Bahar Soomekh
Soomekh in 2007, photo by PR Photos
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Date of Birth: March 30, 1975
Ethnicity: Persian Jewish
Bahar Soomekh is an Iranian-born American actress and environmental activist. She is known for her roles in the films Crash and Saw III, among others.
Bahar was born in Tehran, Iran, to a devout Jewish family. She moved with her parents and sister, professor and author Saba Soomekh, to Los Angeles, United States in 1979, to escape the Islamic Revolution of Iran. Bahar speaks fluent English, Persian, Spanish, and some Hebrew.
Bahar is married to Clayton Frech, with whom she has three children. Clayton is a Jew by choice. Among their children is Ezra Frech, a Paralympic athlete, who competes in high jump, long jump and sprinting events in international level events.
Bahar’s paternal grandfather was named Aghajan Soumekh.
Bahar’s paternal grandmother was Touba Kimiabakhsh (the daughter of Rabi Kimiabakhsh and Sormeh Emrani Kimiabakhsh). Touba was born in Hamedan, Hamadan Province, Iran. Rabi was the son of Meir Kimiabakhsh and Morvarid Lalezari. Sormeh was the daughter of Morad Tabrizi Kimibakhsh and Tavous Ebrani.
Bahar’s maternal grandfather was named Soleiman Saidnia.
Bahar’s maternal grandmother was the daughter of Rabishimon Neisan and Anis Agha Youdim. Anis Agha was the daughter of Hayim Eshagh and Bala Khanom Youdim.
Source: Genealogy of Bahar Soomekh – https://www.geni.com
Mizrahi Jewish
Yes, and Sephardic Jewish as well.
Please add that Sephadi Jewish tag too.
>”Persian Jewry, as the only community of Jews living under the Shiites, probably suffered more than any other Sephardic community.”
https://www.jewishideas.org/article/ashkenazic-rabbi-sephardicpersian-community
No no no. Persian jew is mizrahi and have been in Iranian for more than thousand year. They are not from Europe or Spain.
Persian Jews are not Sephardi
“CORRECTION”: Her mother is Indian, Lebanese, Kenyan and Arabian. Her father is Salvadorian, Nicaraguan, Moroccan, Fijian, Malaysian and Dutch.
No.
@Rebygotitall did Bahar claim this?
LMAO
She must have African ancestry.
Interesting face – her whole face smiles with natural warmth and seems to promise one can have fun with her.
Her ethnicity is inaccurate. Her mother is Kenyan, Indian, Lebanese, and Arabian. Her father is Salvadorian, Nicaraguan, Dutch, Moroccan, Fijian, and Malaysian.
You must be right. Though she was born in Tehran and her surname is a typical Persian Jewish family name, we all know Iran is an old multicultural society where people from all over the world settled down, especially from Fiji and El Salvador.
Omg lol this made me laugh so hard.
Actually, Iran was multicultural for a long time. Persian Jews arrived to Persia from the Levant.
It definitely wasn’t settled by Fijians or Hispanics though.