Details
Alternate Names: Anita Devi Mahendru
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - El Padrino II: Border Intrusion (2008) as Serge's wife
Most Important Roles: - El Padrino II: Border Intrusion (2008) as Serge's wife
- Father Stu (2022) as Mary
- Escape from Tomorrow (2013) as Isabelle
- Bridge and Tunnel (2014) as Kelly Jones
- TWD World Beyond: The Journey So Far (2020) as Huck
- Penguins of Madagascar (2014) as Eva (voice)
- (Romance) in the Digital Age (2017) as Annet
- The Machine (2017) as Yana
- The Slows (2018) as Eryn
- Manifest West (2022) as Alice Hayes
Career Highlights: - El Padrino II: Border Intrusion (2008)
- Father Stu (2022)
- Escape from Tomorrow (2013)
- Bridge and Tunnel (2014)
- TWD World Beyond: The Journey So Far (2020)
- Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
- (Romance) in the Digital Age (2017)
- The Machine (2017)
- The Slows (2018)
- Manifest West (2022)
Awards
Awards: - Nominated for 1 Festival Award - Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film (2014)
- Nominated for 1 Critics' Choice TV Award - Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2014)
- Nominated for 1 Jury Award - Best Actress (2014)
- Won Peer Award - Acting on Camera - Fiction, Female - Gold Award (2015)
- Nominated for 1 Long Beach International Film Festival Award - Best Supporting Actress (2014)
- Nominated for 1 INOCA TV - Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2014)
- Nominated for 1 Gold Derby TV Award - Drama Guest Actress (2016)
Full Biography
Annet Mahendru (born August 21, 1989) is an actress best known for her starring role as Nina Sergeevna Krilova in the 2013 FX series, The Americans. She is also known for her role as Jennifer "Huck" Mallick in the 2020 AMC series, The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
Mahendru was born to a Russian mother and Hindu Indian father in Afghanistan. She had what she calls a "gypsy" childhood, spending her first seven years of her childhood between Afghanistan and Saint Petersburg. She then lived with her mother at Saint Petersburg and regularly travelled between there and Frankfurt, before moving with her father to East Meadow, New York, at age 13, after her parents separated.
Mahendru is married to Australian filmmaker Louie Gibson. The couple have a son (born c. 2018). In addition to English, she is fluent in German, Russian, and Persian, and also speaks conversational French and Hindi.