Anna Khaja

Anna is an Indian and Pakistani (Punjabi) American actress perhaps best known for her roles as 'Indira' on AMC's The Walking Dead World Beyond, as 'Manisha' on The Good Place, and as 'Rachel' on Silicon Valley. In 2022, she starred as 'Jaya' in the Netflix feature 'Definition Please,' produced by Ava DuVernay. Anna is also an award-winning playwright and solo performer. Her play 'Shaheed: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto' about the Pakistani prime minister enjoyed an extended Off-Broadway run in NYC. Time Out called her performance "a wonder", the NY Times praised her as a "gifted actress" and Backstage said the play was "heart-stopping, engrossing, funny, and profound theatre." Edge Magazine said Shaheed was "a one-woman triumph, and a testament to Khaja's talent, capacity and gifts, of which Hollywood must take full notice." In 2015, she booked the role of Sita Parrish on Quantico. She recurs on The Good Place, For the People, Madam Secretary & Lethal Weapon. She is the recipient of the Google x Black List Storytelling Fellowship, a Sundance Lab alum, and was selected for the Mentorship Matters TV Writers program. She also starred in the John Legend music video "Surefire" which won an MTV Music Award for 'Best Music Video with a Message.' Anna lives in Los Angeles with her husband, screenwriter Chris Rossi .