Annet Mahendru

Mahendru is the daughter of an Russian mother and Hindu Indian father in Afghanistan. She is fluent of German Russian and English and additionally speaks French Persian and Hindi. Annet Mahendru's parents are Russian and Indian. At the age of 11 she choreographed and danced in a show that earned her a German TV appearance. Her performance was a Russian snow girl who was transformed into an exciting Indian dancer. When she graduated from high school and college in New York, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from St. John's University. She studied acting classes with the HB Studios, but then moved on to pursue improvised comedy at The Groundlings School. Her parents were a Hindu and Indian father, Ghanshan K Mahendru and a Russian mother, Olga. Her family relocated into East Meadow New York, together with her father after she was 13, and is now starring along Matthew Rhys and Keri Russel in FX's The Americans. She is best known as the ex- KGB agent Nina Sergeevna Krilova in FX's The Americans. She is known for her frequent appearances in The Following on Fox, The Following & NBC's The Blacklist.