Fereshta Kazemi

Fereshta Kazemi is an Afghan–born American film actress.

Early life

Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Kazemi moved to the U.S. with her family.

In 2014, Kazemi was the main character in Targeting, a U.S. psychological thriller feature film playing a young Afghan immigrant wife in the U.S. Kazemi. In this film she performed the first on screen kiss for an Afghan actress and was called a "trailblazer" by NBC.

Kazemi's work was photographed in a series by Pulitzer prize winning photographer Carolyn Cole while in Afghanistan.

In 2013, Fereshta played the leading role in The Icy Sun, a film about rape in Afghanistan. NBC News said her film "breaks new ground for Afghanistan, where victims of rape can be forced to marry their attackers to preserve their families' honor".

Kazemi is working on a documentary about Acting in Afghanistan.