Artemis Pebdani

Artemis Pebdani is an American actress, best known for her roles as Susan Ross on Scandal, Artemis Dubois on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Gramma Alice on Big City Greens.

Early life Pebdani was born and raised in Texas. Her parents were Iranians who left Iran five years before the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Career Since 2005, Pebdani has had the recurring role of Artemis, the foul-mouthed friend of Sweet Dee, in the FX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Pebdani has had guest starring roles on How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Hot in Cleveland, and House of Lies. In 2014, she played the role of Flo Packer in the second season on the Showtime drama Masters of Sex. In 2015, she joined the cast of Shonda Rhimes's political drama Scandal as Susan Ross, the new Vice President of the United States. In 2016, she joined the cast of the Fox comedy Son of Zorn as Linda Orvend.

Since 2018, Pebdani has voiced Alice Green in the Disney Channel animated series Big City Greens. In 2020, she appeared in Disney+ film Godmothered.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Sex Tape Kia 2015 Quarter-Life Crisis Linda 2016 I Love You Both Linda 2016 Rainbow Time Justine 2018 Dude Sapphire 2020 Godmothered Duff 2020 The Croods: A New Age Additional voices 2022 Sex Appeal Ms. Carlson 2022 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Jan Serpent (voice) 2023 Fool's Paradise Makeup Woman #2 2024 Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation Alice Green (voice)

Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 The Shield Witness Woman Episode: "Cracking Ice" 2005–present It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Artemis Dubois Recurring role, 18 episodes 2006 Jake in Progress Beth Peters Episode: "Notting Hell" 2006 Help Me Help You Office Worker Episode: "Pilot" 2006 Big Day Dina Episode: "The Bachelor Party" 2007 Ugly Betty Rita Episode: "A League of Their Own" 2008 Rules of Engagement Waitress Episode: "Buyer's Remorse" 2009 House Diane Episode: "Broken" 2010–2011 How I Met Your Mother Anna 3 episodes 2010–2011 Modern Family Bethenny 2 episodes 2012 Raising Hope Tarot Reader Episode: "Tarot Cards" 2013 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Carlene Episode: "The Tagger" 2013 Drunk History Herself Episode: "San Francisco" 2014 Garfunkel and Oates Janice 3 episodes 2014 Masters of Sex Flo Packer Recurring role, 7 episodes 2014–2016 Scandal Susan Ross Recurring role, 19 episodes 2015 Hot in Cleveland Miss O'Roarke Episode: "About a Joy" 2015 House of Lies Episode: "Trust Me, I'm Getting Plenty of Erections" 2015 New Girl Martha Yowtz Episode: "Par 5" 2015 Another Period Hortense Bellacourt Pilot 2015 You're the Worst Kasia Episode: "A Rapidly Mutating Virus" 2016–2017 Son of Zorn Linda Orvend Main cast; 11 episodes 2017 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. L.T. Koenig Episode: "Hot Potato Soup" 2017 Superstore Nurse Ella Episode: "Wellness Fair" 2017 Life in Pieces Gittel Episode: "Favorite Vision Miguel Matchmaker" 2018–present Big City Greens Alice Green (voice) Main cast 2018 The Cool Kids Allison Recurring role 2019 Future Man Dr. Mina Ahmadi 2019 Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure Captain Creighton (voice) Episode: "Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?" 2019 Santa Clarita Diet Jenny Episode: "Cult of Sheila" 2020–2024 Star Trek: Lower Decks Ensign Karavitus (voice) 3 episodes 2021 The Big Leap Bernadette Episode: "Big Dumb Life" 2021–2023 The Croods: Family Tree Gran (voice) Main cast2022 Grace and FrankieMadame Elsbeth2 episodes 2022 Love, Victor Rahim's mother 2 episodes 2022 Grey's Anatomy Sharon Peters Episode: "Wasn't Expecting That" 2022 Monster High: The Movie Witch Television film 2023 Monster High Mummy de Nile (voice) TV series; episode: "Pet Problems" 2025 Chibiverse Alice Green (voice) Episode: "Grandparent Napped"

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2020 Fallout 76: Wastelanders Frida Madani Fallout 76: Steel Dawn Paladin Leila Rahmani 2021 The Artful Escape Frida/Various

Music videos Year Artist Title RoleNotes 2013 New Kids on The Block "Remix (I Like The)" Lead