Nazanin Boniadi

Personal context

Summary

Nazanin Boniadi is an actor known for roles in Homeland, Counterpart, Hotel Mumbai, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Her work spans drama, science fiction, and historical stories; she has also spoken about the narrow casting categories and stereotyped roles facing Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian actors. For years, she has advocated for human rights in Iran, serving as an Amnesty International ambassador and on the board of the Center for Human Rights in Iran. She has spoken at the United Nations and protest rallies, backed the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, and campaigned to have the oppression of women in Iran recognized as gender apartheid.