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Nasim Pedrad Biography
Birth Place:
Tehran, Iran
Profession
Actor, comedian
Fast Facts
- Lived in Iran until she was 2
- Performed with sketch-comedy troupes Upright Citizens Brigade and the Groundlings
- Performed a one-woman show, Me, Myself & Iran, at the 2007 HBO Comedy Festival in Las Vegas
- Was urged by Tina Fey to audition for Saturday Night Live after Fey watched Pedrad's stage act
- Did impressions of Victoria Beckham, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Dora the Explorer at her audition for Saturday Night Live
- When she joined the SNL cast in 2009, she became the show's first Iranian cast member
Relationships
- Parviz Pedrad -- Father
- Arasteh Amani -- Mother
- Nina Pedrad -- Sister