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Shiva Rose

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Shiva Rose
This is the trailer for David & Layla, directed by Jay Jonroy.
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David & Layla (2005)
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Shiva Rose was born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. An American of Irish and Iranian decent, she was raised in Iran until the age of ten when she and her family were forced to escape to Paris, then to Los Angeles.

She began her stage career at 15 at several theaters in Santa Monica. She attended UCLA and then married actor Dylan McDermott. While devoting her life as a mother to raise a daughter, she continued to act on stage, television and film.

She gained recognition for her starring role in the critically-acclaimed David and Layla which Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter described as "'A bold, politically relevant film against impossible odds." The film got theatrical distribution, followed by Time Warner's VOD and Digital Distribution. It continues to be distributed abroad.

David & Layla garnered Shiva Rose the "Best Breakthrough Actress" Award.

She continues her career in the theater as an actress and writer. She wrote Fragile Life based on the life of the photographer Tina Modotti.

She is active with several charitable organizations including being a spokesperson for Amnesty International Refugee Program.

Shiva Rose and Dylan McDermott divorced in 2009. She continues to write for various magazines (Vogue, Lucky) and online sites (eco-stilletto, Huffington Post). She maintains a life style website devoted to her organic holistic lifestyle called The Local Rose.

Currently (2011), she is the Executive Producer of a feature film 'Relative Insanity', starring Maggie Grace and Helen Hunt.

Shiva Rose lives with her two daughters in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.
BornFebruary 8, 1969
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    • 2 wins

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Shiva Rose and Kerry Washington
Garcelle Beauvais, Angie Harmon, and Shiva Rose
Maeve Quinlan and Shiva Rose
Shiva Rose at an event for The 11th Hour (2007)
Shiva Rose at an event for Two Days in Paris (2007)
Shiva Rose at an event for Weeds (2005)
Andy Garcia, Dylan McDermott, and Shiva Rose
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Shiva Rose
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Joel Bernstein, Shiva Rose, and Fiona Fitzherbert

Known for

David Moscow and Shiva Rose in David & Layla (2005)
David & Layla
5.4
  • Layla
  • 2005
Return to Babylon (2013)
Return to Babylon
6.3
  • Louise Brooks
  • 2013
DysEnchanted (2004)
DysEnchanted
6.9
Short
  • Snow White(as Shiva Rose McDermott)
  • 2004
David Caruso, Eva LaRue, Rex Linn, Omar Benson Miller, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, and Jonathan Togo in CSI: Miami (2002)
CSI: Miami
6.4
TV Series
  • Sonya Barak
  • Sonya Moreta

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Actress

  • Wellness + Wisdom (2015)
    Wellness + Wisdom
    • Guest
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022
  • Return to Babylon (2013)
    Return to Babylon
    • Louise Brooks
    • 2013
  • Missing You (2012)
    Missing You
    • Mother
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Eileen Davidson, Bryton James, Joshua Morrow, Gina Tognoni, Justin Hartley, Melissa Claire Egan, and Peter Bergman in The Young and the Restless (1973)
    The Young and the Restless
    • Shiva Rose
    • TV Series
    • 2009–2011
  • Gonah Kardam (2010)
    Gonah Kardam
    • Woman
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Cold Case (2003)
    Cold Case
    • Isabel de Luca '10
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Vanessa Marcil, Tom Selleck, Josh Duhamel, Camille Guaty, James Lesure, and Molly Sims in Las Vegas (2003)
    Las Vegas
    • Azin Samari
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • David Caruso, Eva LaRue, Rex Linn, Omar Benson Miller, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, and Jonathan Togo in CSI: Miami (2002)
    CSI: Miami
    • Sonya Barak
    • Sonya Moreta
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • David Moscow and Shiva Rose in David & Layla (2005)
    David & Layla
    • Layla
    • 2005
  • Prospect
    • Red
    • 2004
  • Woman at the Beach
    • Yvette (as Shiva Rose McDermott)
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Myron's Movie
    • Toni (as Shiva Rose McDermott)
    • 2004
  • DysEnchanted (2004)
    DysEnchanted
    • Snow White (as Shiva Rose McDermott)
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Red Roses and Petrol (2003)
    Red Roses and Petrol
    • Evie (as Shiva Rose McDermott)
    • 2003
  • The Division (2001)
    The Division
    • Irina Maldova (as Shiva Rose McDermott)
    • TV Series
    • 2003
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos3

Beverly HIlls Music Hall Premiere- Shiva Rose interview - David & Layla
Demo Reel 3:43
Beverly HIlls Music Hall Premiere- Shiva Rose interview - David & Layla
Tragic
Demo Reel 2:42
Tragic
David & Layla: Trailer
Trailer 2:37
David & Layla: Trailer

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    • Shiva Rose McDermott
  • Born
    • February 8, 1969
    • Santa Monica, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Dylan McDermottNovember 19, 1995 - January 2, 2009 (divorced, 2 children)
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    • 1 Article

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    She is of Iranian/Irish descent.

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