{"id":43757,"date":"2023-06-15T19:50:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T00:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=43757"},"modified":"2023-06-15T20:23:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T01:23:37","slug":"ommi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/15\/ommi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Shila Ommi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>TV Interview!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-43756\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ommi.png\" alt=\"Shila Ommi, star of the Disney\/Pixar film &quot;Elemental&quot;\" width=\"232\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ommi.png 408w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ommi-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interview with Shila Ommi of the movie &#8220;Elemental&#8221; and &#8220;Tehran&#8221; on Apple TV+ by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a> 6\/15\/23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was really fun to speak with Shila. The movie looks really good (and great for kids). I saw the trailer last week when I went to see &#8220;Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.&#8221; Shila plays Cinder, the mom of the main character, Ember (Leah Lewis).<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Interview with Shila Ommi of &quot;Elemental&quot; and &quot;Tehran&quot; by Suzanne 6\/15\/23\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jZcH3KmxkEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MORE INFO: <strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/movies.disney.com\/elemental\">Official Site<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hXzcyx9V0xw\">Trailer<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43754 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/elementalposter.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Elemental&quot; key art\" width=\"250\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/elementalposter.jpg 250w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/elementalposter-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"title text-dark\">\n<p><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_15\"><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_16\"><strong><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_17\">CINDER LUMEN\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong>(Shila\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_18\"><span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_19\">)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>is Firetown\u2019s resident matchmaker, utilizing her natural gift that allows her to smell true love in a Fire person\u2019s smoke, whether they know it or not. She boasts numerous matches throughout her tenure\u2014she\u2019s proud of her track record\u2014but this brusque, no-nonsense and traditional mom has yet to find a match for her daughter.<span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_20\">\u00a0\u00a0Elsewhere audiences can see Shila\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span>\u00a0on the\u00a0<\/span><strong>Apple TV+\u00a0<\/strong><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_21\">espionage thriller,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cTehran.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Shila\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is one of the returning co-stars of\u00a0<strong>Apple TV+,<\/strong>\u00a0espionage thriller,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cTehran,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>now streaming season two now on\u00a0<strong>Apple TV+.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong><span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0portrays the character of Nahid Kamali, the wife of\u00a0<strong>Shaun Toub\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>character Faraz Kamali (<span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_22\">a skilled investigator with the Revolutionary Guards<\/span>), and she also shared the screen with the iconic\u00a0<strong>Glenn Close<\/strong>, and in season two. The heart pounding\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cTehran,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>which has earned the comparison in the media already of\u00a0<em>\u201c24\u201d<\/em>\u00a0meets\u00a0<em>\u201cThe Americans,\u201d\u00a0<\/em><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_23\">is must watch TV at it\u2019s finest.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_24\"><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_25\"><strong>Shila\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is an American\/ actress, born in Tehran, and has lived in Los Angeles since onslaught of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. \u00a0Her mother was a poet and her father a philanthropist, real estate mogul, and the founder and CEO of Iran\u2019s largest construction company, Vima Co.\u00a0 At an early age,\u00a0<strong><span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>witnessed the wrath of the Islamic regime.\u00a0<strong><span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span>\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>father was also on their hit list, but her family had the chance to flee the country, leaving behind their wealth and all their belongings to begin a new life in the United States.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today,\u00a0<strong>Shila\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is a prominent actress in the Iranian communities in diaspora.\u00a0 For over a decade, she toured the globe as the lead actress and co-artistic director of Workshop 79, a theatre company spearheaded by acclaimed Iranian playwright\/director\/actor\u00a0<strong>Hous<wbr \/>hang Touzie<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>\u201cA Simple Wedding,\u201d \u201cArgo\u201d<\/em>).\u00a0The founder of the LA based theater group,\u00a0<strong>Turquoise Heart Productions<\/strong>, \u00a0<strong><span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>uses theater art as a form of healing and activism, writes, directs, and acts in theatre pieces that share the Iranian experience with American audiences, and the exile experience with Iranians abroad. She is recently directed a play commissioned by the\u00a0<strong>Los Angeles Department of Mental Health<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_26\"><span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_27\"><strong><span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>portrays the character Nahid, in the acclaimed espionage thriller,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cTehran,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0with seasons 1 &amp; 2 streaming now on\u00a0<strong>Apple TV+<\/strong>\u00a0. She portrayed the character of Yasmin in the\u00a0<strong>Apple TV+<\/strong>\u00a0anthology series\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cLittle America\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0co-starring with\u00a0<strong>Shaun Toub<\/strong>\u00a0(who is also her screen husband in\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cTehran<\/strong><\/em>\u201d).\u00a0\u00a0<strong><span class=\"il\">Ommi<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is also a voice-over artist and performs regularly in animated films and web series.\u00a0<span id=\"m_-628615844291129934email_28\">\u00a0She is the voice of all the characters, male and<\/span>\u00a0female in a cartoon series called\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cNOPM: Special Forces\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0which was commissioned by the\u00a0<strong>Boromand Foundation<\/strong>, a human rights organization focused on Iran\u2019s human rights violations. She is narrating a video about deforestation, and a film about Iran\u2026 both coming out by the end of this year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"catalog-title\">Elemental<\/h1>\n<div class=\"flex-meta\">\n<div class=\"meta-config-compact\">\n<div class=\"meta-compact\">\n<div class=\"meta-title flex-meta-item flex-meta-rating\">\n<p><label class=\"meta-label\">Rating: <\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"meta-value\">PG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"meta-title flex-meta-item\">\n<p><label class=\"meta-label\">Release Date: <\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"meta-value\">June 16, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"meta-title flex-meta-item\">\n<p><label class=\"meta-label\">Genre: <\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"meta-value\">Animation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"desc\">Disney and Pixar\u2019s \u201cElemental\u201d is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-links\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"facebook social-icon\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PixarElemental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-age=\"13\">facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"instagram social-icon\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pixarelemental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-age=\"13\">instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"twitter social-icon\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pixarelemental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-age=\"13\">twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"credits\">\n<li>\n<h2 class=\"credits-title\">Directed By<\/h2>\n<div class=\"credits-value\">Peter Sohn<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2 class=\"credits-title\">Produced By<\/h2>\n<div class=\"credits-value\">Denise Ream<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"credits-title\">Cast<\/h2>\n<div class=\"credits-value\">Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie<\/div>\n<div class=\"production_info \">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"static_logo_image\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/lumiere-a.akamaihd.net\/v1\/images\/l_pg_h44px_6af6f2d8.png?region=0%2C0%2C78%2C44\" alt=\"Rated PG\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-links\">\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motionpictures.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-age=\"13\"> motionpictures.org <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.filmratings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-age=\"13\"> filmratings.com <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/16\/ommi\/\">Shila Vosough Ommi of \u201cTehran\u201d on Apple TV+<\/a> 5\/23\/22 by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biothane\/\">Thane<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Proofread and Edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biobrenda\/\">Brenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/interviews\/\">Back to the Primetime Articles and Interviews Page<\/a><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-43755\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cinder.png\" alt=\"Cinder - portrayed by Shila Ommi in &quot;Elemental&quot;\" width=\"167\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV Interview! &nbsp; Interview with Shila Ommi of the movie &#8220;Elemental&#8221; and &#8220;Tehran&#8221; on Apple TV+ by Suzanne 6\/15\/23 It was really fun to speak with Shila. The movie looks really good (and great for kids). 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