Annet Mahendru

Mahendru is the child of Mahendru, who has a Russian Indian mother as well as a Hindu Afghan father. Mahendru fluently speaks German Russian English. The parents of Annet Mahendru are Russian and Indian. When she was 11, she choreographed a performance that earned her a slot on German TV as a graceful Russian snow maiden that turns into a lively Indian dancer. She graduated from high school with a bachelor's diploma in English at the University of New York. After the high school year, she took acting classes at HB but left for improv in Groundlings School. She then performed in a variety of comedy roles. She was born to an Afghani Hindu Indian mother and a Russian father, who lived in Kabul, Afghanistan. Her family relocated to East Meadow New York, together with her father after she was 13 years old. She is a star alongside Matthew Rhys and Keri Russel in FX's The Americans. Television actress best known for her character as the the former KGB Agent Nina Sergeevna Krilova on FX's The Americans. Also, she played recurring characters in The Following, a Fox show The Following as well as the NBC show The Blacklist.