Elena - Necar Zadegan


Necar Zadegan was born in Germany and currently resides in Los Angeles where she splits her time between television, film and stage work. Her latest film,"Unthinkable," sees her starring alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Micheal Sheen and will be released in 2010. Other film work includes Adam Sandler's "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" as well as award-winning indie film festival "The Touch."

Necar is most recently working as a recurring role on the hit FOX television series "24" as first lady, Dalia Hassan. Other television work includes "Nip/Tuck," "The Unit," "NCIS," "How I Met Your Mother" and "Lost" among others. Necar attended UCSB on a performance scholarship and graduated with degrees in literature and writing. She then toured through three continents with Workshop 79 in the Farsi language show "From Satellite With Love" and was also part of the LA Weekly Award nominated cast of the Boston Court production of "Gilgamesh."

She recently closed her one-Amazon-woman show at the Powerhouse Theater in Santa Monica and will return to the stage this spring in the much celebrated LA premiere of the "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" at the Mark Taper Forum directed by Moises Kaufman.

WINNER of BEST ACTRESS on Gran Canaria

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