Nina Zanjani
Swedish actress
Nina Nasr Zanjani (born 1981) is a Swedish actress. She played one of the two lead roles in Helena Bergström's directorial debut Mind the Gap as the daughter Yasmin.
Early life
Zanjani was born in 1981 in Tehran, Iran. When she was six or seven years old, her family moved from Iran to Sweden. She grew up in Gråbo and lived there with her parents and brother. When she was 19-20, she settled in Stockholm to follow her career but now she lives in Gothenburg.
Zanjani was a student at Stockholm Elementary Theatre School (SET) from 2001 to 2002. She graduated from the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 2007. She participated in the sets of Royal Dramatic Theatre in Party and Woyzeck, and she played Josie in the Backa Theatre's acclaimed set of Rona Munro's Iron in 2005.
Career
Her first acting role was in Helena Bergström's 2007 film Mind the Gap.
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