Annet Mahendru

Mahendru is an Afghani female born to a Russian father as well as an Hindu Indian mother. She is fluent in German, Russian English in addition to French Persian and Hindi. Annet Mahendru has a Russian-Indian father. She choreographed an 11-year old show that led to her being an German TV show appearance as an Russian Snow Maiden, who turns into a playful Indian dancer. Her high school graduation was successful and was awarded a bachelor's degree in English at the University of New York. She studied acting classes with the HB Studios. However, she moved on to pursue improvised comedy at The Groundlings School. She was born in Kabul Afghanistan to a Hindu-Indian father Ghanshan Ken Mahendru, and a Russian mother Olga. The family moved to East Meadow New York, along with her father, when she was 13, and is now starring with Matthew Rhys and Keri Russel in FX's The Americans. The Americans' Nina Sergeevna Krilova was her best-known role. Also, she played recurring characters on The Following, a Fox show The Following as well as NBC's The Blacklist.