About
Nazanin Boniadi was born in Tehran, Iran, at the height of the Iranian Revolution; her parents relocated to London shortly thereafter. She performed violin and ballet as a young girl. She attended a private high school and later moved to the United States where she earned a bachelor's degree, with honors, in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine. 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. Nazanin Boniadi is rapidly making her mark in both film and television. She co-starred as CIA analyst Fara Sherazi on seasons three and four of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama Homeland (2011), for which she shared a 2015 SAG Award nomination in the Outstanding Performance...
Known for
Grey's AnatomySeries • 2005
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000
SuitsSeries • 2011
24Series • 2001
HomelandSeries • 2011
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeries • 2022
How I Met Your MotherSeries • 2005
ScandalSeries • 2012
Iron ManMovie • 2008
The GameSeries • 2006
CounterpartSeries • 2017
HawthorneSeries • 2009
Go OnSeries • 2012
BombshellMovie • 2019
PassengersMovie • 2016
Zoolander 2Movie • 2016
The Next Three DaysMovie • 2010
Ben-HurMovie • 2016
Charlie Wilson's WarMovie • 2007
Hotel MumbaiMovie • 2019
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan ScreeningMovie • 2022
Desert DancerMovie • 2014