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Tehran, Iran
Nasim Pedrad is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy and variety series Saturday Night Live from 2009 to 2014. She later went on to star in the Fox sitcoms Mulaney (2014–2015) and New Girl (2015–2018), the Fox horror comedy series Scream Queens (2015), and the TBS science fiction comedy series People of Earth (2017). Pedrad also created, produced, and…
Known for
- Mating Season — Meghan (voice)2026
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self2025
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F — Ashley De La Rosa2024
- An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)2024
- Angry Birds Mystery Island — Rosie (voice)2024
- High Potential — Nedda Donovan2024
- Wish — Sania (voice)2023
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — Master Zia Zanna (voice)2023
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — Master Zia Zanna / Female Villager (voice)2023
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1981-11-18 ) 18 November 1981 (age 44) , Tehran , Iran
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actress comedian
- Years active
- 2002–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tehran
- Occupation
- comedian
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Nasim Pedrad.jpg
- Residence
- Irvine
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- date of birth
- 1981-11-18
- Commons category
- Nasim Pedrad
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- name in native language
- نسیم پدراد
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Nasim Pedrad (Persian: نسیم پدراد; born November 18, 1981) is an Iranian-born American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy and variety series Saturday Night Live from 2009 to 2014. She later went on to star in the Fox sitcoms Mulaney (2014–2015) and New Girl (2015–2018), the Fox horror comedy series Scream Queens (2015), and the TBS science fiction comedy series People of Earth (2017). Pedrad also created, produced, and starred in the TBS/The Roku Channel sitcom Chad (2021–2024).
In film, Pedrad has had voice roles in animated films including The Lorax (2012), and Despicable Me 2 (2013), and starring roles in the comedy films Cooties (2014) and Desperados (2020), as well as the fantasy film Aladdin (2019).
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