Biography

Nikohl Boosheri is a Canadian actress based in Los Angeles. She made her film debut in 2011 with the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award Winner, "Circumstance." Her acclaimed performance in the film won Best Performance at three other Film Festivals: LA Outfest, International Rome Film Festival, and the Noor Film Festival.

At the Tribeca Film Festival, 2013, Nikohl was named among the 10 Actors to watch for by IndieWires for her performance in Meera Menon's feature "Farah Goes Bang."

Nikohl's credits include acting opposite Thandie Newton in DirectTV's "Rogue", and portraying the colorful character Sara in Daniel Grove's "The Persian Connection." This has been a busy year for Nikohl, she is playing a wide range of roles across several Networks this fall. Nikohl is also a songwriter, frequently collaborating with LA artist Wild the Coyote.
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She grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada but was born in Pakistan.

She has never been to Iran.

Is a close friend of Sarah Kazemy.

[on the 'Arab Spring" movement] What you see in ['Circumstance'] is the calm before the storm. You see the kind of feelings that were swirling around and how tired people were. What you don't realize is that 75 per cent or Iran's population is under the age of 35. Many feel they have no future. It's like a ticking time bomb.

I think 'Circumstance' isn't so much a lesbian story so much as it's a story of two people trying to be who they are. It's about self-expression, whatever that may be.

I guess I was a bit of a rebellious teen. I wasn't the happiest kid and I got into a lot of trouble. But that changed when I got involved in drama. It gave me a reason to get my life together. I felt like I really wanted to get involved, and I did.