Get from AnyObject(NSString) to String

I am reading a plist key (NSArray with n NSDictionaries): ``` let regionsToMonitor = NSBundle.mainBundle().infoDictionary["Regions"] as Array<Dictionary<String,AnyObject>> ``` now I iterate over it: ``` for regionToMonitor in regionsToMonitor { ``` and now I want to to get uuidString of the regionToMonitor in ObjC: `NSString *uuidString = regionToMonitor[@"uuidString"];` in swift I try: `let uuidString = regionToMonitor["uuid"]!.stringValue;` the above does compile but the string is always `nil` in swift. `regionToMonitor["uuid"]` when used without !.stringValue works fine in `println` how do I get a valid Swift.String here? I am trying to pass it to NSUUID! I also tried `let uuidString:String = regionToMonitor["uuid"]` => AnyObject isn't convertible to String `let uuidString = regionToMonitor["uuid"] as String` => Could not find an overload for 'subscript' that accepts the supplied arguments `let uuidString = regionToMonitor["uuid"];` => 'AnyObject?' cannot be implicitly downcast to 'String'; did you mean to use 'as' to force downcast?