Known For: American actress (born 1981)
Category: Actresses
Country: United States of America
City: Tehran
Language Persian
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) and 2019 movie Aladdin. Pedrad also created, produces, and stars in the TBS/The Roku Channel sitcom Chad (2021–2024).
| Father | Parviz Pedrad |
| Siblings | Nina Pedrad |
| Wikipedia | Nasim_Pedrad |
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Pedrad was born in Tehran, Iran. Her family left Tehran soon after she was born; her father was able to emigrate to the United States immediately, but Pedrad and her mother were forced to stay in Germany, reuniting with her father when she was three years old. Her younger sister, Nina, is a comedy writer. Nasim graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 2003. She was a member of the UCLA Spring Sing Company.
