Nazanin Boniadi

Height 5' 3¾" (1.62 m)

She was born in Tehran, Iran, and raised in London, England.
She is the great great granddaughter of famed 19th Century Persian Philosopher and poet Safi Ali Shah.
She graduated with Honors from the University of California Irvine, where she received a Bacholor's Degree in Biological Sciences.
Fluent in both English and Farsi.
Completed an intensive course in Contemporary Drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2009.
She is a human rights activist and served a spokesperson for Amnesty International USA from 2009 until 2015. She continues to partner with the organization as an Artist of Conscience. She joined the Board of Directors at the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran in October 2015.
Boniadi changed her career path from medicine and started pursuing acting in 2006.
In 2005 she was commended for setting a record in selling scientology books. In 2004, she had a brief relationship with Tom Cruise. According to claims of the documentary Going Clear, her acquaintance with Cruise was not accidental and the Church of Scientology prepared and planted her for this role. The church also vetted her along with dozens of other women as a potential wife for Cruise, but she was not selected.

Boniadi later left the Church of Scientology and now calls herself a "non-practising Muslim".