Nazanin Boniadi

Nazanin Boniadi

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Nazanin Boniadi (Persian: نازنین بنیادی born 1980) is a British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she went to university in the United States, where she landed her first major acting role as Leyla Mir in the medical drama General Hospital (2007–2009) and its spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift (2007). Since then, Boniadi has played Nora in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2011), Fara Sherazi in the spy thriller series Homeland (2013–2014), Esther in the historical drama film Ben-Hur (2016), Clare Quayle in the sci-fi thriller series Counterpart (2017–2018), Zahra Kashani in the action thriller film Hotel Mumbai (2018), and Bronwyn in the fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–present).

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Nazanin Boniadi was born on Thursday, 22 May 1980 in Tehran, Iran. Her full name at birth was Nazanin Boniadi. She is best known as an actress. Boniadi's country of citizenship (nationality) is British. For university, she studied at University of California, Irvine. Her religion is listed as Agnostic. She is 5' 3¾" (162 cm) tall and weighs 114 lbs (52 kg) with an athletic build. She has dark brown eyes and dark brown hair (color). Her net worth is reported to be $2,000,000 US dollars. Nazanin Boniadi is 44 years old and her zodiac star sign is Gemini.

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Nazanin Boniadi
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Claim to fame
her roles as Leyla Mir in the long-running ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital and its SOAPnet spin-off series General Hospital: Night Shift, Amira Ahmed in the 2008 superhero film Iron Man, Nora in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, Fara Sherazi in the Showtime spy thriller series Homeland, Adnan Salif in the ABC political thriller drama series Scandal, Esther in the 2016 epic historical drama film Ben-Hur, Clare Quayle in the Starz science fiction thriller series Counterpart, Zahra Kashani in the 2018 action thriller film Hotel Mumbai, and Bronwyn in the Amazon Prime Video original fantasy web series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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Date of birth
22 May 1980
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Place of birth
Tehran, Iran
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Actress, Human Rights Activist
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5' 3¾" (162 cm)
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Weight
114 lbs (52 kg)
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  • High cheekbones
  • Toned body
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7
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Residence
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Net worth
$2,000,000 USD
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  • University of California, Irvine
  • Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
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  • AKA Talent Agency
  • The Artists Partnership
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  • Visit her official website @ nazaninboniadi.com.
  • She loves going on hikes.
  • She thinks that she might have been a warrior princess in her past life.
  • The best advice that Nazanin Boniadi has ever received is “Compromise on everything but the truth” while the worst advice has been “Mid-20s is way too old to start acting. You’ll never make it”.
  • She is well-versed in both English and Persian.

Nazanin Boniadi is known for her role in the film Hotel Mumbai (2018) as Zahra.

She is also known for her role in the TV series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) as Bronwyn.

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