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Boniadi in 2008, photo by s_bukley /bigstockphoto.com
Place of Brith: Tehran, Iran
Date of Birth: May 22, 1980
Ethnicity: Persian
Nazanin Boniadi is an Iranian-born actress and activist. She is known for starring on the series General Hospital , and for playing a Jewish woman, Esther, in the 2016 film Ben-Hur , as well as for her roles in Hotel Mumbai and Bombshell .
She was born in Tehran, to Persian 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.” She is fluent in Farsi and English.