Necar Zadegan

Necar Zadegan ( ; born June 20, 1982) is an American actress. Zadegan made her Broadway debut alongside Robin Williams in the Pulitzer Prize–nominated production Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo in 2011. She is known for playing First Lady (and then President) Dalia Hassan on the eighth season of 24 then leading in the roles of Delia Banai on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce and Special Agent Hannah Khoury on NCIS: New Orleans. Early life Zadegan was born on June 20, 1982, in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is of Iranian heritage. Zadegan graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) with a BA degree in Literature. She spent a semester abroad at the Sorbonne University. She speaks Persian, French, English, and German fluently. Career From 2005 to 2009, Zadegan had roles in such television series as The Bernie Mac Show, Nip/Tuck, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, The Unit, How I Met Your Mother, Big Shots, Lost, The Shield, and CSI: Miami.