Pooya Mohseni

(VENUS / RAMIA / HEBE, She/Her) is an Iranian-American actor, writer, filmmaker & Transgender activist. She’s co-producer/star/writer of “Transit “, a short film about love between a trans woman and a cis man, coming out in 2021. Her stage performances  include “She,He,Me” by Raphael Aime Khouri, for National Queer Theater, dir Sivan Battat, “Our Town” in Pride Plays, dir Jenna Worsham, “Hamlet” in Play On Shakespeare festival, dir Ellen McLaughlin, an award winning one woman show “One Woman“, in United Solo at The Theatre Row, dir Joan Kane, “Galatea“, dir Mo Zhou for the WP Pipeline festival and “The Good Muslim” dir William Carden at EST. She has guest starred on “Law & Order: SVU “ dir Mariska Hargitay, “Falling Water” on USA, “Madam Secretary” and a recurring guest star on the drama “Big Dogs” on Amazon Prime. Her newest feature film “See You Then” dir Mari Walker will make its premier at SXSW, Atlanta FIlm Festival, DisOrient and others this year. She is a member of the advisory council for Ackerman Institute’s Gender and Family Project.