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Nasim Pedrad was born on the 18th November 1981, in Tehran, Iran, and is an actress and comedian who rose to fame as a member of the television show “Saturday Night Live” (2009 – 2014). She has now landed a recurring role in the television series “New Girl” (2015 – present). Pedrad has been active in the entertainment industry since 2005.

How rich is the actress and comedian? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the overall size of Nasim Pedrad’s net worth is as much as $3 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017. Acting is the major source of Pedrad’s net worth.

Nasim Pedrad Net Worth $3 Million

To begin with, initially Nasim was raised in Tehran by her parents Amani Arasteh and Parviz Pedrada, then in 1984, the family decided to emigrate to the USA. Her younger sister Nina Pedrar became a well-known screenwriter. They grew up in Irvine, California, and she matriculated from University High School. In 2003, she successfully graduated from the UCLA School of Theatre.

Concerning her professional career, she began performing as a comedian with Sunday Company, but often featured in her own shows “Me, Myself & Iran”, which was selected for the HBO Festival in Las Vegas in 2007, and was awarded the LA Weekly for the Best Comedic Performance of the Year. On television, the actress first appeared in the series “Gilmore Girls” (2007). The same year, she appeared in a cameo role in the series “The Winner”, then from 2007 to 2009, she landed a secondary role of nurse Suri in the series “ER”. In 2009, Pedrad guest starred in the sitcom “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and the same year she joined the cast of the show “Saturday Night Live”. She was among the few actors in the show who were born outside North America, and thanks to her Iranian roots she was the first woman in the show from West Asia. Pedrad has been working in the above mentioned show for five years.

In addition, Nasim has been working as a voice actress. In 2011, she lent her voice to the character Val from the animated series “Allen Gregory”. More, she played a small role in the movie “No Strings Attached” (2011). In 2012, she lent her voice to Once-ler’s mother from the animated film “The Lorax”, and starred in the film “The Great Dictator”, followed by appearing in two episodes of the series “New Girl” ion the same year. In 2013 she again voiced the character of Jillian, this time in the film “Despicable Me 2”. In 2014, she left “Saturday Night Live” to be able to take a role in the series “Mulaney”, which was, however, cancelled in 2015. Since then she has portrayed Aly Nelson in the series “New Girl”, and additionally she was seen in the television series “Screen Queens” (2015) and “The Mindy Project” (2016). To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the total size of Nasim Pedrad’s net worth.

Finally, in the personal life of the actress, she is still single, with not even an rumours of romantic relationships.