Nazanin Boniadi - Famous Human Rights Activist

Nazanin Boniadi Net Worth

$2,000,000

With a net worth of $2 million, Nazanin Boniadi is a famous Iranian-British actress, who gained recognition for her performances in popular TV shows like ‘Homeland’ and ‘How I Met Your Mother’.

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The key achievements of Nazanin Boniadi as mentioned in the text are:
  • She made her feature film debut as Taylor in the 2007 movie Gameface.
  • She starred as Leyla Mir in the TV series General Hospital: Night Shift from 2007 to 2009.
  • She played Amira Ahmed in the 2008 movie Iron Man.
  • She had a recurring role as Nora in the TV series How I Met Your Mother since 201.
  • She has starred as Fara Sherazi on the television series Homeland since 2013.
  • She also starred as Adnan Salif in the TV series Scandal in 2014.
  • She won the Chang Pin-Chun Undergraduate Research Award while studying at the University of California, Irvine.
  • She was an Assistant Editor-in-Chief of UCI's undergraduate medical newspaper.
  • She was a keynote speaker at Congresswoman Eddie Bernie Johnson's 13th annual A World of Women for World Peace conference.

Basic Information About Nazanin Boniadi

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Human rights activist
Net worth$2,000,000
Date of birth1980-05-22 (44 years old)
Place of birthTehran
NationalityUnited Kingdom
GenderFemale
Height5 ft 3 in (1.62 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

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Nazanin Boniadi awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Image Award - Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama SeriesNomineeGeneral Hospital2008

Nazanin Boniadi roles

Movie / Series Role
The Next Three DaysElaine
Iron ManAmira Ahmed
PassengersWake-up Hologram (uncredited)
BombshellRudi Bakhtiar
Zoolander 2'Old and Lame' Show Attendee
Hotel MumbaiZahra
Ben-HurEsther
Charlie Wilson's WarAfghan Refugee Woman (uncredited)
Grey's AnatomyAmrita 1 episode, 2013
How I Met Your MotherNora 10 episodes, 2011-2014
SuitsLauren Pearl 1 episode, 2011
Made in HollywoodSelf 2 episodes, 2016-2019
ScandalAdnan Salif 7 episodes, 2014
CounterpartClare Quayle 17 episodes, 2018-2019
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationNurse Lauren 1 episode, 2012
Go OnHannah 1 episode, 2013
24Blonde Woman 2 episodes, 2010
HawthorneAneesa Amara 1 episode, 2010

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Interesting Facts about Nazanin Boniadi

  1. She was born in Tehran, Iran, raised in London, England, and moved to the U.S. to attend university. She is a British-American dual citizen.
  2. She is a great-great-granddaughter of famed 19th Century Persian Philosopher and Poet Hajj Mirza Hasan Isfahani known as Hazrat Safi Ali Shah.
  3. She graduated with Honors from the University of California Irvine, where she received a Bacholor's Degree in Biological Sciences.
  4. Fluent in both English and Farsi.
  5. Completed an intensive course in Contemporary Drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2009.
  6. She is a human rights activist and served a spokesperson for Amnesty International USA from 2009 until 2015. She continues to partner with the organization as an Artist of Conscience. She joined the Board of Directors at the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran in October 2015.
  7. Boniadi changed her career path from medicine and started pursuing acting in 2006.
  8. She was selected as a Term Member by the Council on Foreign Relations in 2014.
  9. In 2012, an article in Vanity Fair ("What Katie Didn't Know" by Maureen Orth) alleged that Nazanin was covertly selected by officials in the Church of Scientology to be Tom Cruise's girlfriend before his marriage to Katie Holmes. The article also suggests that the organization monitored and punished Nazanin after their 3 month relationship, when she confided in a friend about the setup and expressed concern about the church violating its own policies. This was also discussed in Lawrence Wright's 2013 book "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief" and in Alex Gibney's subsequent Emmy Award-winning documentary, "Going Clear". The Church of Scientology and Tom Cruise's representatives denied all such allegations but they did not file suit against the reporters. Nazanin and her representatives refused to comment.

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  • Checked: βœ… Yes (2023-07-02 20:00:48)
  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vice_President_Harris_met_with_Nazanin_Boniadi_on_the_Mahsa_Amini_protest.jpg
  • Original Source: https://twitter.com/VP/status/1581048700306042880
  • Author: Office of the Vice President of the United States
  • Date taken: 14 October 2022

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