Mozhan Navabi

Birth Name:

Mozhan Marno

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Actress

Best known for performing the character of Ayla Sayyad in the political drama television series “House of Cards” in 2014 and 2015
After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in French and German comparative literature from Columbia University, she obtained her master’s degree in Acting from the Yale School of Drama
She performed the character of Nicki Weymouth in two episodes of the police procedural television series “The Mentalist” in 2009 and 2011
Her parents are Iranian and she lived in France, Germany, Sweden and Argentina, so she speaks English, French, German, Spanish and Persian

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