Nazanin Boniadi

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Birth Name: نازنین بنیادی

Age: 45, born 22 May 1980

Country of origin: Iran, Islamic Republic of

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 4"

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Nazanin Boniadi on Homeland Season 4 and Working With Claire Danes

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Homeland Newbie Nazanin Boniadi at the 2014 SAG Awards - SheKnows Goes to the Shows

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Description: Actress, Activist [Link removed - login to see] [Link removed - login to see] Born in Tehran at the height of the Iranian Revolution, Ms. Boniadi's parents relocated to London shortly thereafter, where she was raised with an emphasis on education. While she was involved in theatre early in life and earned her first TV credit as a guest host on the children's show "Early Bird", Ms. Boniadi later decided she wanted to become a physician. She moved to the United States to attend the University of California Irvine where she received her Bachelor's Degree, with Honors (Dean's Academic Achievement and Service Award Actress, Activist

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Born in Tehran at the height of the Iranian Revolution, Ms. Boniadi's parents relocated to London shortly thereafter, where she was raised with an emphasis on education. While she was involved in theatre early in life and earned her first TV credit as a guest host on the children's show "Early Bird", Ms. Boniadi later decided she wanted to become a physician. She moved to the United States to attend the University of California Irvine where she received her Bachelor's Degree, with Honors (Dean's Academic Achievement and Service Award) in Biological Sciences, and won the "Chang Pin Chun" Undergraduate Research Award for her work in heart-transplant rejection and cancer research.

Switching gears to pursue her first love, Ms. Boniadi then decided to study acting, which included training in Contemporary Drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London under the supervision of dramaturge Lloyd Trott.

Ms. Boniadi is fluent in both English and Farsi. She is a dedicated human rights activist and an official spokesperson for Amnesty International USA, with a focus on women's rights and bringing attention to the unjust conviction and treatment of youth, women and prisoners of conscience in Iran.

Nazanin Boniadi is rapidly making her mark in both film and television. Beginning in episode two, season three of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama "Homeland", she co-stars as CIA analyst Fara Sherazi. Among her many television credits, Ms. Boniadi is probably best known as Nora, a relatively longstanding love interest to Neil Patrick Harris's Barney Stinson, in seasons six and seven of "How I Met Your Mother". She also appeared in "Rochelle", a three part series for WIGS that co-starred Rosanna Arquette and was produced by Jon Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia.

On film, Ms. Boniadi appeared as Amira Ahmed in Jon Favreau's "Iron Man" and portrayed a young mother, Elaine, in Paul Haggis' "The Next Three Days". She has several independent features to her credit and will next appear as Parisa Ghaffarian in Richard Raymond's "Desert Dancer", starring Freida Pinto, Reece Ritchie and Tom Cullen. ... (more)