Acting
Sheherazade Farrell
Acting
Biography
Sheherazade grew up in New York, East Jerusalem and London, and speaks English and Arabic. In her debut feature A House in Jerusalem she played Rasha, a Palestinian ghost from 1948 who wakes up in the modern world to find another family in her home. It was filmed on location in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. She played the lead role in the feature Such A Vivid Imagination, which was filmed in England and won prizes at the London Breeze, Bournemouth, Bath and Berlin Women Cinema festivals. She plays Celia, an English schoolgirl with a mind in which reality and imagination intertwine. Sheherazade lives in London and attends Sylvia Young Theatre School.
Feature Films (2)
Mourning her mother’s death and struggling to adjust to her new life in Israel, a young girl bonds with the lonely spirit of a Palestinian child.
A House in Jerusalem
On the cusp of adolescence, Celia's world begins to unravel after she discovers her mother's affair. Alienated at home and struggling with a mind where reality and imagination intertwine, she retreats into long summer days with her cousins, Kerry and Hannah. Things take a dark turn when she and Kerry stumble upon a body deep in the woods.