Shohreh Aghdashloo is awesome in anything she does. She was incredible in her 24 role, and I enjoyed her limited stint on FlashForward (which I assume would have been larger had the show been renewed). And I did like House of Sand and Fog, though it became too PC for me. I would have shot the bastard and tossed him over the cliff.
I liked Shoreh, dont get me wrong. In an interview she did, she was looking for a comedy role because she was being type-cast in “depressing serious” roles. On the other hand, House of’ was not as super-preachy like Babel.