Desiree Akhavan

Biography

Desiree Akhavan is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter and actress of Iranian descent, best known for her 2014 feature film debut, Appropriate Behavior, and her 2018 film The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

Known For

Appropriate Behavior

Creep 2

Dykes, Camera, Action!

Filmography

2025 Overcompensating

as Ronnie

2018 The Bisexual

as Leila

2018 Dykes, Camera, Action!

as Self

2017 Creep 2

as Sara

2016 The Circuit

as Angie

2016 Flowers

as Carol

2015 Appropriate Behavior

as Shirin

2012 Girls

as Chandra

2010 The Slope

as Desiree