Nazneen Contractor
Biography
Nazneen Contractor is an actress who was born in Mumbai, India, and grew up in Nigeria until she was seven, later settling in Toronto, Canada. She trained as a classical ballerina and studied theater at the Etobicoke School of the Arts before deciding at sixteen to focus on acting. After a year at the University of Toronto, she auditioned for Pericles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, won the lead, and earned praise for the 2002 production. She joined Stratford's conservatory and later played Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Moving into film and television, she starred as Layla Hourani in the CBC drama The Border, a role that brought her a Golden Nymph Award in 2008, and played Kayla Hassan in 21 episodes of 24. Her film work includes Seance: The Summoning, for which she won Best Supporting Actress at WorldFest Houston, and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).
44years old
Turns 45 on August 26in 288 days
- Born Mumbai
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 20 years2002 to 2022
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