Pegah Rashti
Acting
Biography
Pegah Rashti is a Persian-American actress raised in San Jose, California. In 2010, she moved to New York on a one-way ticket and found herself working behind the scenes at VH1. In 2014, she had her first on-air hosting opportunity, traveling to music festivals all over the U.S. and interviewing artists and fans for MTV/VH1/CMT. Since then, she's returned to Los Angeles and has starred in multiple short films, web series, independent pilots, and a feature film. Pegah studied improv at UC Berkeley and continues to produce her own work.
Known For
The nicest guy in the Midwest moves his family into a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness. That includes their new next-door neighbor Calvin.
The Neighborhood
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
MaXXXine
A surreal post-apocalyptic drama by Patrick Kennelly inspired by the clipping. album “Splendor & Misery”
Clipping: Splendor & Misery
A straight Persian millennial falls in love with her alcoholic, lesbian roommate. Challenging everything she thought she knew about herself. Her immigrant mother's high expectations aren't helping either.