But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people.

Toklas Patti Smith Brenda Vaccaro and Indira Gandhi. She also appeared in the 1993 television adaptation of Gypsy starring Bette Midler. from Turkey to escape the Armenian Genocide.

She has appeared in films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding on stage in productions such as My Favorite Year Fiddler on the Roof and Candide and in the television series SCTV.