Nazanin Boniadi

Place of Brith: Tehran, Iran

Date of Birth: May 22, 1980

Ethnicity: Iranian

Nazanin Boniadi is an Iranian-born actress. She was born in Tehran, Iran, to Iranian parents, and was raised in London, where her family moved shortly after her birth. She later moved to the U.S. Nazanin has described herself as a “non-practising Muslim”.

Nazanin is famous for starring in the television series General Hospital, and for playing a Jewish woman, Esther, in the 2016 film version of Ben-Hur. She is fluent in Farsi and English.