Nasim Pedrad

Nasim Pedrad (; born November 18, 1981) is an Iranian-born American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy and variety series Saturday Night Live from 2009 to 2014. She later went on to star in the Fox sitcoms Mulaney (2014–2015) and New Girl (2015–2018), the Fox horror comedy series Scream Queens, and the TBS science fiction comedy series People of Earth (2017). Pedrad also created, produced, and starred in the TBS/The Roku Channel sitcom Chad (2021–2024).

In film, Pedrad has had voice roles in animated films including The Lorax (2012), and Despicable Me 2 (2013), and starring roles in the comedy films Cooties (2014) and Desperados (2020), as well as the fantasy film Aladdin (2019).

Early life Nasim Pedrad was born on 18 November 1981 in Tehran, Iran. Her family left Tehran soon after she was born; her father was able to immigrate to the United States immediately, but Pedrad and her mother were not, so they had to stay in Germany, reuniting with her father when she was three years old. Her younger sister, Nina, is a comedy writer. She was a member of the UCLA Spring Sing Company.

Career Early work Pedrad was a performer with the Sunday Company at The Groundlings in Los Angeles.

Pedrad joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2009 as part of the 35th (2009–2010) season. Pedrad became a repertory player in the 2011–12 season after two years of being a featured player. Pedrad left SNL in 2014 to work on Mulaney. On October 18, 2014, Fox shut down production of the series by reducing the 16-episode order by three episodes. Filming for the thirteenth episode had just been completed prior to the order reduction, and the fourteenth episode was about to enter production.

From 2015 to 2018, Pedrad had a recurring guest role as LAPD officer Aly Nelson on the Fox sitcom New Girl. She portrayed Gigi Caldwell in Season One of the Fox horror-comedy Scream Queens.

In 2016, Pedrad appeared in a commercial for Old Navy alongside comedian Kumail Nanjiani and other SNL cast members Cecily Strong and Jay Pharoah.

In 2017, Pedrad joined the cast of season 2 of the TBS comedy series People of Earth. Later that same year, she also made guest appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

In 2020, Pedrad starred as Wesley in the Netflix film Desperados.

In 2021, Pedrad starred in the TBS TV series Chad which she also created, wrote, and directed.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 Gilmore Girls Waitress Episode: "Bridesmaids Revisited" 2007 The Winner Waitress Episode: "What Happens in Albany, Stays in Albany" 2007–2009 ER Nurse Suri 9 episodes 2009 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Lucy Episode: "The Waitress Is Getting Married" 2009–2014, 2018 Saturday Night Live Various characters 109 episodes 2011 Allen Gregory Val / Brinique (voice) 7 episodes 2013 The Awesomes Various voices 5 episodes 2014–2015 TripTank Various voices 9 episodes Mulaney Jane Parvana Starring role; 13 episodes 2015 Scream Queens Gigi Caldwell 10 episodes 2016 The Mindy Project Dr. Yasmin Maloof Episode: "Nurses' Strike" 2017 People of Earth Special Agent Alex Foster 10 episodes Big Mouth Fatima (voice) Episode: "Girls Are Horny Too" Curb Your Enthusiasm Numa Episode: "Foisted!" 2018 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Kate Peralta Episode: "DFW" No Activity Belle Episode: "Honesty & Action" 2021–2024 Chad Chad Also creator, writer, director, and executive producer 2021 Just Beyond Miss GenevieveEpisode: "Leave Them Kids Alone" 2022–2023 Pretzel and the Puppies Greta (voice) 17 episodes 2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical Cherry (voice) Episode: "Boyd in 3D" Big Nate Barbara (voice)Episode: "Randy's Mom Has Got It Goin' On" 2023–2025 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Zia Zanna (voice) 16 episodes 2024 Angry Birds Mystery Island Rosie (voice) 8 episodes High Potential Nedda Donovan 1 episode