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Nazanin Boniadi is a British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she went to university in the US. Her first major acting role as Leyla Mir in the medical drama General.
She was a spokesperson for Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), with a focus on the unjust conviction and treatment of Iranian youth, women, and prisoners of conscience, from 2009 until 2015. She has her own official blog page on the AIUSA website and continues to partner with them. In 2020, she was appointed as an ambassador for Amnesty International UK, with a focus on women and Iran.