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Mozhan Navabi

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  • Writer
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IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,0002293
Mozhan Navabi
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Marnò was born in Los Angeles, and went to boarding school at Phillips Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts. She then received a BA in Comparative Literature from Barnard College, Columbia University and an MFA in Acting at the Yale School of Drama. She has received additional training at the Guthrie Theater in Minnesota and at the Public Theater's Shakespeare Lab in New York.

Marnò received rave reviews for the one-woman show "Nine Parts of Desire" in which she portrayed nine different Middle Eastern women which ran at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre and at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.

Marnò has lived in France, Germany, Sweden and Argentina, and speaks english, French, German, Farsi, and Spanish.

She is also a playwright. Her first play, When the Lights Went Out, premiered at New York Stage & Film, starring Laura Innes, directed by Kate Whoriskey.

She is the voice of Mirabelle Ervine and Namira in the video game Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
BornMay 3, 1980
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BornMay 3, 1980
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,0002293
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Known for

    The Blacklist (2013)
    The Blacklist
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Samar Navabi(as Mozhan Marnò)
    Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)
    House of Cards
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Ayla Sayyad
    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
    6.9
    • Atti 'The Prostitute'(as Mozhan Marnò)
    • 2014

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    Actress



    • Robert De Niro in Zero Day (2025)
      Zero Day
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Melissa Kornblau
      • 2025
    • Murray Bartlett, Ahmed Ibrahim, Mozhan Navabi, and Tarek Hefny in A Chair for Her (2024)
      A Chair for Her
      Short
      • Lameece
      • 2024
    • Tony Goldwyn, Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, Mehcad Brooks, and Odelya Halevi in Law & Order (1990)
      Law & Order
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Stacey Dean
      • 2024
    • Claire Danes and Lizzy Caplan in Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022)
      Fleishman Is in Trouble
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Nahid (as Mozhan Marnò)
      • 2022
    • The Blacklist (2013)
      The Blacklist
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Samar Navabi (as Mozhan Marnò)
      • 2014–2022
    • Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
      Pam & Tommy
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Gail Chwatsky (as Mozhan Marnò)
      • 2022
    • Rylea Nevaeh Whittet and Margaret Qualley in Maid (2021)
      Maid
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Tara
      • 2021
    • Emilio Delgado, Cynthia Hargrave, Adrian Martinez, Morgan Neville, Socorro Santiago, Teressa Tunney, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Gil Talmi, Jose Rivera, Raúl Castillo, Mozhan Navabi, Shonnard Hedges, Jon Carr, Dascha Polanco, Gisela Fulla-Silvestre, and Emy Cee in iGilbert (2021)
      iGilbert
      4.5
      • Detective Rivera (as Mozhan Marnò)
      • 2021
    • Ramy (2019)
      Ramy
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Najla (as Mozhan Marnò)
      • 2020
    • Maura Tierney and Dominic West in The Affair (2014)
      The Affair
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Petra (as Mozhan Marnò)
      • 2019
    • Téa Leoni in Madam Secretary (2014)
      Madam Secretary
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Roxanne Majidi
      • 2014–2019
    • Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019)
      Wonder Woman: Bloodlines
      5.9
      • Dr. Cyber (voice, as Mozhan Marnò)
      • 2019
    • London Arabia (2019)
      London Arabia
      6.5
      Short
      • Mrs. Hassan (as Mozhan Marnò)
      • 2019
    • 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (2016)
      1979 Revolution: Black Friday
      6.7
      Video Game
      • Bibi (voice, as Mozhan Marno)
      • 2016
    • Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)
      House of Cards
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Ayla Sayyad
      • 2014–2015

    Writer



    • Murray Bartlett, Ahmed Ibrahim, Mozhan Navabi, and Tarek Hefny in A Chair for Her (2024)
      A Chair for Her
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • Incoming (2012)
      Incoming
      6.9
      Short
      • Writer (as Mozhan Marnò)
      • 2012

    Director



    • Incoming (2012)
      Incoming
      6.9
      Short
      • Director (as Mozhan Marnò)
      • 2012

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    • Alternative names
      • Mozhan Marno
    • Height
      • 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
    • Born
      • May 3, 1980
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Parents
        Nasrin Dabestani

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      Was last seen on stage in the one-woman show "9 Parts of Desire" at Berkeley Rep and the Geffen Theater.

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