
Azita Ghanizada
ActingBiography
Azita Ghanizada is an Afghan American actress in the United States who has appeared in a number of television series. She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, her family fled her native country to the US and were granted asylum to remain. She was raised in Northern Virginia and is the middle child of two sisters. Ghanizada began her on-air camera career being featured in several National Commercials. In the Laura Neri film A Kiss on the Nose (2004), Ghanizada played the lead role of Chiara, a performance for which she received a film festival best actress nomination. Her television guest-starring roles include How I Met Your Mother, Entourage, Veronica Mars, The Wedding Bells, NUMB3RS, Bones, Psych and Castle. She most recently had a supporting role in the science fiction action film Blood Shot (2009), and the independent comedies, "You, Only Better" (2009). In 2008, Ghanizada joined the cast of the General Hospital prime-time spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift for season 2 as Dr. Saira Batra, a specialist in holistic medicine. In 2009, Ghanizada played Kelly, a Prada sales girl on HBO's Entourage (season 6, episode 2) and joined the cast of the television pilot Tough Trade from Weeds creator Jenji Kohan, and executive producer T Bone Burnett. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Movies
(8 total)
Our Friend
as Elizabeth

Complete Unknown
as Ramina Brayton

We Broke Up
as Roya

X's & O's
as Anita

KillRoy Was Here
as Sarah

The Vortex
as Shirin B

Draupadi Unleashed
as Masumi
TV Shows
(22 total)
How I Met Your Mother
as Sexy Female Cop

The Mentalist
as Defiance Schneiderman

Bones
as Girlfriend

9-1-1
as Kelly Wesson

Castle
as Mistress Sapphire

Ghost Whisperer
as Charee

Elementary
as Dr. Sepi Chamanara

Station 19
as Ms. Reed

NCIS: Los Angeles
as Rochelle Stanton

Psych
as Mina

Ballers
as Saphia Mena

Veronica Mars
as Amira Krimani

Entourage
as Kelly

Numb3rs
as Prita

Alphas
as Rachel Pirzad

The Closer
as Neighbor

Magnum P.I.
as Maxine Gilbert

Body of Proof
as Annabelle Kip

Good Trouble
as Kendra Zahir

Quantum Leap
as Layla Adel
