Nasim Pedrad

Nasim Pedrad
نسیم پدراد
Pedrad in 2014
Born	(1981-11-18) 18 November 1981 (age 42) Tehran, Iran
Education	University of California, Los Angeles (BFA)
Occupations	Actress comedian
Years active	2002–present

Nasim Pedrad (Persian: نسیم پدراد; born November 18, 1981)^[1] 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).

In film, Pedrad had minor voice roles in the animated films The Lorax (2012), and Despicable Me 2 (2013), and starring roles in the comedy films Cooties (2014) and Desperados (2020).