Nazanin Boniadi Biography, Age, Height, Movies, Husband, Married, Net Worth - Nazanin Boniadi is a British American actress and activist who is originally from Iran where she was born. Nazanin Boniadi is popularly known for her role as Shirin in "Shirin in Love", Nora in 'How I Met Your Mother' (2011), Fara Sherazi in 'Homeland' (2013-2014), Esther in 'Ben-Hur' (2016), Clare Quayle in Counterpart (2017-2018), and Zahra Kashani in 'Hotel Mumbai' (2018).
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Nazanin Boniadi Biography
Nazanin Boniadi (born May 22, 1980) is a British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, Boniadi 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).
Boniadi was an Amnesty International spokesperson from 2009 to 2015 and served as a board member for the Center for Human Rights in Iran from October 2015 until February 2021. Her focus has been on youth and women's rights.
Nazanin Boniadi Age
How old is Nazanin Boniadi? Nazanin Boniadi is 43 years old as at 2023.
Nazanin Boniadi Height
How tall is Nazanin Boniadi? Nazanin Boniadi stands is 5'4 Feet Tall (1.62 m).
Nazanin Boniadi Early Life and Education
Boniadi was born in Tehran, Iran in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution. Less than a month after her birth, she and her parents left Iran and applied to become political refugees in London. She performed violin and ballet as a young girl.
She attended an independent school in Hampstead and earned a bachelor's degree, with honours, in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine (UCI). At UCI, she won the Chang Pin-Chun Undergraduate Research Award for molecular research involving cancer treatment and heart transplant rejection. She was also Assistant Editor-in-Chief of MedTimes, UCI's undergraduate medical newspaper. In 2009, she studied a contemporary drama short course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Nazanin Boniadi Career
Boniadi changed her career path from science and started pursuing acting in 2006. Her first major acting role was as Leyla Mir on the daytime drama General Hospital and its SOAPnet spin-off series General Hospital: Night Shift, making her the first contract actor to play a Middle Eastern character in American daytime television history.[citation needed] She is also the first actress born in Iran to ever be on contract on an American soap opera.
She was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series in 2008 for her role in General Hospital.
Boniadi has also played supporting roles in several major Hollywood film productions, such as Charlie Wilson's War (directed by Mike Nichols), Iron Man (directed by Jon Favreau), and The Next Three Days (directed by Paul Haggis).
She played Nora, a love interest for Neil Patrick Harris' character Barney Stinson, on the sixth season of the hit CBS show How I Met Your Mother. She reprised this role during the show's seventh and ninth seasons.
In May 2013, Boniadi joined the cast of Homeland season 3 as CIA analyst Fara Sherazi. She was promoted to a series regular for the show's fourth season, for which she shared a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2015.
Boniadi also appeared in an eight episode arc on season 3 of Scandal as antagonist Adnan Salif. She portrayed Esther, the title character's wife, in the 2016 remake of Ben-Hur.
She narrated the soundtrack to the 2014 Iranian documentary film, To Light a Candle, made by Maziar Bahari and focusing on the state sanctioned persecution of Baháʼís in Iran.
She starred with Dev Patel and Armie Hammer in the 2018 feature film Hotel Mumbai, a dramatisation of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. For her role as British-Iranian heiress Zahra Kashani, Boniadi received a nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards in 2019.
From 2018 to 2019, Boniadi received critical acclaim for portraying the series regular role of Clare Quayle in the Starz espionage drama Counterpart.
In early 2020, it was revealed that Boniadi had been cast in an undisclosed role in The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime. February 2022, it was announced she would be playing the character of Bronwyn, described as a single mother and healer.
Nazanin Boniadi Husband
In late 2004 to early 2005, she allegedly had a brief relationship with actor Tom Cruise. According to claims in the documentary Going Clear, her acquaintance with Cruise was not accidental and the Church of Scientology prepared and planted her for this role wanting to ensure his commitment to the church after he had drifted away from it during his marriage to Nicole Kidman. The Church also vetted her along with dozens of other women as a potential wife for Cruise, but she was not selected.
In October 2004, Boniadi was volunteering for the Office of Special Affairs in Los Angeles when she was told by Church official Greg Wilhere that she had been selected for a special project. Boniadi was told that her dental braces had to be removed and that her red hair highlights had to be corrected; she was also encouraged to end her relationship with her longtime boyfriend. After being flown to New York by the church, Boniadi learned that her project was to become a suitable girlfriend for Cruise.
According to Boniadi, Cruise initially overwhelmed her with the intensity of his affection but she was isolated from her family and the two of them were rarely alone, always surrounded by an entourage of Scientologists. Allegedly, he became cool and withdrawn after something she said to David Miscavige was misconstrued as an insult. She was later asked to leave and move into the Celebrity Centre.
After their relationship ended in January 2005, Boniadi confessed her devastation to a friend and fellow church member. She was allegedly punished by having to dig ditches at midnight and scrub floor tiles. The Church of Scientology denied that any such project existed or that David Miscavige has any involvement in Cruise's personal life.
Nazanin Boniadi Children
Does Nazanin Boniadi have a child? No, Nazanin Boniadi doesn't have a child as at time of this writing.
Nazanin Boniadi Religion
Her religion is Scientology. Nazanin Boniadi is a Scientologist. In the mid 2000s, she was a dedicated Scientologist. Her mother had also been a Scientologist.
She's a member of Church of Scientology.
Nazanin Boniadi Net Worth
How much is Nazanin Boniadi net worth? Nazanin Boniadi has an estimated net worth of about $2.5 Million US Dollars as at 2023.
