She was born in Santa Monica, California and is of Irish and Persian/Iranian descent. Her father, Parviz Gharib-Afshar was an Iranian television personality and currently has a show on the Persian Broadcasting Company, Tapesh. Her mother, Carol June was an opera singer, and had a television show in Iran.
She completed the short film DysEnchanted, playing the role of Snow White, which premiered at Sundance in January 2004.
Rose"s past film credits include the 20th Century Fox feature The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, directed by Mick Jackson and Home Box Office"s original film 61*, directed by Billy Crystal. She has also appeared in the features Myron"s Movie and Red Roses and Petrol with Malcolm McDowell, and Silent Madness-Hollywood Babylon in which she plays the legendary silent screen star Louise Brooks. David & Layla was awarded over Louisiana Vie en Rose, 2 Days in Paris and Lady Chatterley.
David & Layla was Official Selection at 28 International Film Festivals, winning eight awards.
lieutenant had a successful roll-out distribution in United States. major cities from summer 2007 onward, with a Valentine"s Day opening at The Quad in New York in 2008, ending at Sundance Kabuki theater in San Francisco in March 2008. lieutenant is now scheduled to be available on Digital Video Disc at both Netflix and Blockbuster.
Her television credits include the Lifetime series "The Division", "Gideon"s Crossing" and "The Practice" for American Broadcasting Company. Recently, she appeared in Computer Society of India: Miami as the recurring character Sonya. She also appeared as herself on an episode of "The Young and the Restless".
Rose has appeared in numerous productions at the Pacific Resident Theater, including roles in The Swan, Eve Ensler"s Necessary Target, and My Antonia.
She has also worked at The Berkshire Theater Festival, The Roundabout Theater in New York and The Mark Taper Forum. Her favorite theater credits include: Hennie in Awake and Sing, Therese in Therese Raquin, Joan in Caryl Churchull"s Far Away, and Antonia in My Antonia. While attending college at the University of California, Los Angeles, she founded Resource, a program to feed the homeless.
She is a sponsor for Very Important Person (Violence Intervention Program), which helps abused children, and volunteers at Caring for Children and Families with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CCFA) in Los Los Angeles
Rose starred in the critically acclaimed and award-winning independent film and romantic comedy, David & Layla, which won Prix du Public at the Amour Film Festival 2007 in Europe. Rose won the Jury & President"s Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, for her first lead role in a feature film as "Layla" in David & Layla.
