Zanjani was born in 1981 in Tehran. When she was six or seven years old, her family moved from Iran to Sweden. She grew up in
Gråbo and lived there with her parents and brother. When she was 19-20, she settled in
Stockholm to follow her career but now she lives in
Gothenburg. She participated in the sets of
Royal Dramatic Theatre in Party and Woyzeck, and she played Josie in the
Backa Theatre's acclaimed set of Rona Munro's Iron in 2005. == Career ==