19 Facts About Annet Mahendru

Anita Devi "Annet" Mahendru was born on November 5,1985 and is an American actress.

Annet Mahendru is known for playing Nina Sergeevna Krilova on the FX period drama series The Americans, for which she garnered a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2014 and as Jennifer "Huck" Mallick in the AMC series The Walking Dead: World Beyond in 2020.

Annet Mahendru was born on November 5,1985, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Annet Mahendru's mother, Olga, is Russian, and her father, Ghanshan "Ken" Mahendru, is a Punjabi Hindu Indian educator and journalist with roots from Delhi, who studied at Kabul University and later met her mother while working in Russia.

The Mahendru family moved to Kabul where her grandfather had a sweets business.

Annet Mahendru had what she calls a "gypsy" childhood, spending her first seven years of her childhood between Afghanistan and Saint Petersburg.

Annet Mahendru then lived with her mother at Saint Petersburg and regularly travelled between there and Frankfurt, before moving with her father to East Meadow, New York, at age 13, after her parents separated.

Annet Mahendru attended East Meadow High School, where she was active in competitive cheerleading and kick line teams; she graduated in 2004.

Annet Mahendru went on to earn an English degree from St John's University in New York City.

Annet Mahendru grew up speaking Persian, Russian, German, and English, and speaks conversational Hindi and French.

Annet Mahendru initially wanted to use what she has called her "ethnic ambiguity" to work for the United Nations.

Annet Mahendru was enrolled at New York University for a master's degree in international relations as she wanted to work for the women in Afghanistan, but dropped out to pursue acting.

Annet Mahendru then moved to Los Angeles and studied improv at The Groundlings.

In 2013, Annet Mahendru played Nina Sergeevna Krilova in the FX drama The Americans, appeared in an episode of the crime series White Collar, and played Agent Rosen in two episodes of the crime drama The Blacklist.

Annet Mahendru starred in the unapproved Disney film Escape from Tomorrow, which is set in Walt Disney World.

In 2014, Annet Mahendru was promoted to a series regular for the second season of The Americans.

Annet Mahendru starred in the comedy-drama film Bridge and Tunnel, had a voice role in the 2014 animated film Penguins of Madagascar, and guest-starred in the 2016 X-Files miniseries as Sveta, a possible UFO abductee.

Annet Mahendru played Nafisa Al-Qadi on the FX series Tyrant.

Annet Mahendru plays a lead role as Jennifer "Huck" Mallick in the AMC series The Walking Dead: World Beyond, which premiered in 2020.