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Mason in 2012, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Mercedes Masöhn
Place of Birth: Linköping, Sweden
Date of Birth: 3 March, 1982
Ethnicity: Iranian
Mercedes Mason is a Swedish-American actress. She is known for playing Zondra on the series Chuck , and Ofelia Salazar on Fear The Walking Dead . She is also known as Mercedes Masöhn.
Mercedes was born in Linköping, Sweden, to Iranian parents, who left Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The family moved to the U.S. around 1993, and settled in Chicago, Illinois. Her sister is writer and director Tannaz Hazemi. Mercedes has said that she speaks fluent French, Spanish, Persian, and Swedish.
Mercedes is married to American actor David Denman , with whom she has two children.
Sources: Interviews with Mercedes’ sister, Tannaz Hazemi – http://www.theaesthete.com http://www.interviewmagazine.com