Nazanin Boniadi

Nazanin Boniadi interests me far beyond her acting credits. Born in Tehran, raised in London, and trained in the United States, she carries a genuinely cross-cultural perspective that shows in the range of roles she takes. What I respect most, though, is her activism for human rights in Iran, a stance that carries real personal risk for a working actor. It would be easier to stay silent and protect the brand, yet she chooses to speak. That combination of intelligence, craft, and moral courage is uncommon, and it makes her a figure I quietly find myself rooting for.

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Name (English)

Nazanin Boniadi

Name (Japanese)

ナザニン・ボニアディ

Reading

なざにん・ぼにあでぃ

Born

May 22, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

University

University of California, Irvine

• Official sitehttps://www.nazaninboniadi.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nazaninboniadi/
• Xhttps://x.com/nazaninboniadi
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazanin%20Boniadi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B6%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189102

Tags

• Tehran Province
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.