about
Sanam Laila Hashemi is an Iranian-American actor, writer, and producer based in New York City.
She’s passionate about developing new stories. As an actor, she’s workshopped plays with Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Acting Company, and JACK. TV credits include Succession (HBO), Dear Edward (AppleTV), and Full Circle (HBO). On stage, she’s performed with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Virginia Rep, TheaterWorks Hartford, Mosaic Theatre Company, Mile Square Theatre, and Theatre SilCo.
Sanam is the lead producer at Working Theater, an off-Broadway theater company committed to closing the access gap to theater by creating new plays for, with, and about working people.
She is an inaugural Playwright Fellow for Cadence Theatre Company's Pipeline New Works Program, writing two plays under the mentorship of David Lindsay-Abaire: Cross Stitch Bandits (co-written with Steven Burneson) and Thursday. Cross Stitch Bandits made its world premiere as a Virginia Repertory Theatre/Cadence Theatre Company co-production in March 2023 (RTCC nomination for Best Original Play).
She holds degrees in Theater Performance and International Studies from Virginia Tech and is represented by DGRW.
Most recently:
- Completed shooting Fantasy Life (short) in Oct 2025.
- Starred in Murk (short) which premiered at Newport Beach Film Festival in Oct 2025
- Voiced the role of Anne de Bough in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley for Audible, released December 2025.