Dajani, Nadia 1965-

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Dajani, Nadia 1965-

PERSONAL

Born December 26, 1965, in Los Angeles, CA; raised in New York, NY. Education: Studied at the British Theatre Association School, London; also attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York City.

Addresses:

Agent—Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Career:

Actress. Malaparte Theatre Company, New York City, founding member. Participant at benefits.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Amanda Colbert Moyer, Ned and Stacey (also known as Ned & Stacey), Fox, 1995-97.

Catherine, That's Life (also known as These Are the Days), ABC, 1998.

Reilly, Emily's Reasons Why Not, ABC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Christina Onassis, A Woman Named Jackie (also known as A Woman Called Jackie), NBC, 1991.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jane, Alchemy, ABC Family Channel, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Nancy, "Flour Babies," CBS Schoolbreak Specials, CBS, 1990.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Marybeth Fallon, "Joe Fallon's Daughter," Dellaventura, CBS, 1997.

Oddville, MTV (also known as Oddville), MTV, 1997.

Emily, "Duckboy Flies Again," Oh Grow Up, ABC, 1999.

Sophia, "Maybe Baby," The King of Queens, CBS, 1999.

Tina Lake, "Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks," Sports Night, ABC, 1999.

Cathy, "It's Hard to Meet Intelligent Women, Welcome to New York (also known as Mister New York and New York, New York), CBS, 2000.

Lily Mays, "The White House Pro-Am," The West Wing (also known as West Wing and El ala oeste de la Casablanca), NBC, 2000.

Lisa, "Class Struggle," The King of Queens, CBS, 2000.

Nina Katz, "Critical Condition," Sex and the City (also known as Sex & the City, Sex and the Big City, O sexo e a cidade, Seks i grad, Sex og singelliv, Sexo en la ciudad, Sexo en Nueva York, Sinkkuelaemaeae, and Szex es New York), HBO, 2002.

Ellie Harper, "Public Service Homicide," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 2006.

Paula, "The Bat Mitzvah," Curb Your Enthusiasm (also known as Curb and Larry David), HBO, 2007.

Appeared as Brenda in "The Bird," "Mafia Bossy," and "A Member of the Wedding," all unaired episodes of The Secret Lives of Men, ABC.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Amanda Colbert Moyer, "Pilot (aka Ned and Stacey)," Ned and Stacey (also known as Ned & Stacey), Fox, 1995.

Catherine, "The First One," That's Life (also known as These Are the Days), ABC, 1998.

Conrad Bloom, NBC, 1998.

Nina (some sources cite role as Anna), Sherman's March, NBC, 2000.

"Time of Death," MDs (also known as Meds and The Oath), ABC, 2002.

Genevieve, My Life with Men, ABC, 2003.

Sorry Charlie, Fox, c. 2004.

Untitled David Diamond/David Weissman Project (also known as Untitled Diamond & Weissman Pilot), CBS, 2005.

Reilly, Emily's Reasons Why Not, ABC, 2006.

Suzanne, Welcome to the Jungle Gym, CBS, 2006.

Rebecca Crowell, All Rise (also known as Untitled Barry Sonnenfeld TV Pilot), NBC, 2008.

Stage Appearances:

Loletta Festa, A Joke, Sanford Meisner Theatre, New York City, 1992.

Debbie, Sophistry, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1993.

Waitress, It Changes Every Year (one-act), produced as part of a double-bill with Sons and Fathers, Malaparte Theatre Company, Theatre Row Theatre, New York City, 1994.

Bianca, Hesh, produced in a reading at New York Stage and Film, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1994, produced as a regular production by the Malaparte Theatre Company, Theatre Row Theatre, beginning 1995.

Bev, Boys and Girls, Duke on 42nd Street, New York City, 2002.

Appeared in Androscoggin Fugue, Hysterical Blindness (workshop), and La Ronde, all Naked Angels; and in other productions, including An Evening of Jon Robin Baitz, Lincoln Center Theater, New York City.

Film Appearances:

Claire, Breathing Room (also known as 'Til Christmas), Arrow Releasing, 1996.

Jill, Flirting with Disaster, Miramax, 1996.

Becca, Tupperware Party (short film), 1997.

Samantha, Dinner and Driving, Argonaut Pictures, 1997.

Naomi, Seven Girlfriends, Castle Hill Productions, 1999.

Gretchen, Happy Accidents, 2000, IFC Films, 2001.

Hilary, Sidewalks of New York, Paramount Vantage, 2001.

Jasmine, You Stupid Man (also known as Love Birds—Liebe auf den zweiten Blick), 2002.

Nadia Harding, Balkanization (short film), Hypnotic, 2002.

Nadia, Grace, and Patty, This Is Not a Film, Imageworks Entertainment International, 2003.

Paige, View from the Top (also known as Flight Girls, Flight Girls—View from the Top, and A View from the Top), Miramax, 2003.

Renee Simons, Game 6, Kindred Media Group, 2005.

Jean, Bob Funk, Unified Pictures, 2008.

Film Work:

Camera operator, Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! (also known as Awesome: IShot That! and Awesome; IShot That!), THINKFilm, 2006.

WRITINGS

Writings for the Stage:

Yarn (one-act), Aspen Comedy Festival (also known as U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and the HBO Comedy Festival), Aspen, CO, 1997, also produced as a workshop at the Malaparte Theatre Company.

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