Nadia Alexander

Nadia Alexander (born April 5, 1994) is an American actress. She has performed in several television series, including The Sinner and Seven Seconds (2018). She won the award for Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Film at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival for her performance in Blame (2017) and was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Dark (2019).

Career Alexander began acting at the age of six, when she was cast in a Pittsburgh-area regional stage production of The Sound of Music as Gretl. She worked professionally throughout her childhood at most of southwestern Pennsylvania's Equity theaters, including Pittsburgh Public Theater, where she won first place in their annual Shakespeare Monologue Competition for three consecutive years.

In 2007, Alexander moved to New York City, and began doing commercial and episodic television work. While still in high school, Alexander performed off-Broadway in There Are No More Big Secrets at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Her first feature film performance was in the independent movie Postales. She went on to appear in Ten Thousand Saints and Fan Girl.

In 2010, she made a guest appearance on an episode of Law & Order. Since then, she has worked on several television series, including Boardwalk Empire (2011), The Following (2015), The Sinner (2017), and Seven Seconds (2018). She was formerly in a relationship with Blame co-star and director Quinn Shephard.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes and awards 2010 Postales Mary 2013 Admission Quest Student 2014 Jamie Marks Is Dead Wendy Shown at 2014 Sundance Film Festival 2015 Ten Thousand Saints Prudence Keffy-Horn Shown at 2015 Sundance Film Festival 2015 Fan Girl Kim 2017 Blame Melissa Bowman Tribeca Film Festival Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film 2018 The Dark Mina Debuted at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival 2018 Boarding School Phil 2022 Tankhouse Leah 2022 Not Okay Harper

Television

Web Year Title Role Notes 2020 Day by Day Sam (voice) 2 episodes