Nikohl Boosheri

Nikohl Boosheri (Persian: 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.

Nikohl Boosheri
Born	(1988-09-03) 3 September 1988 (age 36)[1] Pakistan[1]
Citizenship	Canada, Iran
Education	Performing Arts[2]
Alma mater	Simon Fraser University[2]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

Biography

Boosheri was born in Pakistan^[1] to Iranian parents while they were fleeing Iran and moved to Canada when she was 2 months old. She has never been to Iran.^[3] She speaks English and Persian.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Circumstance	Atafeh Hakimi	Best Actress Award at Noor Iranian Film Festival
2013	Farah Goes Bang	Farah Mahtab
2018	The Wedding	Sara[5]
2020	Alia's Birth	Tess
2021	See You Then	Julie
2025	Rule Breakers	Roya Mahboob

Television

Year	Title	Role	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 Soto	Episode: "Changing"
2017–2021	The Bold Type	Adena El-Amin	Recurring role (season 1, 3–5), 14 episodes Main role (season 2), 8 episodes[6]
2018	Altered Carbon	Nalan Ertekin	Episodes: "The Killers" and "In a Lonely Place"