Annet Mahendru

Mahendru was the child of her Russian mother and Hindu Indian father in Afghanistan. She has a good command of German Russian English. Annet Mahendru is the daughter of an Indian father as well as an Indian father and a Russian mother. In her early teens, she created a choreography that earned her a slot on German TV as a graceful Russian snow maiden that turns into a lively Indian dancer. She graduated from high school in New York and received a bachelor of Arts in English at St. John's University. She studied improvisation and comedy in the Groundlings School after leaving HB Studio. Her family was brought up within Kabul Afghanistan by a Hindu/Indian father Ghanshan Mahendru, as well as Russian-speaking mom Olga. Her parents separated when she was 13 years older and they relocated from the city of her birth to East Meadow New York with her father.She stars alongside Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell in FX's The Americans. Television actress most famous for her character as the former KGB Agent Nina Sergeevna Krilova on FX's The Americans. Her other roles included recurring ones in The Following, a Fox show The Following as well as The Blacklist on NBC. The Blacklist.