The Americans' Annet Mahendru Has Joined The Following

The Americans star Annet Mahendru is ready to embark on her next mission. TVGuide.com can confirm that the actress will play an important role on Fox's The Following toward the end of this season.

Mahendru's character, Eliza, is described as "very sexy, very dangerous but also very sophisticated," and the face of a larger evil that Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) will discover. She is set to appear in multiple episodes.

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Mahendru has played Nina Sergeevna Krilova on FX's The Americans since the show's debut in 2013, and has also appeared on The Blacklist, White Collar and Grey's Anatomy.

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