Kausar Mohammed is an American actress, comedian, writer, and voice actress. She is best known for her roles in ''East of La Brea'', ''
What Men Want
''What Men Want'' is a 2019 American romantic comedy film directed by Adam Shankman and starring Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Josh Brener, Erykah Badu, Richard Roundtree and Tracy Morgan. The film is a loose remake of the 2000 film ''What Wome ...
'', ''
Little'' and voicing Yasmina 'Yaz' Fadoula in Netflix's ''
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
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''.
Life and career
She graduated from
UCLA
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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
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. She is also California's Census Campaign Digital Ambassador.
Kausar also voices series lead characters on the anime show ''
Great Pretender'', and the Netflix animated series ''
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
The Jurassic ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of ...
''.
In July 2022,
Nickelodeon
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announced that Kausar would voice the character Cleo de Nile in the 2022 animated reboot series ''
Monster High
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''.
Personal life
A queer Muslim of Pakistani ancestry, she has been active in striving to gain visibility for LGBT+ Muslims.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century American actresses
American voice actresses
American stand-up comedians
American women comedians
American television actresses
American film actresses
American people of Pakistani descent
American Muslims
LGBT Muslims
American queer actresses
Queer women
1992 births