Nazanin Boniadi is an activist and actress, cast in one of the leads of The Rings of Power. This is from her Wikipedia bio
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Aug 18 '22, 09:22
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In the mid 2000s, she was a dedicated Scientologist. Her mother had also been a Scientologist.[56]
In late 2004 to early 2005, she had a brief relationship with actor Tom Cruise. According to claims in the documentary Going Clear, her acquaintance with Cruise was not accidental and the Church of Scientology prepared and planted her for this role.[57] The Church also vetted her along with dozens of other women as a potential wife for Cruise, but she was not selected.[58][59]
In October 2004, Boniadi was volunteering for the Office of Special Affairs in Los Angeles when she was told by Church official Greg Wilhere that she had been selected for a special project. Boniadi was told that her dental braces had to be removed and that her red hair highlights had to be corrected; she was also encouraged to end her relationship with her longtime boyfriend. She had to sign a confidentiality agreement, stating she could not abandon this special project without the Church's approval.[60]
About a month later, after being flown to New York by the church, Boniadi learned that her project was to become a suitable girlfriend for Cruise.[61] She stated in her testimony "at the beginning of the relationship [he] was very romantic but as the relationship progressed he began to have temper tantrums. He began to show violent tendencies". After their relationship ended in January 2005, Boniadi confessed her devastation to a friend and fellow church member. She was punished for this according to Church policies: she "had to dig ditches at midnight and scrub floor tiles... She was placed on a curfew... escorted everywhere she went". She also testified that she felt as if "she was a victim of white slavery, because she traveled across state lines under false pretenses".[60]
Afterward
Boniadi left the Church of Scientology soon afterwards[62] and as of October 2014 called herself a "non-practising Muslim".[63]
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