Nazanin Boniadi

Nazanin Boniadi is a British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she gained recognition for her role as Leyla Mir in the medical drama General Hospital (2007–2009) and its spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift (2007). She has also appeared as Nora in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2011), Fara Sherazi in the spy thriller series Homeland (2013–2014), Esther in the film Ben-Hur (2016), Clare Quayle in the sci-fi thriller series Counterpart (2017–2018), Zahra Kashani in the action thriller film Hotel Mumbai (2018), and Bronwyn in the fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–present). Boniadi is known for her activism, having served as an Amnesty International spokesperson and board member for the Center for Human Rights in Iran.