Mozhan Navabi played the title role in the 2008 film
The Stoning of Soraya M., set in Iran, about a woman whose husband falsely accuses her of adultery, resulting in her death by stoning. In addition she has had roles in a number of television series including
The Paul Reiser Show,
The Glades,
Hung,
The Mentalist,
Bones,
The Unit,
Medium,
K-ville, and
Standoff. Navabi also appeared in the Untitled
John Wells Medical Drama Pilot, which was not aired. She also stars in
Ana Lily Amirpour's directorial debut,
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, produced by
Elijah Wood, under his company, The Woodshed. She played reporter Ayla Sayyad on seasons 2 and 3 of the acclaimed
Netflix series
House of Cards, for which she was nominated for a SAG award. She played
Mossad agent and assassin Samar Navabi in seasons 2-6 of
The Blacklist. Navabi also directs and writes screenplays. Her first feature-length screenplay,
When the Lights Went Out, was a quarter finalist for the
Nicholl Fellowship. She adapted
When the Lights Went Out as a play and it was mounted at
New York Stage and Film in July 2013 starring
Laura Innes, and directed by
Kate Whoriskey. Navabi’s short film,
Incoming, which she wrote and directed, was accepted to and In February 2024, Navabi was cast in the
Netflix limited series
Zero Day, in the recurring role of Melissa Kornblau. ==Filmography==