High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Marisol Nichols got the role after auditioning for the show four times including for the roles of Carrie Turner, Michelle Dessler and Claudia, Jack's love-interest in the third season. The character was initially to be named Natalie Barnes, but executive producer Howard Gordon decided to make the character Pakistani American a week before the shooting the sixth season of 24. In contrast to the South Asian Muslim character she portrays, the actress is of Hungarian and Romanian descent from her paternal side and part Mexican and Spanish on her mother's, and does not have any ancestry from Pakistan, other South Asian Muslim countries, or the Arab world. She has stated that her olive toned skin and dark hair allows her to play characters of many nationalities. Nichols does not speak Arabic, unlike the character she portrays. In addition to her part, she had to memorize technical terminology and speak the language with a correct pronunciation. The character has been described as the opposite of Muslim characters on American television, in which they are at times stereotypically portrayed.

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