Azita Ghanizada is an Afghan American actress in the United States who has appeared in a number of television series. She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, her family fled her native country to the US and were granted asylum to remain. She was raised in Northern Virginia and is the middle child of two sisters. Ghanizada began her on-air camera career being featured in several National Commercials. In the Laura Neri film A Kiss on the Nose (2004), Ghanizada played the lead role of Chiara, a performance for which she received a film festival best actress nomination. Her television guest-starring roles include How I Met Your Mother, Entourage, Veronica Mars, The Wedding Bells, NUMB3RS, Bones, Psych and Castle. She most recently had a supporting role in the science fiction action film Blood Shot (2009), and the independent comedies, "You, Only Better" (2009). In 2008, Ghanizada joined the cast of the General Hospital prime-time spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift for season 2 as Dr. Saira Batra, a specialist in holistic medicine. In 2009, Ghanizada played Kelly, a Prada sales girl on HBO's Entourage (season 6, episode 2) and joined the cast of the television pilot Tough Trade from Weeds creator Jenji Kohan, and executive producer T Bone Burnett. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 17, 1979 (46)
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Actor, also producer
- 31 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all
What are Azita Ghanizada's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Azita Ghanizada's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (11).
- The Mentalist (2008) · actor
- How I Met Your Mother (2005) · actor
- Veronica Mars (2004) · actor
- Castle (2009) · actor
- Bones (2005) · actor
- Elementary (2012) · actor
- 9-1-1 (2018) · actor
- Good Trouble (2019) · actor
- Station 19 (2018) · actor
- Body of Proof (2011) · actor
- Secrets & Sisterhood: The Sozahdahs (2023) · producer
Subscription and free streaming for Azita Ghanizada's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
33 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page.
Suits LA(2025)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
The Vortex(2025)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Quantum Leap(2022)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
KillRoy Was Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
We Broke Up(2021)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
United States of Al(2021)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Our Friend(2019)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Draupadi Unleashed(2019)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Good Trouble(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Magnum P.I.(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Station 19(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
9-1-1(2018)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Complete Unknown(2016)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Ballers(2015)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Blood Shot(2013)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Elementary(2012)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Up All Night(2011)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Alphas(2011)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Body of Proof(2011)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Why Men Go Gay in L.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Castle(2009)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Mentalist(2008)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
X's & O's(2007)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Psych(2006)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Ghost Whisperer(2005)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
How I Met Your Mother(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Bones(2005)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
The Closer(2005)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Numb3rs(2005)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Veronica Mars(2004)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Entourage(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 82nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 32 titles from 2004 to 2025; peak year 2020.
Film career
Peak 2020 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2011Screen debut· Alphas
- 2013First film· Blood Shot
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Azita Ghanizada's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 23rd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 15th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up12
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 31 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved6
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Azita Ghanizada work with?
People who share at least 2 of Azita Ghanizada's MovieCove titles; Warren Christie shares the most, 2.
- Warren ChristieShared titles: Alphas (2011), X's & O's (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Warren Christie
