Navi (born "Navlata") Rawat was born on June 5, 1977 in Malibu, California. She is of Indian (father) and German (mother) descent. She graduated from New York University's Tisch School for the Arts, from which she has a degree in English and American Literature.
Next to the role of Amita, she is probably most known for her role as Theresa Diaz on the teen drama The O.C. She was also in the gruesome Project Greenlight horror flick Feast.