Vida Ghaffari

Vida has been active on the Tinsel town scene as an award-winning actress, voiceover artist and fashion and beauty blogger for her self-titled blog, www.soveryvida.com. This comedic powerhouse is best known for her appearances on the television comedies, Mind of Mencia on Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC and The Mindy Project formerly on FOX.

These projects cap off a number of successes for the versatile starlet. She just shot a compelling supporting role in multi award-winning filmmaker Thomas J. Churchill’s (Checkpoint, The Rack Pack) Nation’s Fire alongside two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern, Gil Bellows, Laurene Landon, Kristina Renton and Lou Ferrigno Jr. She also acted in multi award-winning filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka’s Holy Terror with Novak and Kristine DeBell, which is currently climbing the charts to #11 on Amazon Prime UK. She also just shot Hybristophilia with Quinton Aaron of The Blind Side (with Sandra Bullock). Additionally, Vida has 8 projects in pre-production and not to mention a number of projects that have not been announced yet.

She recently made her animation voiceover debut alongside Fred Willard, Lisa Kudrow, and Janeane Garofalo in Lovesick Fool, a film festival darling created by Emmy nominated director and animator Dominic Polcino (The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill). This in demand actress will also star in two films directed by Churchill and Copperhead Creek opposite James Van Patten (of Saw fame), a western by Rick Groat.

As an award-winning journalist and blogger, she has also worked as a red carpet correspondent and has interviewed many celebs ranging from Oscar nominees and winners to Grammy winners. Vida recently received commendations from the City of Los Angeles and the West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce for her journalism and acting endeavors as well as an Entrepreneur Award from the World Networks, an Excellence in Media Award from the Los Angeles Nollywood Film Association and a Media Appreciation Award. She has won journalism and research grants from the National Journalism Center, The Woodrow Wilson Center, and the US Institute of Peace. Vida got her start in fashion journalism covering the retail beat for the Dow Jones Newswire.

Ever the fashionista, Vida recently graced the cover of noted fashion magazine FVM Global Magazine twice, Shine on Hollywood Magazine, and 1st Class Magazine and was quoted about her knowledge of red carpet fashion for the Oscars by US News and World Report. She was also named a blogger to watch by On Trend Magazine.