Annet Mahendru

Mahendru is an Afghani lady born of an Russian father and an Hindu Indian mother. She fluently speaks German Russian English. Annet Mahendru has a Russian-Indian father. A choreographed performance at age 11 which aired on German television, transformed her into a Russian dancer, who became a snow maiden. After high school, she graduated and was awarded a bachelor's degree in English at the University of New York. While in New York, she was studying acting at the HB Studio. Later on she enrolled at the Groundlings School and took up various projects. Her parents were Hindu as well as an Indian father, Ghanshan K Mahendru and a Russian mother, Olga. She moved to East Meadow New York, along with her father, when she was 13 years old. She is a star along Matthew Rhys and Keri Russel in FX's The Americans. Her role on FX's The Americans as Nina Sergeevna Krilova is perhaps her most memorable television appearance. She played a recurring character on Fox's The Following, and NBC's The Blacklist.