Nazanin Malekan

Nazanin Malekan is a graduate of English translation from Iran, with an acting background in both Farsi and French. She moved to Canada in 2005 and was involved with the NAGs (Nomads Acting Group) between 2006 and 2011, where she acted in minor roles and helped with the props, stage management, and productions. She attended Aida Keykhaii’s acting workshop in 2016 and was cast in Dance of Torn Papers as the workshop’s final acting project in Toronto. She joined NOWADAYS THEATRE shortly after and collaborated with the company in areas such as script translations, grant applications, and other admin-related tasks. Nazanin joined Mohammad Yaghoubi’s acting workshops between 2017 and 2018 and was cast in Angles in Iran as the workshop’s final acting project in Toronto and Waterloo. She is a utility corporate planner from nine-to-five, and an art and theatre lover the rest of the day.