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Mary Apick

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Mary Apick
A little girl is selling flowers - until her world is enveloped by malevolent darkness. She is forced to run for her life as the world around her is destroyed. This is a parable about life in Iran since the Revolution.A little girl is selling flowers - until her world is enveloped by malevolent darkness. She is forced to run for her life as the world around her is destroyed. This is a parable about life in Iran since the Revolution.A little girl is selling flowers - until her world is enveloped by malevolent darkness. She is forced to run for her life as the world around her is destroyed. This is a parable about life in Iran since the Revolution.
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Mary began her acting career as a child star in Iran. One of her earliest successes was Octopus, a long running television show where Mary performed in political and satirical skits that helped change and liberalize the society. Going on to star in countless television shows, feature films and plays, Mary became one of the most popular stars in Iran. She was the first actress in the Iranian Motion Picture history to win the Moscow International Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in Dead End, written and directed by Parviz Sayyad.

The Iranian revolution forced Mary to flee the country and find her new home in the United States. Here in America Mary starred in two critically acclaimed films, The Mission and Checkpoint. She also played featured roles in productions such as the NBC miniseries On Wings of Eagles and produced the MGM release, Mind Games. While working with her partner, Bob Yari, on the Academy Award winning film Crash, Mary expanded her involvement in socially significant projects. She continued her work with Mr. Sayyad in the famous play (KHAR) The Ass to have more than 400 productions of the play in different cities Globally thru the years.

Among many awards she recently received the prestigious ARPA International Film Festival Foundation Award for her Humanitarian efforts using the theater to mirror the true voices and the stories of the women of the Middle East. Theater has always been Mary's greatest passion. In 2005, she wrote, directed and produced the politically charged Critic's Choice play Beneath The Veil which was presented in many prestigious venues such as Lincoln and Kennedy Center and Geffen playhouse.

Mary has also created many projects for children, including A Fairy Tale In The Forest and Jewel of The Night, which gives the children of Iranian expatriates a bio lingual fairy tale show and an opportunity to learn about their parents' culture and homeland.

Throughout her adult life, Mary has remained fiercely committed to improving the lives of women and children, especially in the Middle East. Through her work as an advocate for clearing land mines and reducing their use, and appearing as a spokesperson before the U.S. Congress and in all media, Mary remains vigilant and vocal in the pursuit of all freedoms.

Check out the acclaimed book "The Green Card Stories", that featured Mary Apick. The book which won the "Best of Photojournalism Award 2012" which was presented by Mary to President Obama at the White house. This year she guest starred with Clair Danes in reoccurring role in the award winning Show Time television series "Homeland."
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    • 11 wins & 7 nominations

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Madaran (The Mothers)
Beneath The Veil
Monday Nights at Seven
Mary Apick Winner of Best Actress Award Moscow International Film Festival 1977
Madaran
Monday Nights At Seven
Mary Apick and Parviz Sayyad in Secrets of the Treasure of the Jinn Valley (1974)
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Mary Apick
Cast of "Monday Nights at Seven"

Known for:

The Cat (2020)
The Cat
7.5
Short
  • Actress
  • 2020
Dead End (1977)
Dead End
7.2
  • The Girl
  • 1977
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Right Stuff
7.8
  • Woman Reporter
  • 1983
Cries of the Unborn (2017)
Cries of the Unborn
1.3
  • Juror #11
  • 2017

Credits

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Actress

  • Everyone Together
    • Marjan
    • TV Series
  • Bad Status
    • Giti
    • Completed
  • Over My Dead Body
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Discover Indie Film (2019)
    Discover Indie Film
    • (The Cat)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Forget Me Not (2021)
    Forget Me Not
    • Nouritza Megerdichian
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Don't Be a Stranger (2021)
    Don't Be a Stranger
    • Farnaz
    • Short
    • 2021
  • The Cat (2020)
    The Cat
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Alison Brie in Horse Girl (2020)
    Horse Girl
    • Tarot Card Reader
    • 2020
  • Samir (2019)
    Samir
    • Zahra
    • 2019
  • The Pursuit (2018)
    The Pursuit
    • Mari
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Family of Too Many (2018)
    Family of Too Many
    • Marzieh
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Roya (2018)
    Roya
    • Pari
    • Short
    • 2018
  • The Last Shift (2018)
    The Last Shift
    • Head Nurse
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Roxana (2018)
    Roxana
    • Roxana (voice)
    • 2018
  • Cries of the Unborn (2017)
    Cries of the Unborn
    • Juror #11
    • 2017
  • Mary Apick, Vachik Mangassarian, Adriana Sevan, Apick Youssefian, and Tess Granfield in What Ana Knew (2017)
    What Ana Knew
    • Lucie
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Price for Freedom (2017)
    Price for Freedom
    • Sarah Daniels
    • 2017
  • Monday Nights at Seven (2016)
    Monday Nights at Seven
    • Beverly
    • 2016

Producer

  • Discover Indie Film (2019)
    Discover Indie Film
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Cat (2020)
    The Cat
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Roxana (2018)
    Roxana
    • producer
    • 2018
  • Price for Freedom (2017)
    Price for Freedom
    • executive producer
    • 2017
  • Monday Nights at Seven (2016)
    Monday Nights at Seven
    • co-producer
    • 2016
  • Corey Allen Kotler in The Chosen Oil Man (2014)
    The Chosen Oil Man
    • associate producer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Gohar-e shab cheragh
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • Video
    • 1998
  • Mind Games (1989)
    Mind Games
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • 1989
  • Checkpoint (1987)
    Checkpoint
    • executive producer
    • 1987

Director

  • Discover Indie Film (2019)
    Discover Indie Film
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Cat (2020)
    The Cat
    • Director (directed by)
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Gohar-e shab cheragh
    • Director
    • Video
    • 1998

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    • Mary Apic
  • Height
    • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
  • Born
    • 1954
    • Tehran, Iran

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    • Female

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