Actress Sheetal Sheth stars in and co-produced the film “Reign”. In the movie, she plays the critical role of an Iraqi woman. Here’s more about the film:

On a deserted road in the Iraqi desert, three Marines are faced with a questionable mission that tests their service to the Marine Corps, commitment to each other and connection to humanity. Delano, Gates, and Sergeant Cooper grow restless as they hold a position above live rounds of ammunition used as bait for insurgents.

When the squad spots Iraqi travelers approaching the ammunition, a misunderstanding between the Marines and Iraqis escalates into immediate firefight leaving only a young Iraqi woman alive.

Adhering to their orders, Sergeant Cooper and Gates see no option for the woman, while Delano, torn by his conscience, faces a decision between his duty as a Marine and his empathy toward another human being.

Reign is the story of a war torn soldier’s struggle within himself to honor his duty without sacrificing his humanity.

How much of a soldier really survives?

Look for the film hitting the festival circuit soon.

Reign trailer with Sheetal Sheth

More about Sheetal Sheth
Sheetal Sheth burst onto the scene with raves in her debut film ABCD, playing the lead in a risky, memorable, and controversial role as a promiscuous young girl struggling with the ties of family and tradition. Since then, Sheetal has developed a reputation as a consummate professional with an unmatched work ethic and critical eye when choosing projects. She has starred in over 17 feature films; highlights include Wings of Hope for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cinevue Film Festival, and American Chai which won the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival.

Her breakout role, which she won after an extensive international casting search, was in Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005) where she played the female lead opposite Albert Brooks in the Shangri-La Entertainment film, written and directed by Brooks and
released by Warner Independent. Sheetal played opposite Kal Penn and Mimi Rogers in Dancing with Twilight and was thrilled to join a stellar ensemble in the film, The Trouble with Romance directed by Gene Rhee. She also starred in I Can’t Think Straight, followed by the thriller First Fear with Sean Patrick Flanery, and The World Unseen, based on the novel about 1950’s apartheid in South Africa. Unseen premiered at The Toronto Film Festival and went on to win 11 SAFTA’s (South African equivalent to the Oscars) and international awards including 3 Best Actress film festival awards for Sheetal. Her latest films include Three Veils, Yes, We’re Open, The Wisdom Tree and Reign, the story of a soldier who is forever changed by an encounter with an Iraqi woman (played by Sheetal).

Sheetal has acted in venues from stage to voice-overs, music videos, pilots and guest starred on many television shows, her latest on Nip/Tuck, Royal Pains and NCIS: LA. She has also been on the cover of many magazines, featured in numerous articles and was the first Indian American to appear in Maxim magazine.

Sheetal graduated with honors from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1997 where she was an honored member of the Scholar’s Program. While at Tisch, she was selected to participate in AmeriCorps, President Clinton’s National Service program where she worked at an inner-city high school, developing progressive lesson plans, tutoring, and dealing with conflict resolution. Sheetal is invited as a guest speaker at national conferences around the nation and is known as much for being an actress as she is for being dedicated to community outreach and causes that are important to her.