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Voice over director and voice actress.

Banafsheh Taherian is a writer and bilingual (Farsi/ English) actress and voice actress. Recently she had a role on #16 Hudson series broadcasting on TVO kids. She started recording her writings into audioblogs professionally 5 years ago and has since become well-known in the Iranian community. Her audioblogs are getting shared online and some have more than 100,000 views on different social media outlets. One of her self-produced audioblogs, Simurgh.

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Swim Team

SWIM TEAM by Jaber Ramezani (Nowadays Theatre). At the Theatre Centre – Franco Boni Theatre. Aug 13 at 5 pm, Aug 19 at 6 pm. See listing. Review: NNNN

In post-revolution Iran, a coach and her three aspiring female athletes attempt to practise swimming in an imaginary pool – something that soon becomes a powerful metaphor for the limitations on women in a restrictive society

Playwright Jaber Ramezani and director Aida Keykhaii effectively take their time revealing information about the era and the women's objective. Coach Roya (Banafsheh Taherian) is a strong presence from the start (and Taherian is an endlessly watchable performer), and gradually the personalities of the young swimmers – nervous, tentative Lili (Parya Tahsini), follower Katy (Sarah Saberi) and rebel Nari (Tina Bararian) – emerge.

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Your voice is your instrument. Its the matter of how you play it. Banafsheh trains voice acting in her workshops in Toronto and has international students.