Cast & creator
Ava Lalezarzadeh
Best known for Big Mouth, The Morning Show, Before
Ava Lalezarzadeh is an actress and writer/poet from Southern California. She made her Off-Broadway debut originating the role of Goli in Atlantic Theater Co/Roundabout Theater Co’s English—recipient of an Obie award 2023 and Lucille Lortel award for Best Play. Credits include a series regular role in the pilot Wild Life (HBO/Imagine Ent), a guest star in New Amsterdam (NBC), and voices a new character in the upcoming season of Big Mouth (Netflix). Ava’s screenplay In the Garden of Tulips won the screenwriting competition at HollyShorts Film Festival 2022. Currently, World Premiering at the Oscar Qualifying Aspen Shortfest is her proof of concept short film, In the Garden of Tulips.
8
film credits
3
television credits
10
2017–2025 · acting roles
7.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (11)
Showing 11 of 11 credits
Big Mouth
Nazanin (voice)
2017
The Morning Show
Roya Nazeri
2019
Before
Cleo
2024
In the Garden of Tulips
Caroline
2023In the Garden of Tulips
Writer
2023
Dandelion
Margaret Levine
2025
English
Goli
2025Yasamin
Mimi
2018
London Arabia
Amina
2019
The Pursuit
Cara
2018Winter of '79
Leila Halousim
2022