Nasim Pedrad

Earning a seat on Saturday Night Live is brutally competitive, and Pedrad did it as an Iranian-born immigrant who came up through UCLA. What draws me to her is the range: she acts, voices, and writes, meaning she builds the stories rather than just performing them. That writer's instinct, paired with comic timing, is a rarer combination than it looks. I admire performers who control their own material, and Pedrad strikes me as someone whose seriousness underneath the comedy is the real engine of a long career.

Name (English)

Nasim Pedrad

Name (Japanese)

ナシム・ペドラド

Reading

なしむ・ぺどらど

Born

November 18, 1981 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Occupation

actor / voice actor / screenwriter / television actor / film actor

University

University of California, Los Angeles

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nasimpedrad/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasim%20Pedrad
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3496909

Tags

• Tehran Province
• actor
• voice actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

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