Nazanin Boniadi is a British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she went to university in the United States, where she landed her first major acting role as Leyla Mir in the medical drama
General Hospital (2007–2009) and its spin-off
General Hospital: Night Shift (2007). Since then, Boniadi has played Nora in the sitcom
How I Met Your Mother (2011), Fara Sherazi in the spy thriller series
Homeland (2013–2014), Esther in the historical drama 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).