neagheen
actor
podcast host
university founder
Neagheen Homaifar is an Iranian-American actor, podcast host, and founding member of a university. She graduated with honors from Harvard where she studied Social Studies and Spanish.
Some of Neagheen’s television credits can be found on NBC/Peacock, FOX, and Apple Studios. She also starred in “Before Dawn, Kabul Time,” a short film executive produced by Lena Waithe premiering at Tribeca Festival and qualifying as a For Your Consideration film at the 95th Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short.
Neagheen was co-host of an award-winning weekly comedy podcast, "Best Friends Back, Alright!” with Mythical Entertainment.
Recently, she joined the ensemble of “English,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sanaz Toosi, at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Signature Theatre’s production of “Selling Kabul,” a Pulitzer Prize finalist by Sylvia Khoury.
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What People Are Saying
“Neagheen Homaifar embodies the varying levels of loss that come from living in a society forced to turn on one another - the evolution of her character as the situation spirals is entrancing and heartrending, and Homaifar deftly carries the difficulties of the role with an earnest and believable ease.”— Broadway World
“The character of Marjan has more texture...As Marjan, Homaifar delivers a nuanced performance of a complex woman."-City Beat
“Neagheen Homaifar as Leyla must by turns show herself to be the upbeat, loyal friend while pursuing a dangerous mission to protect her family. It’s as if Homaifar walked in off the street, a blithering socially clueless chatterbox taking up her friend’s (and the audience’s) time — until she reveals being both the toughest and most desperate.”— DC Theatre Arts
"The chemistry between this group of five performing artists is cohesive and palpable... Neagheen Homaifar as Marjan (the teacher) excels at dancing the fine line between conveying her genuine interest in imparting knowledge with her character’s own struggles as an Iranian."— Behind The Curtain