Nasim Pedrad

Nasim Pedrad (Persian: نسیم پدراد; born November 18, 1981) is an 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 (2015), 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).