Annet Mahendru

Mahendru was born to an Russian Indian mother as well as a Hindu Afghan father. She can speak fluent German Russian English, French Persian as well as Hindi. Annet Mahendru, born in India, to her Russian father and an Indian mother, speaks fluently of both Indian and Russian. An improvised performance she choreographed at the age of 11 which aired on German television, turned her into the Russian dancer and snow maiden. Her high school graduation was with a degree in New York and received a Bachelor of Arts in English at St. John's University. After the high school year, she took acting classes at HB but subsequently enrolled in improv at Groundlings School. She then played a variety of roles in comedy. Her parents were an Afghani Hindu Indian mother and a Russian father from Kabul in Afghanistan. She moved with her father to New York's East Meadow York, when she was 13 years old. She is a part of FX's The Americans alongside Matthew Rhys. Television actress who is best known for her role as former KGB Agent Nina Sergeevna Krilova on FX's The Americans. Her recurring role in Fox's The Following and NBC's The Blacklist.