Annet Mahendru

Anita Devi Annet Mahendru[1] is an Afghan-born the second season of The Americans.[9] She also starred
RussianIndian actress, best known for her role as Nina in the comedy-drama lm Bridge and Tunnel and had a
Sergeevna on the FX series The Americans.
voice role in the 2014 animated lm Penguins of Madagascar.
Mahendru stars in the title role of the independent feature
lm Sally Pacholok (2015) which premiered at and won
Best Feature at the Washington DC Independent Film
Mahendru was born in Kabul, the daughter of Olga and Festival.[10][11]
Ghanshan Ken Mahendru. Her mother is a Russian
businesswoman and artist, and her father is a Hindu
Indian professor and journalist.[1][2] She had what she 3 Filmography
calls a gypsy childhood, regularly travelling between St.
Petersburg and Frankfurt before moving with her father
to East Meadow, New York at the age of 13 after her 3.1 Film
parents separated.[3]

Early and personal life

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Mahendru attended East Meadow High School, where

she was active in competitive cheerleading and kick line
teams, and graduated in 2004.[1][4] She went on to earn
an English degree from St. Johns University.[5]

4 References
[1] Lovece, Frank (May 4, 2014). Fast Chat: Annet Mahendru. Newsday (New York City / Long Island). p. 91.
Retrieved May 5, 2014. Currently in Baltimore shooting
the title role of the fact-based medical drama 'Sally Pacholok'...

Mahendru is uent in German, Russian and English, and

also speaks French, Persian and Hindi[6] and initially
wanted to use her ethnic ambiguity to work for the
United Nations.[7] She was enrolled at New York University for a Masters degree in international relations, but
dropped out to pursue acting.[3] She then moved to Los
Angeles and studied improv at The Groundlings.[3]

[2] Goldman, Eric (April 16, 2013). Annet Mahendru Discusses Ninas Future on The Americans and Covertly
Filming Escape From Tomorrow at Walt Disney World.
IGN.com.

Career

[3] Annet Mahendru: 'The Americans International Woman

of Mystery. Rolling Stone. April 2, 2014. Archived from
the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.

Mahendru began her acting career in 2006, appearing in

an episode of the sitcom Love Monkey, an episode of the
drama Conviction, a Law & Order spino, and the short
lm The Art of Love. The following year, she appeared
in an episode of the HBO comedy-drama Entourage. Her
next signicant roles came in 2011, in episodes of the
sitcoms Big Time Rush and 2 Broke Girls. In 2012, she
starred in an episode of the sitcom Mike & Molly.

[4] Graduation 2004. Newsday (New York City / Long Island). June 19, 2004. Retrieved May 5, 2014. (subscription required)
[5] Rorke, Robert (March 15, 2014). "'Americans star a perfect t as Russian double agent. New York Post. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
[6] Annet Mahendru. (Resume) Actors Access (Breakdown
Services, Ltd.). Retrieved 7 April 2014.

In 2013, she began playing the recurring character Nina

Sergeevna on the FX drama The Americans, appeared in
an episode of the crime series White Collar, played Agent
Rosen in two episodes of the crime drama The Blacklist and starred in her rst lm, the fantasy horror Escape
from Tomorrow, which drew attention because most of it
was lmed on location at both Walt Disney World and
Disneyland without permission from The Walt Disney
Company, owner and operator of both parks.[2][8]

[7] Annet Mahendru: A Funny Joke from a Beautiful

Woman. Esquire. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
[8] Zeitchik, Steven (January 19, 2013). Sundance 2013:
How did a newbie make an unapproved lm in Disney
parks?". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21,
2013.
[9] Mitovich, Matt Webb (May 7, 2013). FXs The Americans Promotes Two for Season 2. TVLine.com.

In 2014, Mahendru was promoted to a series regular for

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[10] http://dciff-indie.org/sally-pacholok/
[11] http://www.gazette.net/article/20150318/NEWS/
150319460&template=gazette

External links
Annet Mahendru at the Internet Movie Database
Ocial website

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