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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Early life
Nasim Pedrad was born on 18 November 1981 in Tehran, Iran. Her family left Tehran soon after she was born; her father was able to immigrate to the United States immediately, but Pedrad and her mother were not, so they had to stay in Germany, reuniting with her father when she was three years old. Her younger sister, Nina, is a comedy writer.
Pedrad graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 2003. She was a member of the UCLA Spring Sing Company.
