Annet Mahendru

Mahendru's parents are Russian and Hindu Indian. She was born in Afghanistan. Mahendru speaks fluent German Russian and English in addition to French Persian and Hindi. Annet Mahendru is the daughter of an Indian father and a Russian mother. A choreographed performance at age 11 that aired on German television, transformed her into the Russian dancer, who became a snow maiden. After high school, she graduated with a bachelor's diploma from the Department of English from New York. She was a student of improv and comedy in the Groundlings School after leaving HB Studio. Her parents were an Afghani Hindu Indian mother and a Russian father, who lived in Kabul, Afghanistan. Her father moved her to New York's East Meadow York, when she was 13 and a half years old. She is a part of FX's The Americans alongside Matthew Rhys. Television actress best known for her character as the the former KGB Agent Nina Sergeevna Krilova on FX's The Americans. The actress has a regular role in Fox's The Following and NBC's The Blacklist.