Nasim Pedrad (Persian: نسیم پدراد; born November 18, 1981)[1] 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.

[5] She frequently performed her one-woman show Me, Myself & Iran at the Los Angeles divisions of ImprovOlympic and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

In 2012, she had a supporting voice role in the animated feature film The Lorax and a small appearance in The Dictator.

In the autumn of 2014, she left Saturday Night Live to star in a new Fox sitcom, Mulaney.

[9] From 2015 to 2018, Pedrad has a recurring guest role as LAPD officer Aly Nelson on the Fox sitcom New Girl.

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