Fereshta is an Actress whose been acting since age seven. Yes, she happens to be Afghan-American, but that identity is only a piece of all the things that make Fereshta an excellent Actress. As an Artist, Fereshta transcends her culture and knows intuitively that our true selves are never bound by cultural, national or religious confines.  
    Fereshta was well versed and performing the works of famed playwritght Eugene O'Neil by the time she was only fifteen. Just after high school, Fereshta won an Acting and Academic scholarship to study Acting and Literature in NYC. Despite fierce resistance & no support from her family or culture, which deemed acting an inappropriate profession for a women, Ferestha still went to NYC to study her art. It was the path less travelled and truely has made all the difference. Fereshta spent her time in NYC, working on Chekov, Moliere, Shakespeare, Sam Shepphard, and so many more. Afterwards, Fereshta headed to LA where she spent a number of years trying to break into the business. Suddenly, in the middle of her Master's In Acting Program, Fereshta landed her first major audition for the female lead in Dreamwork's "The Kite Runner". She was one of only a handful of Afghan-American women considered for the role. 
   Fereshta's film "Heal" has won 20 awards out of the 25 film festivals its screened at, winning  both the "Frank D. Capra Award" & the "Best Science Fiction" category at Comic Con 2011. Fereshta just completed the feature film "Targeting" in 2012, a psychological thiller about an American female soldier with post traumatic stress disorder who targets a young middle eastern couple she suspects of terrrosit activitiy. 
      An active artist in the expression of her point of view, Fereshta completed an MBA emphasizing in Film Production & Film Finance from Chapman Univseristy's "Argyros School of Business" & "Dodge College of Film" in OC CA. Fereshta's production company, aptly named "Chameleon Features" (www.chameleonfeatures.com) is developing two projects for her to star in, with a goal of getting one of them off the ground in 2012.