Annet Mahendru

Mahendru was born to an Russian Indian mother as well as an Afghan Hindu father. Mahendru speaks fluent German Russian English, French Persian as well as Hindi. Annet Mahendru, born in India to her Russian father and an Indian mother, speaks fluently of both Indian and Russian. She choreographed an 11-year old show that led to her being an German television appearance as the Russian Snow Maiden, who turns into a jovial Indian dancer. Following her graduation from high school at the age of 11 in New York, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from St. John's University. The classes she took in acting were with the HB Studios. However, she moved on to pursue improvised comedy at the Groundlings School. Her parents were an Afghani Hindu Indian mother and a Russian father in Kabul, Afghanistan. In her teens the divorce of her parents took place and she moved from Kabul, Afghanistan, to East Meadow New York. Keri Russell as well as Matthew Rhys star in FX's The Americans. Television actress who plays an ex- KGB agent Nina Sergeevna Krilova, on FX's The Americans. Her role was a regular one in Fox's The Following and NBC's The Blacklist.