---
name: "Nasim Pedrad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nasim-pedrad"
fi1m_id: "nasim-pedrad"
imdb_id: "nm1840659"
tmdb_id: 476163
wikidata_id: "Q3496909"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 November 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 53
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T14:42:07.914592+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nasim Pedrad

## Identity

Nasim Pedrad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nasim-pedrad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nasim-pedrad
- **IMDb ID:** nm1840659
- **TMDB ID:** 476163
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3496909
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasim_Pedrad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3496909, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1840659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/476163

Actor. Born 18 November 1981 in Tehran, Iran.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 November 1981, Tehran, Iran
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** نسیم پدراد
- **Average Fi1m score:** 53, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 57 (1), 2020s 49 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasim_Pedrad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3496909, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1840659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/476163

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Aladdin*](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md) (57)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nasim Pedrad is an Iranian-born American actress and comedian. She was born in Tehran in 1981 and moved to the United States with her family as a young child. She graduated with a BFA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 2003 and performed with the Groundlings improv troupe.

Pedrad was a cast member on the NBC sketch series *Saturday Night Live* from 2009 to 2014. She later appeared in the Fox sitcoms *Mulaney* (2014–2015), *New Girl* (2015–2018) as Aly Nelson, and *Scream Queens* (2015) as Gigi Caldwell, as well as the TBS series *People of Earth* (2017). She created, produced and starred in the sitcom *Chad* (2021–2024).

Her film credits include voice roles in *Despicable Me 2* (2013) and *The Lorax* (2012), and the role of Dalia in the live-action *Aladdin* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wish* (2023), Fi1m 49, as Sania (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/wish.md)
- *Aladdin* (2019), Fi1m 57, as Dalia — [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mating Season* (2026), series, as Meghan (voice)
- *An SNL Thanksgiving* (2024), as (archive footage)
- *High Potential* (2024), series, as Nedda Donovan — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F* (2024), as Ashley De La Rosa
- *Angry Birds Mystery Island* (2024), series, as Rosie (voice)
- *Wish* (2023), as Sania (voice) — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/wish.md)
- *Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures* (2023), series, as Master Zia Zanna (voice), Master Zia Zanna / Female Villager (voice)
- *The Boys Presents: Diabolical* (2022), series, as Cherry (voice)
- *Pretzel and the Puppies* (2022), series, as Greta (voice)
- *Just Beyond* (2021), series, as Miss Genevieve
- *Chad* (2021), series, as Chad · Executive Producer, Creator
- *Desperados* (2020), as Wesley
- *Corporate Animals* (2019), as Suzy
- *Human Discoveries* (2019), series, as Leader Elk (voice)
- *Aladdin* (2019), as Dalia — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md)
- *No Activity* (2017), series, Actor
- *Big Mouth* (2017), series, as Fatima (voice)
- *Scream Queens* (2015), series, as Gigi Caldwell
- *An SNL Valentine* (2015), as (archive footage)
- *Cooties* (2014), as Rebekkah
- *Mulaney* (2014), series, as Jane
- *TripTank* (2014), series, as Promgirl (voice)
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Kate — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Despicable Me 2* (2013), as Jillian (voice)
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, as Dr. Jasmin Maloof
- *The Dictator* (2012), as Female GMW Host
- *The Lorax* (2012), as Once-ler's Mom (voice)
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Aly Nelson — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *No Strings Attached* (2011), as Writer
- *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* (2005), series, as Lucy
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Numa — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, as Waitress — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *A Thousand Words*, as The Photographer
- *13 Going on 30*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Nasim Pedrad, Martin Short, John Mulaney at the The Fox Preview for Mulaney & Red Band Society event at PaleyFest Fall TV Preview (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/354772/gallery-8a1fac924365.jpg) Nasim Pedrad, Martin Short, John Mulaney at the The Fox Preview for Mulaney & Red Band Society event at PaleyFest Fall TV Preview (2014) — Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Nasim_Pedrad%2C_Martin_Short%2C_John_Mulaney_-_September_2014.jpg/1280px-Nasim_Pedrad%2C_Martin_Short%2C_John_Mulaney_-_September_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nasim Pedrad](https://film.one/media/person/354772/gallery-04e40ffef774.jpg) Nasim Pedrad — Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Nasim_Pedrad.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nasim Pedrad at the The Fox Preview for Mulaney & Red Band Society event at PaleyFest Fall TV Preview (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/354772/gallery-e70becd41441.jpg) Nasim Pedrad at the The Fox Preview for Mulaney & Red Band Society event at PaleyFest Fall TV Preview (2014) — Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Nasim_Pedrad_-_September_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nasim Pedrad](https://film.one/media/person/354772/gallery-feea3d216d4a.jpg) Nasim Pedrad — Image via TMDB
- ![Nasim Pedrad](https://film.one/media/person/354772/gallery-c5fe3c0ab267.jpg) Nasim Pedrad — Image via TMDB
- ![Nasim Pedrad](https://film.one/media/person/354772/gallery-d8ec067243c2.jpg) Nasim Pedrad — Image via TMDB

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/nasim-pedrad