Necar Zadegan is an Iranian Americanfilm

Film

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, television

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 actress and model

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. She is best known for her recurring role as First Lady (and then President) Dalia Hassan on the eighth and final season

24 (season 8)

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 of 24

24 (TV series)

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Life and career

Zadegan was born in Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

, Germany

Germany

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  and raised in San Francisco, California

California

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. She went to Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward and her high school theatre director was Arlene Hood. She later graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Santa Barbara

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 with a degree in Literature. From 2005 to 2009 she amassed a number of television credits namely The Bernie Mac Show

The Bernie Mac Show

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, Nip/Tuck

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, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service

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, The Unit

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, How I Met Your Mother

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, Big Shots

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, Lost

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, The Shield and CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

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In 2009, she appeared in the stage production of From Satellite with Love "Az Mahvareh Ta Eshgh", touring in the U.S. and Europe.

In 2010, she earned recurring roles on 24

24 (TV series)

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, Outlaw

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and The Event, as well appearing in the films Elena Undone and Unthinkable

Unthinkable

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Film and television credits

Film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007		Kerime	Short film
2008	In Another Life	Mira	Short film
2010	Unthinkable Unthinkable Unthinkable is an American suspense thriller film directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen and Carrie-Anne Moss. It was released direct-to-video on June 14, 2010.-Plot:...	Jehan Younger	Theatrical film
2010	When the Voices Fade	Nadia	Short film
2010	Elena Undone Elena Undone Elena Undone is a 2010 LGBT film written and directed by Nicole Conn.-Plot:Elena Winters , a mother and a pastor's wife, and Peyton Lombard , a well-known lesbian writer, are two different personalities...	Elena	Independent film
2010		TBA	Short film
2011	Joshua Tree	Angelina	post-production
2011	Meth Head	Maia	pre-production

Television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005		Sales associate	1 episode
2006	Nip/Tuck Nip/Tuck Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...	Nastran	1 episode
2007	NCIS NCIS (TV series) NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...	Lt. Rihama Shaheen (uncredited)	1 episode
2007		Pari	1 episode
2007	How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...	Girl #2	Episode: "Moving Day (S02E18)
2007	Big Shots Big Shots (TV series) Big Shots is an American television drama created and executive produced by Jon Harmon Feldman. The pilot was directed by Charles McDougall.-History:...	Prostitute	Pilot episode
2008	Lost Lost (TV series) Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...	Translator	Episode: "Confirmed Dead Confirmed Dead "Confirmed Dead" is the second episode of the fourth season and 74th episode overall of the ABC's serial drama television series Lost. It was aired on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada on February 7, 2008. The episode was written by co-executive producer Drew Goddard and co-producer... "
2008		Dr. Lucine	1 episode
2009	Floored and Lifted	Caroline	2 episodes
2010	CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....	Salumeh Farooq	1 episode
2010	24 24 (TV series) 24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...	Dalia Hassan	Recurring role, 20 episodes
2010	Outlaw Outlaw (TV series) Outlaw is an American television series that was aired on the NBC network. The one-hour courtroom drama stars Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who resigns from the bench to start his own law firm, as a way to more directly promote the ends of justice...	Patty Friedman	2 episodes
2010–present		Isabel	Recurring role

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