Mercedes Mason (formerly Masöhn; born March 3, 1982) is a Swedish-American actress of Iranian descent known for playing the role of Zondra in the American television series Chuck and the role of Isabel Zambada in the American procedural drama The Finder. She starred in the 2011 American horror film Quarantine 2: Terminal. She played Louise Leonard in the 2012–13 American supernatural drama 666 Park Avenue and Talia Del Campo in NCIS: Los Angeles. She was a regular on AMC's television series Fear the Walking Dead from 2015 to 2017.
She is married to actor David Denman, and they have two children together. While playing a lesbian on The L Word: Generation Q, Mason came out as being bisexual.
Filmography
Film
- 2011 Quarantine 2: Terminal - Jenny
- 2011 Three Veils - Leila
- 2012 General Education - Bebe Simmons
- 2013 Slightly Single in L. A. - Stacey
- 2014 Sniper: Legacy - Sanaa Malik
- 2015 Ana Maria in Novela Land - Ana Gloria
- 2017 What the Night Can Do - Tasha Cole
Television
- 2005-06 One Life to Live - Neely/Red Cross Nurse
- 2008 Entourage - Kara
- 2009 The Closer - Katherine Ortega
- 2009 NCIS - Heather Kincaid
- 2009-10 Three Rivers - Vanessa
- 2009 CSI: NY - Frankie Tyler
- 2010 Castle - Marina Casillas
- 2011 Traffic Light - Sherry
- 2011 Chuck - Zondra
- 2012 The Finder - Isabel Zambada
- 2012 Common Law - Ellen Sandoval
- 2012-13 666 Park Avenue - Louise Leonard
- 2014-19 NCIS: Los Angeles - Talia Del Campo
- 2014 Californication - Amy Taylor Walsh
- 2014 Anger Management (2012) - Maggie
- 2015 The Astronaut Wives Club - Dot Bingham
- 2015-17 Fear the Walking Dead - Ofelia Salazar
- 2017 Doubt - Elena Garcia
- 2018-19 The Rookie (2018) - Zoe Andersen
- 2019 How to Get Away with Murder - Cora Duncan
- 2019 The L Word: Generation Q - Lena
Tropes associated with Mercedes Mason
- Fake Nationality: She frequently gets cast as Latina characters despite coming from an Iranian background.
- Omniglot: She speaks fluent English, Spanish, French, and Persian, while being able to understand Swedish.
- Queer Character, Queer Actor: She's bisexual, playing bisexual Cora on How to Get Away with Murder and lesbian Lena on The L Word: Generation Q (coming out herself as a result of the latter).
