Azita Ghanizada

Azita Ghanizada is an American actress who has worked across television, film and the stage. Born in Kabul, she came to the United States as a baby and grew up outside Washington, D.C., in Virginia, where American television and Bollywood films first drew her toward acting. After relocating to Los Angeles, she built her early career on commercials and guest spots in series including How I Met Your Mother, Entourage, The Mentalist, Castle and Up All Night. Her first main television role came in 2008 as Dr. Saira Batra in the second season of General Hospital: Night Shift. She later joined the cast of the Syfy series Alphas as Rachel Pirzad, a woman whose senses are heightened, and took recurring parts on Ballers and Good Trouble. She appeared in the feature Complete Unknown (2016), worked on Kevin Smith's KillRoy Was Here, and made her Broadway debut in 2022 as Soraya in The Kite Runner.