{{Short description|Canadian actress}} {{Use Canadian English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Nikohl Boosheri | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|9|3}}<ref name="issue"/> | birth_place = Pakistan<ref name="issue"/> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} Death date then birth --> | death_place = | other_names = | citizenship = Canada, Iran | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2010–present | alma_mater = Simon Fraser University<ref name="payvand.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/11/jul/1212.html|title=Circumstance A groundbreaking, sensual film about youth in search of freedom in Iran|publisher=PayVand.com|date=21 July 2011|accessdate=6 March 2012|archive-date=15 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815045714/http://www.payvand.com/news/11/jul/1212.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | education = Performing Arts<ref name="payvand.com"/> | spouse = | partner = | website = }} '''Nikohl Boosheri''' ({{langx|fa|نیکول بوشهری}}) is an Iranian actress with Canadian citizenship. She is best known for her role as Adena El-Amin on Freeform's ''The Bold Type.''
==Biography== Boosheri was born in Pakistan<ref name="issue">{{cite web|title=NIKOHL BOOSHERI |url=https://issuemagazine.com/nikohl-boosheri/#/ |work=ISSUE Magazine |quote=BIRTH DATE: Sep 3 BIRTH PLACE: Pakistan |access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref> to Iranian parents while they were fleeing Iran and moved to Canada when she was 2 months old. She has never been to Iran.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/movies/circumstance-a-film-of-underground-life-in-iran.html?pagewanted=all|title=Living and Loving Underground in Iran|newspaper=New York Times.com|date=19 August 2011|accessdate=6 March 2012}}</ref> She speaks English and Persian.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.straight.com/movies/vancouvers-nikohl-boosheri-enters-taboo-world-iranian-lesbian-film-circumstance | title=Vancouver's Nikohl Boosheri enters a taboo world in Iranian lesbian film Circumstance | date=26 October 2011 | newspaper=The Georgia Straight | first=Michelle | last=da Silva | accessdate=7 July 2018 }}</ref>
== Filmography == ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2011 || ''Circumstance'' || Atafeh Hakimi || Best Actress Award at Noor Iranian Film Festival |- | 2013 || ''Farah Goes Bang'' || Farah Mahtab || |- | 2018 || data-sort-value="Wedding, The" | ''The Wedding'' || Sara<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/nikohl-boosheri-sam-abbas-the-wedding-movie-lance-lim-elizabeth-crossing-movie-1202156389/|title=Nikohl Boosheri, Sam Abbas Star In 'The Wedding'|publisher=Deadline|date=25 August 2017}}</ref> || |- | 2020 || ''Alia's Birth'' || Tess || |- | 2021 || ''See You Then'' || Julie || |- |2025 || ''Rule Breakers'' ||Roya Mahboob|| |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2010 || ''Tower Prep'' || Assistant||Episode: "Snitch" |- | 2012 || ''Continuum'' || Laura Kellog ||Episode: "Laura" |- | 2013 || ''Futurestates'' || Sonia Elhami ||Episode: "Refuge" |- |2015 || ''Seeds of Yesterday'' || Toni || Television film |- |2016 || ''Supergirl'' || Kelly Sotto || Episode: "Changing" |- |2017–2021 || data-sort-value="Bold Type, The" | ''The Bold Type''|| Adena El-Amin ||Recurring role (season 1, 3–5), 14 episodes<hr> Main role (season 2), 8 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/the-bold-type-promoted-nikohl-boosheri-stephen-conrad-moore-season-2-premiere-1202248242/|title='The Bold Type' Ups Nikohl Boosheri & Stephen Conrad Moore to Regulars; Sets Season 2 Premiere|last=Petski|first=Denise|publisher=Deadline|date=18 January 2018|accessdate=24 January 2018}}</ref> |- |2018 || ''Altered Carbon'' || Nalan Ertekin || Episodes: "The Killers" and "In a Lonely Place" |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|3970988}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boosheri, Nikohl}} Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Vancouver Category:Canadian film actresses Category:Canadian people of Iranian descent Category:Iranian expatriates in Pakistan Category:Film people of Iranian descent Category:1988 births