NASIM PEDRAD

Actress

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BORN November 18, 1981

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HEIGHT 5'3" (1.60 m)

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NATIONALITY Iran

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YEARS ACTIVE 2002 – Present

🏆 AWARDS & ACCOLADES

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2025

Favorite Performance in a Cinematic Event (Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen)

WINNER

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2015

Best Screen Performance (High Potential)

NOMINEE

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2011

Choice Movie Star / Breakthrough Performance (Gilmore Girls)

NOMINEE

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2001

Best Dramatic / Genre Performance (Late Night with Seth Meyers)

WINNER

👤 BIOGRAPHY

Nasim Pedrad 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). Pedrad also created, produced, and starred in the TBS/The Roku Channel sitcom Chad (2021–2024).

🗉 QUICK FACTS

Nick Name Nasim
Born November 18, 1981
Height 5'3" (1.60 m)
Nationality Iran
Citizenship Iran
Education University of California, Los Angeles (BFA)
Current Status Active (Recently in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, An SNL Thanksgiving)
Years Active 2002 – Present
Occupation Actress
Family Background Private Family Background
Early Career Began active theatrical and commercial performances in early adulthood.
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