Shohreh Aghdashloo's Emmy was well-deserved!
What a mindblowing performance. She gets better and better as the series progresses. The scenes where she dies her hair blonde after Saddam has an affair with a blonde woman are heartbreaking. The look on her face after she says "do you like it?" and he says "No. You look cheap" almost made me cry. And the part at the end when she is watching her children on television and simply whispers "why?" and breaks down. It's such a sublime performance. The highlight of this series for me.
Thoughts on her performance?
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