Necar Zadegan

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Necar Zadegan
Born (1982-06-20) June 20, 1982 (age 39)
Heidelberg, Germany
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
OccupationActress, model
Years active2005–present
Notable credit(s)
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
as Delia Banai
24
as Dalia Hassan
NCIS: New Orleans
as Hannah Khoury

Necar Zadegan (Persian: نکار زادگان‎ /nɪˈkɑːr ˈzædɪɡæn/; born June 20, 1982) is an American[citation needed] actress with a prolific career on stage and screen. Zadegan made her Broadway debut alongside Robin Williams in the Pulitzer Prize–nominated production Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo in 2011. She is known for playing First Lady (and then President) Dalia Hassan on the eighth season of 24[1] then leading in the roles of Delia Banai on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce and Special Agent Hannah Khoury on NCIS: New Orleans.[2]

Early life[]

Zadegan was born on June 20, 1982 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.[3] She is of Iranian heritage. [3]

Zadegan graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) with a BA degree in Literature.[3] She spent a semester abroad at the Sorbonne University .[2] She speaks Persian, French, and German fluently.[2]

Career[]

In 2009 Zadegan originated the role[clarify] of 'The Leper' in Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, which moved to Broadway in 2011. The same year she made her name in television with the breakout role of First Lady turned president, Dalia Hassan, in the hit FOX series “24”.

Zadegan returned to television as resident villainess Isabel on the NBC series The Event. She then took on the series regular role of Dr. Gina Bandari on the 2012 series Emily Owens M.D.. She appeared as Scarlet Leon, the female lead, opposite Greg Kinnear in the 2014 American version of the comedy Rake.

Later that same year she rounded out the all female-lead cast for Bravo's first scripted series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce in the role of Delia Banai. The show went on to be the first ever to get a three season pickup and ran for five seasons before premiering its final season in Spring 2018.[citation needed]

In 2015 Zadegan continued to appear in other television roles such as Extant, Legends and as the Queen of Iran opposite Michael Sheen for Showtime's critical success Masters of Sex.

From 2005 to 2009, Zadegan amassed a number of television credits namely The Bernie Mac Show, Nip/Tuck, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, The Unit, How I Met Your Mother, Big Shots, Lost, The Shield, and CSI: Miami.

In 2009, Zadegan appeared in the Persian language stage production of From Satellite with Love "Az Mahvareh Ta Eshgh", touring in the U.S. and Europe.[4]

Zadegan appeared in the 2010 film Elena Undone in the title role of Elena Winters for FilmMcQueen that amassed critical attention at festivals worldwide. That same year she also appeared opposite Michael Sheen and Samuel L. Jackson in the role of Jehan Younger in the Columbia Tri Star psychological thriller, Unthinkable.

Zadegan joined the cast of NCIS: New Orleans in October 2018 playing the role of Special Agent Hannah Khoury, the senior agent in the NCIS New Orleans office.[2]

Zadegan played the notable role of Ra-Sharir opposite an all star cast in the first two episodes of Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Documentary Now series for IFC.

Filmography[]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Touch Kerime Short film
2008 In Another Life Mira Short film
2010 Unthinkable Jehan Younger Theatrical film
2010 When the Voices Fade Nadia Short film
2010 Elena Undone Elena Independent film
2010 The Deal TBA Short film
2011 Joshua Tree Angelina
2011 Meth Head Maia
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Bernie Mac Show Sales associate 1 episode
2006 Nip/Tuck Nastran 1 episode
2007 NCIS Lt. Rihama Shaheen (uncredited) 1 episode
2007 The Unit Pari 1 episode
2007 How I Met Your Mother Girl #2 Episode: "Moving Day" (S02E18)
2007 Big Shots Prostitute Pilot episode
2008 Lost Translator Episode: "Confirmed Dead"
2008 The Shield Dr. Lucine 1 episode
2009 Floored and Lifted Caroline 2 episodes
2010 CSI: Miami Salumeh Farooq 1 episode
2010 24 Dalia Hassan Recurring role, 20 episodes[5]
2010 Outlaw Patty Friedman 2 episodes
2010–11 The Event Isabel 5 episodes[1]
2011 A Gifted Man Madeline Fahn 1 episode
2012 Harry's Law Sarita Radan 1 episode
2012 Major Crimes Roma Strauss Episode: "The Ecstasy and the Agony"
2012–13 Emily Owens, M.D. Gina Bandhari Main role
2013 The Fosters Gretchen 1 episode ("Clean")
2014 Rake Scarlet Leon Main role
2014 Legends Ana Paulanos 2 episodes
2014–2018 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Delia Main role
2014–2015 Extant Shayna Velez 6 episodes
2015 Masters of Sex Queen of Iran 1 Episode ("Three's a Crowd")
2018-2019 The Good Doctor Dr. Ko 3 episodes
2018 Here and Now Layla Shokrani 10 Episodes
2018–2021 NCIS: New Orleans Special Agent Hannah Khoury Main role (Seasons 5-7)
2019 Documentary Now! Ra-Sharir 2 episodes
2020 Star Trek: Picard Bjayzl 1 episode

Video games[]

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Elder Scrolls Online Additional voices
2017 Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds Ourea Voice, DLC for the original game

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Bennett, Eve (2019-01-10). Gender in Post-9/11 American Apocalyptic TV: Representations of Masculinity and Femininity at the End of the World. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-5013-3109-1.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Special Agent Hannah Khoury, Necar Zadegan, Biography". CBS. Viacom CBS. 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Martinez, Jose (April 2010). "Necar Zadegan: A Force of Nature". Venice Magazine. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2021 – via Wayback Machine, Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Interview with Necar Zadegan – Hollywood (September 25, 2009), Parstimes.com
  5. ^ Luther, Catherine A.; Lepre, Carolyn Ringer; Clark, Naeemah (2017-09-12). Diversity in U.S. Mass Media. John Wiley & Sons. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-119-23405-0.

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