iran after their country's Islamic Revolution. Akhavan visited Iran to see family while growing up.

After work in several minor films and TV series including directing two, Akhavan achieved recognition and praise for ''Film/TheMiseducationOfCameronPost'', which she directed and wrote. She's bisexual, and has been vocal in advocating for more LGBT+ works about queer women, saying she had uphill battles to get some of her work made. Some works she's done (like ''The Slope'' or ''The Bisexual'') are [[WriteWhatYouKnow semi-autobiographical]] as well.

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Desiree Akhavan (born December 27, 1984 in New York City) is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter.writer. She was born to Iranian parents who had fled Iran after their country's Islamic Revolution. Akhavan Even so, she visited Iran to see family while growing up.

After work in several minor films and TV series including directing two, Akhavan achieved recognition and praise for ''Film/TheMiseducationOfCameronPost'', which she directed and wrote. She's bisexual, and has been vocal in advocating for more LGBT+ works about queer women, saying she had uphill battles to get some of her work made. Some works work she's done (like ''The Slope'' or ''The Bisexual'') are [[WriteWhatYouKnow semi-autobiographical]] as well.
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Desiree Akhavan (born December 27, 1984 in New York City) is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She was born to Iranian parents who had fled Iran after their country's Islamic Revolution. Akhavan visited Iran to see family while growing up.

After work in several minor films and TV series including directing two, Akhavan achieved recognition and praise for ''Film/TheMiseducationOfCameronPost'', which she directed and wrote. She's bisexual, and has been vocal in advocating for more LGBT+ works about queer women, saying she had uphill battles to get some of her work made. Some works she's done (like ''The Slope'' or ''The Bisexual'') are [[WriteWhatYouKnow semi-autobiographical]] as well.

!Selected filmography:
* ''The Slope'' (2010-12) [[AuthorAvatar as]] [[TheDanza Desiree]] (main role-she also [[DirectedByCastMember directed and wrote it]])
* ''Appropriate Behavior'' (2014) as Shirin (lead role; also director and writer-she made her film debut as a director with this)
* ''Series/{{Girls}}'' (2015) as Chandra (3 episodes)
* ''Series/{{Flowers|2016}}'' (2016-18) as Carol (5 episodes)
* ''The Bisexual'' (2018) as Leila (lead role; also director and writer)
* ''Film/TheMiseducationOfCameronPost'' (2018; director and writer)
* ''Series/{{Hacks}}'' (2021; writer, 2 episodes)

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