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''Nina'' Nasr Zanjani ( fa, نینا زنجانی, born 1 September 1981 in

) is an Iranian-Swedish actress. She played one of the two lead roles in

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's directorial debut ''

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'' as the daughter Yasmin.

Early life

Nina and her family moved from Iran to Sweden when she was six or seven years old. She grew up in

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and lived there with her parents and brother. When she was 19-20, she settled in Stockholm to follow her career. Zanjani was a student at Stockholm Elementary Theatre School (SET) from 2001 to 2002 and went to the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 2007. She participated in the sets of

in Party and Woyzeck, and she played Josie in the

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's acclaimed set of Rona Munro's Iron in 2005.

Career

She played a leading role starring

's directorial debut ''

'' as the daughter named Yasmin. In November 2007, the play ''Don Carlos'' premiered at the Gothenburg City Theatre, where Zanjani played Queen Elizabeth. She also appeared in ''Night Rider'' by Björn Runge in the same theater, and in ''Nathan the Wise'' at the Stockholm City Theater and the SVT's dramatization of

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, which was aired on 26 and 27 December 2008. Zanjani also had a starring role in

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' movie '' Balls'' (

: ''Farsan'') which premiered in February 2010. She also starred in all episodes of the second Swedish series of Wallander, where she played the role of police woman Isabelle Melin, at least until Indrivaren, where she ends his employment with the Ystad police. She was even featured in the short film ''Knullträdet''. In autumn 2010, she took part in the performance of ''Clara's journey'' at the City Theatre in Gothenburg where she starred with the leading role of Clara. The critics and Zanjani acclaimed show that the 'theatrical thriller ". Clara's journey was voted the year's best performance by theater people and won a prestigious award in autumn 2010. In 2012, she participated in the Gothenburg City Theatre's production of ''The Bible'' In 2014 she performed the role of Eliza in

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's Pygmalion at the

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Filmography

*2006 - '' Paketet'' *2007 - ''

'' *2008 - ''

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'' *2009 - '' Wallander – Hämnden'' *2009 - '' Wallander – Skulden'' *2009 - '' Wallander – Kuriren'' *2009 - '' Wallander – Tjuven'' *2009 - '' Wallander – Cellisten'' *2009 - '' Wallander – Prästen'' *2009 - '' Wallander – Läckan'' *2009 - ''

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'' *2010 - '' Wallander – Dödsängeln'' *2010 - '' Balls'' *2010 - '' Wallander – Vålnaden'' *2010 - '' Wallander – Arvet'' *2010 - '' Wallander – Indrivaren'' *2010 - ''Superhjälten (The Superhero)'' *2010 - '' Home for Christmas'' *2011 - ''Elegia'' *2013 - '' Hotell'' *2013 - '' Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen'' (TV series) *2020 - '' Agent Hamilton'' (TV series)

Theatre

Roles

References

External links

* * Swedish actresses 1981 births Living people Iranian emigrants to Sweden Actresses from Tehran {{sweden-actor-stub