Annet Mahendru

Mahendru's parents are Russian and Hindu Indian. She was born in Afghanistan. She can speak fluent German Russian English, French Persian and Hindi. Her parents are Russian and Indian. An improvised performance she choreographed at the age of 11 that aired on German television, turned her into an Russian dancer, who became a snow maiden. She graduated from high school at the age of 11 in New York before earning a bachelor of Arts (English) at St. John's University. Following school, she began acting classes in the HB studio but the moved on to study improvisation with The Groundlings School taking on several comedy shows afterward. Her parents were a Hindu as well as an Indian father, Ghanshan K Mahendru and who was a Russian mother, Olga. Their parents split when she turned 13 years old young and 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. The Americans' Nina Sergeevna Krilova was her best-known role. Her most well-known role is her recurring roles in The Following on Fox, The Following & NBC's The Blacklist.