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Nazneen Contractor is a Actor Canadienne born on 26 august 1982 at Mumbai (Inde)

Nazneen Contractor

Nazneen Contractor
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Nationality Canada
Birth 26 august 1982 (41 years) at Mumbai (Inde)

Nazneen Contractor (born August 26, 1982) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Layla Hourani on CBC's The Border, and, more recently, as Kayla Hassan on 24 (season 8). She is of Gujarati Parsi descent.

She married fellow Canadian actor Carlo Rota on April 1, 2010.

Biography

Jeunesse
Élevé au Nigeria en Afrique jusqu'à l'âge de 7 ans. Elle est versée dans les voyages internationaux et la diversité des cultures depuis son très jeune âge.
Elle intègre une école comme pensionnaire à Londres de sept à neuf ans. Puis, sa famille se déplace à Toronto, Canada où elle a passé la majorité de son enfance et son âge adulte.Elle a un cancer à l'âge de 10 ans

Elle étudie à l'École Etobicoke des Arts, un lycée d'arts public spécialisé où elle a non seulement dansé, mais aussi étudié le théâtre.
Après ses études au lycée elle obtient une bourse complète à l'Université de Toronto, où elle a poursuivi ses études dans le théâtre et en psychologie et sociologie.


Carrière
Elle a été formée au Conservatoire de Birmingham pour la formation classique. Elle est la première femme de descendance indienne à jouer un rôle principal dans une pièce Shakespearien sur la scène principale du Festival Stratford en 51 ans de l'histoire du festival. Son premier travail professionnel de théâtre est le premier rôle féminin dans Pericles au festival Stratford.

Elle est adepte de la religion parsie, confession dérivée du Zoroastrisme.

Elle est une fervente défenseuse d'une organisation pour alimenter les sans-abri, soutenant des femmes ayant un cancer.


Vie privée
Elle est mariée avec l'acteur canadien Carlo Rota depuis le 1er avril 2010.

Usually with

Chris Rock
Chris Rock
(1 films)
J. J. Abrams
J. J. Abrams
(1 films)
Roberto Orci
Roberto Orci
(1 films)
Dan Gilroy
Dan Gilroy
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Nazneen Contractor (5 films)

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Actress

Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Nazneen Contractor, Dan Petronijevic, Marisol Nichols
Roles Coroner Chada
Rating52% 2.6105652.6105652.6105652.6105652.610565
Travaillant dans l'ombre d’une légende locale de la police, le lieutenant Ezekiel «Zeke» Banks et son nouveau partenaire enquêtent sur une série de meurtres macabres dont le mode opératoire rappelle étrangement celui d’un tueur en série qui sévissait jadis dans la ville. Pris au piège sans le savoir, Zeke se retrouve au centre d’un stratagème terrifiant dont le tueur tire les ficelles.
Roman J. Israel, Esq., 2h2
Directed by Dan Gilroy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Amanda Warren, Nazneen Contractor, James Paxton
Roles Melina Nassour
Rating64% 3.247563.247563.247563.247563.24756
Un avocat idéaliste et libéral, Roman J. Israel, est confronté à la réalité de la justice qui l’entoure après la mort de son associé dans leur cabinet d’avocats.
Parts Per Billion, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Josh Hartnett, Rosario Dawson, Teresa Palmer, Alexis Bledel, Gena Rowlands, Penn Badgley
Roles Justine Prest
Rating43% 2.1566852.1566852.1566852.1566852.156685
Erik, a struggling musician who lives off his family's considerable wealth, clashes with his girlfriend, Anna, over what they know are trivial details in their relationship. Apprehensive after watching news reports of increasing conflict in the Middle East, Anna comes to believe that they should spend more time together, but Erik seems preoccupied with music composition and maintaining friendly relations with his ex-girlfriends. At the same time, Len and Mia, a married couple, experience trouble in their own relationship. Len, a depressed and unemployed writer, struggles to find direction in his life. He confesses to his sister, a nurse named Sarah, that he has taken his wife, Mia, for granted until recently. Mia, an accomplished lawyer, has just successfully represented Andy, a scientist of some renown, from accusations of selling trade secrets to a research facility in the 1970s. Anna, worried about visions that she has had recently of a looming apocalypse that involve a young girl, confides in Rick, Len's best friend, that she fears she may be suffering from schizophrenia.
Star Trek Into Darkness, 2h12
Directed by J. J. Abrams
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about terrorism, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine
Roles Rima Harewood
Rating76% 3.8464753.8464753.8464753.8464753.846475
Four years after Kirk's promotion in 2259, the starship USS Enterprise studies a primitive culture on the planet Nibiru. Captain James T. Kirk and his First Officer, Commander Spock, save the planet's inhabitants from an extinction-threatening volcanic eruption, but Kirk violates the Prime Directive, exposing the Enterprise to the native inhabitants to save Spock's life. Returning to Earth, Kirk loses command of the Enterprise and Admiral Christopher Pike is reinstated as its commanding officer with Kirk demoted to first officer and the rank of Commander. For his part in the incident, Spock is reassigned to another ship. An officers' meeting is called to discuss the bombing of a Section 31 installation in London perpetrated by the renegade Starfleet operative John Harrison (Cumberbatch). Harrison attacks the meeting in a jumpship, killing Pike. Kirk disables the jumpship, but Harrison uses a portable transporter to escape to Kronos, the homeworld of hostile aliens known as Klingons.
The Matthew Shepard Story
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Shane Meier, Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Wendy Crewson, Kristen Thomson, Yani Gellman
Rating72% 3.63813.63813.63813.63813.6381
In 1998, a young gay man by the name of Matthew Shepard was robbed, viciously beaten and left tied to a fence to die. Although he was soon found by the police and hospitalized, he soon expired. This film recounts the events after the conviction of the two men responsible for this hate motivated murder.