‘The Girl On The Bus’ Actress Natasha Behnam Signs With Buchwald
EXCLUSIVE: Natasha Behnam has signed with Buchwald for representation.
Behnam most recently starred as Lola Rahaii in the Max series The Girls on the Bus alongside Carla Gugino, Melissa Benoist and Christina Elmore. From Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, the series follows Sadie McCarthy (Benoist), a journalist who romanticizes Tim Crouse’s Boys on the Bus book and works towards her opportunity to cover a presidential campaign for the paper of record.
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Sadie hits the trail and eventually bonds with three female competitors, Grace (Gugino), Lola ( Behnam), and Kimberlyn (Elmore). Despite their differences, the women become a found family with a front-row seat to the greatest soap opera in town: The Battle for the White House.
Benham recently wrapped shooting a heavily recurring role in the fifth and final season of Netflix’s hit psychological drama You. She will play Dominique, a passionate, clever, fiercely loyal young woman who, despite her wealthy upbringing, is a headstrong caretaker among her scrappy artist friends. Additional TV roles include FX’s hit motorcycle drama Mayans M.C., TNT’s Animal Kingdom and CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
In film, Behnam appeared in Universal Pictures’ American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules opposite Darren Barnet, Madison Pettis and Sara Rue. She most recently shot the independent film CognAItive alongside Noel Fisher, Piper Curda, and Josh Zuckerman. She continues to be repped by SK Management.
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