Anna is a Pakistani-American actress, writer, and director working across film, television, and theater.

 

She currently stars opposite Sir Ben Kingsley as Zipporah in The Old Stories: Moses, a three-part special on Prime Video.

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She is known for her work on Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer, AMC’s The Walking Dead franchise, Prime's The Chosen, HBO’s Hacks, ABC's Quantico and NBC’s The Good Place.

 

As a playwright and solo performer, Anna wrote and performed SHAHEED: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto, which enjoyed an extended Off-Broadway run in New York. Time Out called the production “a wonder” and “heart-stopping, engrossing, funny, and profound theatre.”

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Anna is the recipient of the Google x Black List Storytelling Fellowship and the Grand Prize Winner of the 2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Competition. Her original work often explores identity, faith, belonging, and modern Muslim life.

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Her award-winning short film HEADBANG, which she wrote and directed, has screened at nearly 30 festivals worldwide, including Oscar-qualifying festivals, and was featured at the Hammer Museum’s Flux Screening Series.

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She is also the co-founder of Silver Thread, an initiative dedicated to centering Muslim and Muslim-rooted voices in entertainment.