Azita Ghanizada The JustFabulous Launch Party at The Mondrian Hotel in L.A. 27.09.2011 (x10)
 

Azita Ghanizada (pronounced "Ghani-za-da"; born November 17, 1979) is an Afghan American actress in the United States who has appeared in a number of television series.

Life and career:
Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, her family fled her native country when she was still a baby in the wake of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. They travelled to the United States and were granted asylum as political refugees. Raised by a conservative family, she has two sisters; her parents separated when she was in middle school. Ghanizada is a graduate of James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia and has a degree in English and Communications from Virginia Tech.

Ghanizada learned to speak English from watching television; that combined with the family's regular trips to a local cinema that showed Bollywood movies inspired her to become an actress. She relocated to Los Angeles and began her on-air camera career by getting work in television commercials due to her non-descript ethnicity which enabled her to play Mediterranean, Indian, and Arabic roles. In the Laura Neri film A Kiss on the Nose, 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 had a supporting role in the 2009 science fiction action film Blood Shot, 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.

She is currently a primary cast member of the American Syfy Channel series Alphas where she plays Rachel Pirzad, a woman with enhanced sensory abilities.

Filmography:
2004 A Kiss on the Nose Chiara
2005 The Closer Neighbour 1 episode
2006 Numb3rs Prita 1 episode
2007 Bones Girlfriend 1 episode
The Wedding Bells Sam 1 episode
Veronica Mars Amira Krimani 1 episode
X's & O's Anita
2008 General Hospital: Night Shift Dr. Saira Batra Main cast; 14 episodes
2009 How I Met Your Mother Sexy Female Cop 1 episode
Entourage Kelly 1 episode
Psych Mina 1 episode
Ghost Whisperer Charee 1 episode
2010 You, Only Better... Kali Parker
Tough Trade Sabina TV movie
Castle Mistress Sapphire 1 episode
NCIS: Los Angeles Rochelle Stanton 1 episode
2011 Friends with Benefits Tasi 1 episode
2011–present Alphas Rachel Pirzad Main cast

Azita Ghanizada - 'Castle' Promo - 1X
 

Azita Ghanizada - Kari Feinstein's Style Lounge in Park City, Utah 24-01-2016 (x7)
 

Azita Ghanizada - 'Complete Unknown' premiere during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah 25-01-2016 (x7)