Nadia has worked professionally as a director, producer and actor since she was 14 years old. At that age she created the Teen Choreographers Showcase that inspired young people to choreograph ballet, jazz and tap pieces that were performed in professional theater houses in Southern California. This showcase ran annually for 10 years. During that time she studied at the Music and Arts Conservatory of Santa Barbara where she took classes in music theory, poetry, art history and much more. She worked as an actress in commercials and theater productions and wrote educational one act plays for a company called Teen Theater that toured California to teach young people about drug abuse, STDs and other cutting edge provocative issues.Upon graduation from high school she moved to Los Angeles and began studying acting and directing with Milton Katselas. Simultaneously, she began college and now has a degree from USC in Visual Anthropology (the study of the visual documentation of humans and their culture.) Nadia utilized her talents as a director and her education from USC to create a multimedia website that focused on Iran where she photographed and documented the tradition of dance in Persian culture. During her years in college she also traveled to Belize on an archaeological excavation at Dos Barbaras.Nadia's acting credits include her recent films, The Still Life with Phyllis Diller and Henry Jaglom's Hollywood Dreams opposite Karen Black and Justin Kirk (Emmy nominated actor for Angeles in America). Henry enjoyed working with Nadia so much that he promised her a role in all future Rainbow Film productions. Last year she appeared in two successful short films Wednesday Afternoon that appeared on Showtime and The Act starring Debra Jo Rupp. She's has also appeared on various television shows and commercials and has worked in conjunction with Scott Hick (Shine) Chris Misiano (The West Wing) and Jerry London (Chicago Hope).In 2004 Nadia directed and produced Cassiopeia Theater Companies inaugural event that raised over $100,000. She was also called in to personally evaluate Patrick Swayze's film One Last Dance before its final days of editing. In 2003 Nadia's production company Witty Film began on its first project, Princess Dialogues. She also produced and directed Spooning and a biographical piece about Jessica Lynch entitled One Mississippi, Two Mississippi. Most recently, Nadia directed and edited a documentary with Witty Films in association with Albion Entertainment entitled, An Artist: Marc Daniels about the life of a painter. She will be soon be directing a documentary with Millenium Films detailing the changes in media through the generations. Nadia is also very excited to direct her next Witty Film's project called This is Rosa Parks written by J. Cynthia Brooks of Days of Our Lives.
