Ms. Farhangi is enjoying a distinguished career as a Comedienne, T.V., Film, and Voice Actor, singer, spokes model, and Radio & TV Personality.
As a Comedienne, Ms. Farhangi got her start in Judy Carter’s class where she did her Showcase performance at The Improv in Hollywood. Upon release the subsequent video she has managed to get booked at The Comedy Store in Vargus Mason’s show, “Deez Nuts,” in Bobby Oliver’s show at The Ice House Annex in Pasadena, CA, in Susan Paillet’s show at The Starting Gate in Los Alamitos, and in an un-titled pilot for Comedy Central.* Neshia is now a current regular in Vargus Mason’s, “Nappy Fro Show,” in the Main Room at The Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd.
As a T.V., Film, and Voice actor Ms. Farhangi is currently featured as a comedian in Melrose Comedy Reality and has just wrapped on the series of sketches for Funny or Die, “Low T,” where she plays the hilariously inappropriate Marry, the guerilla movie, "Dirty Red Hands," by Mongrel Films where she plays a corrupt parole officer, the Hopsin music video, Pans in the Kitchen,” where she plays Mama, and she's just wrapped on an infomercial with Black and Decker.*
As a Radio and Television Personality Ms. Farhangi currently hosts the popular internet talk show Neshia's Radio Show. She has had celebrities such as Aries Spears (Mad TV), Daniel DiCrisicio (Paula Jones vs. President Clinton) Yuval David (Nephilim), James Rhine (Big Brother), and Drew Waters (Friday Night Lights) as guests.*
As a freelance host, Ms. Farhangi has covered red carpet events and Press Junkets and interviewed prolific artists such as Jack Black, Nathan Cress, Duff, Molly Shannon & Sean Hayes, Eddie Izzard & Jennifer Coolidge, John Cusack, Rainn Wilson, and Gabriel Jarret just to name a few. She asks thought-provoking and humorous questions.*
As a singer Ms. Farhangi currently performs with the Jeffrey Barnes Bahá’í Choir and she is in the process of creating a CD of original songs.
As a spokes model Ms. Farhangi regularly models for Tal Sheyn and Shoes for the Stars as they supply her talk show with beautiful one-of-a-kind clothing and shoes.
Ms. Farhangi has studied with the best coaches that Hollywood has to offer: Judy Carter, Cary Odes, and Mel Austin for Stand-up comedy, Marki Costello for Hosting, the Groundlings for Improvisation, and Allen Levin (Lifebook) for Acting.
Who is Ms. Farhangi? She was born in Los Angeles to Frances A. Walker (an immigrant from British Guyana, South America) and civic leader Louis E. Brathwaite who was on the Formation Committee for the City of Santa Clarita. Both of her parents passed away in 2001 and she feels that their love sustains her from beyond.
As a teenager, Ms. Farhangi participated in several national tours as a key member of the Bahá’í Youth Workshop. During her extensive travels, she frequently engaged in public speaking on various social topics relating to the human condition, such as the devastating effects of racism, the need for compulsory education and equality for all people.
Ms. Farhangi earned her Bachelor's degree from California State University Northridge in English Literature and her Master's degree from National University where she also earned her secondary teaching credential. She immediately put her degrees to good use as a middle and high school teacher for the Los Angeles, Norwalk-La Mirada, and Long Beach school districts. Believing strongly that education is the only way to eliminate the conditions of poverty and social injustice, Ms. Farhangi has constantly encouraged her students and others to make education their highest priority.
But, being a lover of the arts, Ms. Farhangi's splits her time between the arts and as a substitute teacher. She believes that everyone was created for a purpose and everyone has a right to fulfill that purpose.
Ms. Farhangi is married to Omid Farhangi. He is her best friend and main supporter. And (in 2007) she became mother to a beautiful son, Taráz. He is the Ornament of her life.
-Written by Brian A. Bullock (Co-Founder Caspian Pictures)