Nasim Pedrad
Birth Name:
Nasim Pedrad
Birth Place:
Tehran, Iran
Profession
Actress, Writer, Producer, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Won a LA Weekly Award for best comedic performance of the year
- Her show "Me, Myself and Iran" was selected for the 2007 HBO Comedy Festival in Las Vegas
- Graduated from the University of California - Los Angeles with a degree in Theater
- Performed with The Groundlings and the Upright Citizens Brigade before joining "Saturday Night Live․"
- Best known as a "Saturday Night Live" cast member
- In addition to her work on "Despicable Me 2," she has also done voice-overs for "The Awesomes" and "The Lorax․"
- Performed her one-woman show "Me, Myself and Iran" at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles
- Created the original "Saturday Night Live" characters Bedelia and Lil Blaster and does impersonations of Arianna Huffington, Kim Kardashian, and Barbara Walters
Awards
- 2014BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film:Nominated