Vida Ghaffari has been active on the
Theatre, Burbank International Film Festival
Tinsel town scene as an award-winning actress, and countless other festivals. Lovesick Fool is
quite the film festival darling, having won first
voice over artist and fashion blogger. This
place at the prestigious Topanga Film Festival,
comedic powerhouse landed a great cothe LA Art house Film Festival and the Atlanta
starring role in Mindy Kaling’s humorous and
Underground Film Festival.
much buzzed about show The Mindy Project.
She has also starred in Comedy Central’s Mind
Vida has received numerous nominations for
of Mencia.
her roles in films such asSeeking Valentina and
Strangers in a Book, which are screened fall at
These projects cap off a number of successes
the Action on Film Festival and the FANtastic
for the versatile starlet. She will soon be
Film Festival. She is also nominated for a best
shooting a supporting role in multi awardwinning filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka’s Darling supporting actress award for her work in
Seeking Valentina at the Bare Bones
Nikki alongside James Duval (Independence
International Independent Film and Music
Day, Donnie Darko), Kristine DeBell (Hunter:
Future Cop, Meatballs), Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Festival.
Game of Death, Black Belt Jones) and actor/
director Thomas J. Churchill (Checkpoint,
Lazarus: Day of the Living Dead). She will also
star in two films directed by Churchill and a
western. She will also star in two horror films
titled Pond Scum and Circus of Dread starring
Bill Oberst Jr. (Criminal Minds, Abraham Lincoln
Vs. Zombies) that will be shot with legendary
Australian filmmaker Mark Savage of Savage
Cinema. Ghaffari has also shined in a fun
character role in the indie horror film Natural
Born Filmmaker alongside Domiziano
Arcangeli.
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 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
A natural comedic talent, Vida has also done
her start in fashion journalism covering the
voiceover work for Fidelity Investments and
retail beat for the Dow Jones Newswire.
many other commercial products and she
Ever the fashionista, Vida recently graced the
recently voiced a couple of roles in an
cover of noted fashion magazine FVM Global
animated film Lovesick Fool for Dominic
Polcino, who is an Emmy-nominated director of Magazine twice and was quoted about her
the Simpsons, Family Guy, and King of the Hill. knowledge of red carpet fashion for the Oscars
by US News and World Report.
This film just screened at the popular
soveryvida.com
Hollyshorts Film Festival at the Chinese