If you are a fan of NBC’s crime thriller television series, Blacklist, then you have an idea of who Mozhan Marno is. She plays the role of a Mossad agent, Samar Navabi, from seasons 2-6. She also has a role in the critically acclaimed political thriller, House Of Cards, where she takes on the part of Ayla Sayyad, a freelancing investigative reporter. If you are a fan of her performance behind the screens, you definitely want to know more about her away from the glam and cameras. Below are ten things you may not know about the actress that is Mozhan Marno, which will interest you.
1. She Is Of Iranian Descent
The character that Mozhan assumes in many of her television roles is that of someone exotic. She fits into such roles as she is of Iranian descent. Both her parents are from Iran and met in California, where she was born. Mozhan grew up having a hint of the Persian culture and to boot; she speaks perfect Farsi, a west Iranian language. Taking advantage of her Middle Eastern looks, she fits in perfectly in roles depicting characters with Middle Eastern origins.
2. She Was A Fan Of Blacklist Before Getting A Role
Marno got to play the role of Samar Navabi in Blacklist starting from season 2. According to NPR, she was auditioning for a role in the show as a random guest star. To know more about the show, she started watching it and got hooked, which is not hard to fathom looking at Blacklist’s exciting script. She knew a role was imminent when an ethnic lady got murdered as the season proceeded. Once she got the part, she did some digging on the Israeli Mossad, and she took on the role perfectly.
3. She Is Well Educated
Mozhan Marno is pretty well educated, which is not a surprise judging by her demeanor. She attended the prestigious and highly selective Philip’s Academy Andover, located north of Boston in Massachusetts. For her undergraduate studies, she attended Columbia University’s Barnard College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and German comparative literature. For her postgraduate studies, she attained a master of fine arts degree from the Yale School of drama. It is evident that she has a decent educational background.
4. Marno Is A Polyglot
Mozhan had the privilege of growing up true to her roots. Coupled with her education, she managed to grasp quite a number of languages. She is fluent in English, Spanish, Farsi, German, French, and Italian. With such a decent number of languages she is fluent in, she can has the potential to star in various roles. Her fluency in Farsi comes from her Persian heritage, while she took German and French classes in university as earlier hinted.
5. She Is a Great Writer
Despite having a good career behind the screen, Mozhan Marno is also an excellent writer on the side with some decent works under her name. From a young age, she used to express her thoughts on a diary talking about her daily experiences. She then kept a journal from when she was around seven years old until 22. You can check into the written works database, Goodreads, to have a glimpse of some of the works she has penned down. Among the notable works, you can come across include ‘When Lights Went Out’ where she tells of her experience during a 2003 blackout in New York City. She is also having a screenplay on the works detailing the experience of an Iranian family affected after the revolution.
6. We Are Not Going To See Her On the Blacklist
If you are a fan of Samar Navabi on Blacklist, then there is bad news as she will no longer grace our screens. She left the television show at the end of the sixth season, and her character got off due to memory reasons. She confirmed that she wouldn’t be coming back to the show and even went ahead to post a gratitude message on her Instagram appreciating her fans.
7. Her Audiobook Career
Apart from writing and acting, the multitalented artist also takes on the recording of audiobooks. Taking advantage of her silky voice, she takes on the role of a narrator for books such as Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum and Missoula by Jon Krakauer. Others are The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian and The Other Americans by Laila Lalami, where she takes the role of Nora. Mozhan has also provided voiceovers for video games such as 2011 The Elder Scrolls V as Mirabelle Ervine and Namira. She also features her vocals in 2016, the 1979 Revolution.
8. Awards And Nominations
Being an artist, the number of nominations and award received show how much appreciation your work receives. Mozhan Marno has several nominations to her name. They include the Satellite Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her work in The Stoning of Soraya M. The other nomination was from the Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for her performance in House of Cards.
9. Dating Life
Despite being an active user of social media with a presence on Facebook and Instagram and twitter, nothing hints at her relationships. She uploads a lot of photos, but none of them bring any indication of her love life and even refrains from the tic during interviews.
10. The 52nd Street Project
Mozhan also tries to give back to society by taking part in the 52nd street project. It is a project where actors are cast into plays written by children, most of them young between the ages of 10 and 13. The project imparts them essential lessons in creativity ad ushers them into future careers in the entertainment industry. You can learn more about the project from The Villager.
Final Word
Mozhan Marno is a talented American actor who has an interest in various fields of the entertainment sector, such as screenplay writing, acting, and audiobook recording. Above are some of the details of this actress that you were not aware of.
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