birthname | Nazanin Boniadi |
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birth date | May 22, 1980 |
birth place | Tehran, Iran |
occupation | Actress, Activist }} |
Nazanin Boniadi (Persian: نازنین بنیادی, pronounced Naa-za-neen Bon-yaadi) is a British-Iranian actress currently living and working in the US.
She was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series in 2008 for her role in General Hospital.
Her General Hospital character died from exposure to a biotoxin in February 2009.
Boniadi has also landed 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.
In February 2011, she debuted as Nora, a love interest for Neil Patrick Harris's character Barney Stinson, on the sixth season of the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
Boniadi provided a voiceover to AIUSA’s “Power of Words” public service announcement with Morgan Freeman, which won a Webby Award; campaigned with the organization for the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA); has served as a panelist and emcee for events related to Iranian rights, and spearheaded The Neda Project with AIUSA and indie rock band The Airborne Toxic Event in May/June 2010. She has an official blog on the Amnesty International USA website.
In December 2010, she initiated an Amnesty International petition for Iranian film directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, who were convicted of “propaganda against the state”. The petition was co-signed by prominent Hollywood directors and industry leaders such as Paul Haggis, Martin Scorsese, Sean Penn, Harvey Weinstein, Ron Howard and others, and generated over 21,000 signatures. On June 8, 2011, Boniadi joined a delegation of Hollywood luminaries, lead by Haggis and AIUSA Executive Director Larry Cox, to deliver the petition to the Iran Mission to the United Nations in New York.
On June 3, 2011, Boniadi joined Sarah Shourd in a rolling hunger strike in solidarity with Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal and wrote an article in support of the Free The Hikers campaign.
On July 11, 2011, Boniadi received the Social Cinema Award at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival for her human rights work with Amnesty International.
Television | |||
! Year | ! Title | ! Role | ! Notes |
Josie | 2 Episodes | ||
General Hospital: Night Shift | Leyla Mir | 13 Episodes | |
2007–2009 | General Hospital | Leyla Mir | 119 Episodes |
Heather Mosson | Episode: "To Have and to Hold" | ||
Blonde Woman | 2 Episodes | ||
Aneesa Amara | Episode: "Final Curtain" | ||
2011 | Lauren Pearl | Episode: "Errors and Omissions" | |
2011 | How I Met Your Mother | Nora | |
Film | |||
! Year | ! Film | ! Role | ! Notes |
2006 | Kal: Yesterday & Tomorrow | Simmi | Short Film |
2007 | Gameface | Taylor | |
Charlie Wilson's War | Afghan Refugee Woman | Uncredited | |
Amira Ahmed | |||
2009 | Diplomacy | Persian Interpreter | Short Film |
2010 | The Next Three Days | Elaine |
Category:1980 births Category:American actors Category:English emigrants to the United States Category:Iranian emigrants to the United Kingdom Category:Iranian emigrants to the United States Category:Living people Category:Actors from London Category:People from Tehran Category:University of California, Irvine alumni
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