Homeland’s newest recruit has already undergone a secret mission of her own, having reportedly been vetted by Tom Cruise to become his Scientologist wife.
Actress Nazanin Boniadi, 31, who plays CIA analyst Fara Sherazi in the news series of
Homeland, was one of dozens of women screened by the Church of Scientology to find a suitable wife for Cruise.
Boniadi, a former Scientologist, was singled out by the Church because of her petite figure and medical degree, according to an article in
Vanity Fair.
She had a short relationship with the actor in 2004, before he dumped her after two months because he allegedly said he “wanted someone who has her own power- like Nicole [Kidman]”.
The actress, then 25, is said to have undergone a strict screening process to see if she was eligible to become Cruise’s wife.
The
Vanity Fair article alleges she went through a month-long preparation that involved having to telling a Church official in-depth details about her sex life, as nobody who had been in a threesome could be considered.
She was also told to get rid of her red highlights, have her braces removed and dump her current boyfriend.
In the second month of their relationship, Cruise allegedly asked the actress to have her incisor teeth filed down and brought in his hairstylist to change her hair. She was allowed to finally tell her mother, also a Scientologist, that she was involved with Cruise.
The
article says her mother reportedly had to sign a confidentiality agreement about their relationship as well.
When Boniadi was later sent to a Scientology centre in Florida following their split, she broke down and told a friend about her secret relationship with Cruise. Her friend later reported her.
The article, which never quotes the actress but relies heavily on a number of “close” sources, says: “Boniadi’s punishment was to scrub toilets with a toothbrush, clean bathroom tiles with acid, and dig ditches in the middle of the night.”
The Church of Scientology denies the allegations. Karin Pouw, a spokeswoman for the Church, told The Independent: “We stand by the statement we issued last year: there was no project, secret or otherwise, ever conducted by the Church to find a bride [via audition or otherwise] for any member.”
Boniadi has since left the Church of Scientology. In 2012 she featured in an anti-Scientologist rap that appeared on YouTube, in which she said the lines: “But we all know how it is, there ain’t no road to freedom. It’s a blind alley, like Kirstie Alley, Travolta and Cruise, but we ain’t no fools.”
Her other TV credits include
How I Met Your Mother,
24 and
Grey’s Anatomy.
Brehs...so think I'm about two episodes away from abandoning the show. I thought the first season was great, if overrated (Seriously, Damien Lewis deserved an Emmy over Cranston? Come on
), & the first several episodes of the second season were brilliant. After that it just went off the rails and got ridiculous. So far this season is just dull. I think they should probably have pivoted to focusing on Quinn and his black ops world, which is both interesting and mysterious, rather than the Brady family. I'd like to think this will pay off but I don't really trust the people making the show to do that. Apparently most of the top creative people involved with making the show have left or, in one case, died, so it's hard to have much confidence in the stragglers to keep the show alive and compelling. 
..... Believe in L.Ron Hubbard's movement brehs 
Personally I think Katie Holmes dodged a bullet with that midget megalomaniac!
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