Pooya Mohseni

Pooya Mohseni is an Iranian American actress writer filmmaker and Trans activist born and raised in Tehran Iran She moved to New York in her teens where she discovered her love of acting and story telling She has guest starred on Primetime shows like Law and Order SVU Falling Water and Madam Secretary and Big Dogs on Amazon Prime She is the first middle eastern trans actor to play the role of judge on a prime time procedural Her latest starring role in a feature is the lead role of Mari Walkers See You Then coming out in 2021 She is a graduate from the esteemed Maggie Flanigan Studio and continues to build her resume of a wide range of characters while exploring their humanity and fragility She is fluent in PersianFarsi and a transgender advocate as well as a voice for immigrant and womens issues She is also involved in writing and consulting on original LGBT stories to shed light on an otherwise under represented community