Kausar Mohammed | |
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 Mohammed at SXSW 2024 | |
| Born | San Jose, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
Kausar Mohammed is an American actress, comedian, and writer. [1] [2] [3] She is best known for her roles in East of La Brea, What Men Want , Little and voicing Yasmina 'Yaz' Fadoula in Netflix's Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous . [4] [5]
Born in San Jose, California, Mohammed is of Bengali and Pakistani descent. [6] She graduated from UCLA and was a member of the UCLA Spring Sing Company. She has worked on and written many digital projects, such as "Smyle" and "Namaste" featured on Huffington Post, and NBC. [7] [8] She is also California's Census Campaign Digital Ambassador. [9]
Kausar also voices series lead characters on the anime show Great Pretender , and the Netflix animated series Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous . [10]
In July 2022, Nickelodeon announced that Kausar would voice the character Cleo de Nile in the 2022 animated reboot series Monster High . [11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Little | Mrs. Parker | Feature film |
| 2019 | What Men Want | Jenna Abbiddi | Feature film |
| 2019 | I Know Her | Amina | Short film |
| 2020 | Got Game? | Kudejha | Short film |
| 2020 | Coffee Shop Names | Rakhi | Short film |
| 2020 | Lucky | Sarah | Feature film [13] |
| 2020 | Dinner Party | Gen | Feature film |
| 2021 | The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night | Noor | Short film; also writer |
| 2023 | Appendage | Esther | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Game Shakers | Paulette | 1 episode |
| 2017 | I Love Dick | Shirin | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Idiotsitter | Nanoor | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Speechless | Presenter | 1 episode |
| 2018 | The Resident | Bridesmaid | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Silicon Valley | Nadia | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Nobodies | Antonia | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Black Lightning | Nurse Patel | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Happy Accident | Navya | TV film |
| 2019 | Merry Happy Whatever | Sona | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Carol's Second Act | Aisha | 1 episode |
| 2020 | East of La Brea | Farha | Recurring role |
| 2021–2022 | 4400 | Soraya | Recurring role |
| 2022 | The Flash | Meena Dhawan / Fast Track | 4 episodes [14] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2019 | Rage 2: Rise of the Ghosts | Ghost Zombie / Metro Station Civilian | Video game |
| 2019 | Gears 5 | Nomad Female / NPCs | Video game |
| 2019 | Cannon Busters | Manic | Recurring role English dub |
| 2019-2021 | Craig of the Creek | Amina | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Crackdown 3 | Agent | Video game |
| 2020 | Great Pretender | Abigail Jones | Main role English dub |
| 2020–2022 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | Yasmina "Yaz" Fadoula | Main role |
| 2021–2022 | Mira, Royal Detective | Mrs. Jafri | 3 episodes |
| 2022–present | Monster High | Cleo de Nile | Main role |
| 2023 | Alice's Wonderland Bakery | Mrs. Parvaneh | |
| 2023 | The Loud House | Brooke | Episode; “Pranks Fore Nothing” |
| 2024 | Jurassic World: Chaos Theory | Yasmina "Yaz" Fadoula | Main role |
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