Vida Ghaffari

Vida Ghaffari

History

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.

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Vida Ghaffari

Movies

The Horror We Make
Thanks
A documentary featuring interviews from horror movie icons, filmmakers, actors and enthusiasts of the genre. Together they discuss why the horror genre is so important to creators and fans.
Hell of the Screaming Undead
Laurene
1988: After an accident at a research lab, the population of Los Angeles is mutating into ferocious zombies eager to feed on the living. Two women take refuge in a museum but fall right into the hands of a pair of homicidal ex-convicts, who kidnap and torment the women as the undead hoard grows larger and stronger.
Don't Trick-Or-Treat Alone!
Lisa
On Halloween Night, 1990, a young girl is kidnapped by a demonic cult while trick-or treating alone in the shocking, final installment in the "WXIP-TV Channel 6" series.
Beyond the Gates of Hell
Radio DJ 'Godly Gloria'
A newly married couple purchase a mansion in the countryside to open a bed and breakfast. However, it is soon revealed that some brutal murders took place previously on the property and someone or something might be lurking in the basement.
Realm of Shadows
Cassandra
Enter a world of mystery, possession and shadows in an anthology of short horror themed tales woven into a full length feature presentation.
Hybristophilia
Sabrina Sanchez (NEWS Reporter)
An ambitious news team's exclusive interview with an at-large serial killer veers toward bloodshed and shocking revelations.
Apex Predators
Dr. Elaine Ripley
The bodies of beach goers begin washing ashore during the grand opening of a new resort with dire results.
Ebola Rex Versus Murder Hornets
Shelia
The diseased Dinosaur battles to the death with the Murder Hornets during a zombie outbreak that is hit by several "firenados" containing flaming spiders.
The Woman in the Room
Judy
Miranda Veil
Alice Veil
An aspiring serial killer abducts his first victim, both are shocked to discover that she cannot die.
Eternal Code
Nikita
A researcher's family is kidnapped after she leads efforts to withdraw her company from a collaboration. With everything on the line, only her teenage daughter can save the family with help from a suicidal veteran and a prostitute.
Meathook Massacre: The Final Chapter
Samantha
The sole survivor of the original massacre comes face-to-face with Bubba and his sadistic clan one last time.
Moon of the Blood Beast
Dispatcher Noel Johnson
An infamous, mythical blood beast strikes terror in a small coastal town. This vicious blood beast returns every time there is a cycle of the Harvest Moon to get sacrifices in exchange for protecting the residents of this secluded town.
RoboWoman
Hannah
On her last day at a temp agency, Vivica Stevens is attacked, beaten and left for dead by a co-worker and his friends. Through the use of futuristic “cybernetic” upgrades, she tracks down her assailants to execute bloody revenge.
Beach Babe Bingo
Becky
Two best friends rent a beach house for the weekend only to discover it’s been double booked so they’ll have to share the place... with two beautiful women! To win the affection of these gorgeous gals our wannabe studs must throw the best beach bash ever to win the legendary Horndogs Beach Party. However a nosey neighbor and some selfish dude-bros have sabotage on their minds. Will our heroes win the girls' hearts? Can this be the greatest beach party ever? What time is the wet t-shirt contest? All will be revealed. Don’t forget the lotion... the sun screen, you perverts.
Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like
Dream Girl
The adventures of a single guy in L.A. in search of true love.
Holy Terror
Hayley
Believing their deceased son isn't at peace, Molly and Tom ask a medium to make contact. But after they invite a vengeful demon to cross over, the couple must enlist the help of a disgraced priest to attempt a dangerous exorcism.
Natural Born Filmmakers
Babette
A rift between two filmmakers and their distributors spirals out of control, involving a threatening Mob boss, zombies running amok and guns ablaze. Both a cautionary tale as well as a spoof, "Natural Born Filmmakers" reveals what happens when you mix naive producers, shady investors and carefully calculated contracts. And it does it all with a wry sense of self-awareness. It's the Hollywood dream gone nightmare.
Circus of Dread
Two brothers - one a priest, one a career criminal - find bloody salvation in a mysterious underground carnival.
Near Death
Priscilla
Ghost hunters find film director's haunted mansion and anger the flesh-eating ghouls inside.
Maniacal
Nurse #2
Maniacal presents the story of Gilbert Gill, a confused young man who is alienated from his family and society. Like the Columbine killers and other sociopaths, Gilbert goes on a bloody killing spree, targeting local youths. He is finally hunted down by the local sheriff and his own father, in one of the most terrifying stand-offs I've seen in years...
Finding Nicole
Mary Ann ( News Anchor)
Based on a true life story of Nicole Beverly and her children surviving and overcoming domestic violence.