Boshra Dastournezhad

Boshra Dastournezhad (née Boshra Dastournezhad Haghighi; born 1985) is an Iranian model and actress. She appeared in the 2006 film Radio Dreams.

Early life Boshra Dastournezhad Haghighi was born in 1985 in Shiraz into a family of Baháʼí faith, which led her towards a career in modeling.

She studied children's literature and theatre at Baháʼí Institute for Higher Education (also known as BIHE University).

For her stage debut, she played the male character "Prince Manouchehr" in the play Zohreh and Manouchehr in Santa Monica, working alongside Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam.

Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "Presenting a nuanced, intelligent and consistently droll take on hot-button subjects of immigration, identity and cultural assimilation..." and that it "stand comparison with the finest radio-themed enterprises of the current century..."

Writing in Variety, critic Catherine Bray called the film a "quietly satisfying gem..." and a "deserving Tiger competition winner at Rotterdam...".

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