Nazanin Boniadi portrays Leyla Mir, a stunning student nurse that makes
everyone’s head turn. Ms. Boniadi made her debut as the character on
SOAPnet’s highly successful, General Hospital spin-off General
Hospital: Night Shift. She officially joined the cast of General
Hospital in August 2007.

Born in Tehran, Iran, and raised in
London, England, Ms. Boniadi was handpicked by Oscar® Award-winning
director Mike Nichols for a part in Charlie Wilson’s War, starring Tom
Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. She followed that up
by landing a part in Marvel Comics’ upcoming film Iron Man, directed by
Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr. Ms. Boniadi has guest
starred on the CW television series The Game, a spin-off of
Girlfriends. She also appears in the films Gameface and Shades of Ray.

Ms. Boniadi 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 Bachelor’s Degree
in Biological Sciences. She is also fluent in both English and Farsi.

Source ABC.com

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