Shila Ommi

Shila Vosough Ommi is an American actress director writer and producer who was born in Tehran Iran and grew up in Los Angeles She has directed and produced award winning plays in Los Angeles and for over a decade she toured internationally under the name Shila Vosough in an IranianAmerican theater production company performing plays in Persian Shila directed the feature film Wake Up Sleeping Beauty a psychological dramatic film about a young IranianAmerican woman waking up from cultural trappings and curses and coming into her own power It was produced by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health A graduate of UCLA Ommi received a Departmental Honors for a Bachelor of Science in Biological Anthropology minoring in Biology where she wrote a published thesis on Parental Investment Among Vervet Monkeys She later attended the Ruskin School of Acting where she studied under the tutelage of John Ruskin and Sir Anthony Hopkins In addition to emceeing charities hosting award shows moderating and occasionally performing standup comedy Ommi is also a prolific voiceover artist narrating documentaries and voicing characters in animated TV and web series