Annet Mahendru

Mahendru is the daughter of a Russian mother from India and a Hindu Afghan father. She is fluent in German, Russian and English and also French Persian and Hindi. Annet Mahendru has a Russian-Indian father. In her early teens, Annet Mahendru choreographed and danced in a show that earned her the honor of a German television appearance. Her performance included a snow maiden from Russia that transformed into an entertaining Indian dancer. The girl graduated high school at the age of 11 in New York before earning a bachelor of Arts (English) at St. John's University. Following the high school year, she took acting classes at HB but subsequently enrolled in improv at Groundlings School. She then performed in a variety of comedy roles. She was born in Kabul Afghanistan to a Hindu-Indian father Ghanshan Ken Mahendru and an Russian mother Olga. The couple divorced when she was 13 years older and they was moved from the city of her birth to East Meadow New York with her father.She is a part of Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell in FX's The Americans. The Americans' Nina Sergeevna Krilova was the most well-known character. Her other roles included recurring ones on The Following on Fox, The Following as well as NBC's The Blacklist.