Anna Khaja

Anna is most known for her recurring roles on Silicon Valley, True Blood, Stitchers and ABC's smash-hit Quantico. A graduate of the UCLA School of Drama, Anna first gained recognition on the big screen in King of California (Sundance Film Festival premiere) as the unyielding but vulnerable cop who faces off with - and is eventually seduced by - Michael Douglas. Then, in several more features, Anna plays an eclectic mix of roles alongside Bradley Cooper and Jim Carrey (Yes Man), Chris MacDonald (Reunion), JK Simmons and Alexis Bledel (Post Grad), Milo Ventimiglia (Order of Chaos), Robert Carlyle and Danny Masterson (California Solo, Sundance Premiere) and James Cromwell (Admissions).In 2013, Anna starred in the acclaimed Off-Broadway play Shaheed: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto (also written by Khaja) at the Culture Project/Lynn Redgrave Theatre in NYC. Time Out NY called her performance "a wonder", the NY Times praised Khaja as a "gifted actress" and Backstage NY called the her performance "heart-stopping."Anna won the Ovation Award for Lead Actress in a Play for the Los Angeles production of Shaheed; the play was also nominated for best production of the year. With four more Ovation nominations, Anna performed in the US Premiere of David Hare's Stuff Happens (Ovation Nomination) at the Mark Taper Forum and the US Premiere of Judith Thompson's Palace of the End (Ovation Nomination/LA Weekly Award) at the NoHo Arts Center and in many more productions regionally and on both coasts.Anna lives in Los Angeles with her husband, screenwriter 'Chris Rossi (II)' qv . Show less «