Shiva Rose Movies
Born Shiva Rose Gharibafshar, California native Shiva Rose has made a multitude of television and film appearances; her most notable roles include her starring part in Black Days, which was featured at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2001, and in the HBO original film 61*, under the direction of show-business veteran Billy Crystal. Rose was also lauded at the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, where she took home the award for Best Breakthrough Performance in an American Indie for her role as a refugee in exiled Kurdish director Jay Jonroy's David & Layla. Her television credits include guest spots on the noted Lifetime series Gideon's Crossing, ABC's law drama The Practice, and the popular CSI: Miami. In addition to her acting, Rose regularly volunteers for various charitable philanthropic endeavors, and was asked to serve as a spokesperson for Amnesty International's refugee program. In 1995, Rose married actor Dylan McDermott, and the couple had two children before separating in 2007. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
This warm and breezy romantic comedy from director Jay Jonroy explores an interracial romance between the unlikeliest of partners: a Muslim refugee and a New York Jew. David Fine (David Moscow), the host of a Big Apple man-on-the-street TV show called "Sex and Happiness," never expected to meet and fall in love with a Middle Eastern immigrant - particularly given his marital engagement to a Jewish partner, Abby (Callie Thorne). But his path soon intersects with that of Layla, a young woman orphaned when Saddam Hussein's troops gassed the rest of her family. She now lives with relatives in Manhattan, and (unbeknownst to the kinfolk, who believe she's a nursing student) supports herself by collecting under the table for a slightly suggestive dance act - the warm-up for a local belly dancer. With deportation looming, Layla looks for an out; a customs official suggests a marriage of convenience, but that soon becomes unnecessary when Layla meets David and deep, abiding love blooms. . . to the horror of both families. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Moscow, Shiva Rose, (more)
