She is of Iranian and German heritage respectively on her father's and
mother's sides, as for Queen
Princess Soraya of Iran. Her father,
Homayoun Pasdar, was a cardiac surgeon who was born in Iran and moved
to the United States, working as a surgeon near Philadelphia. Her
mother,
Rosemarie Pasdar (aka Rosemarie Sbresny), was born in Königsberg, Germany, and worked
as a nurse before becoming an English teacher in France.