Nailea Norvind

Nailea Norvind (born 16 February 1970) is a Mexican theater, television and film actress. She is best known for her role as Leonor in the telenovela Quinceañera, as well as appeared in the critically acclaimed 1987 film Gaby: A True Story. She was nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2012 for her role as Nina in the film La Otra Familia.

Biography Nailea Norvind is the daughter of Norwegian-born counselor, dominatrix, writer, producer, director and former actress Eva Norvind, who was in turn the daughter of a Russian prince, Paulovic Chegodayef Sakonsky, and a Finnish sculptor, Johanna Kajanus. Norvind became estranged from her mother when she was 12; they were reunited to search for her unknown Dutch father on the Dutch program Spoorloos on 2 February 2004. Norvind has two daughters of her own: Naian and Tessa Ía González Norvind, the latter appearing at 17 years of age in her first film Después de Lucía, a 2012 Mexican film by Michel Franco.

Norvind began her acting career at the age of 6 in a theatre production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, and in television on the telenovela Chispita. Norvind's break came in at the age of 17 in 1987 with the role of Leonor Gutiérrez on the El Canal de las Estrellas telenovela Quinceañera. The same year, she participated in the film Gaby: A True Story. After a few small roles in several other telenovelas, she starred in Cuando llega el amor and then took a break from television. She returned eight years later in the telenovela Preciosa. She also appeared as herself in Didn't Do It for Love, a documentary about her mother directed by Monika Treut.

In 2006, Norvind completed the film that her mother had been directing and producing at the time of her death in May of that same year, titled Born Without, a documentary about severely handicapped Mexican actor and musician Jose Flores, who was born without arms and other limbs, yet supports his large family by playing the harmonica at various venues throughout Mexico.

Norvind is openly bisexual.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1983 Chispita Sarita 1984 Guadalupe Nani Supporting role 1985–87 Cachún cachún ra ra! Aïda Supporting role 1986 Pobre juventud Gaby Supporting role 1987 Quinceañera Leonor 1988 Encadenados Mariela Supporting role 1989 Lo blanco y lo negro Selma Alcázar Supporting role 1990 Cuando llega el amor Alejandra Contreras 1998 Derbez en cuando Teresa "Teresita" Episode: "Telenovela Mari" 1998 Preciosa Valeria San Román de Santander 1999 Amor gitano Isa Valenti, Marquise of Astolfi 2000–01 Abrázame muy fuerte Déborah Falcón de Rivero 2001 Mujer, casos de la vida real Elena 2 episodes Amigas y rivales Paula Supporting role 2004 Mujer de madera Viviana Palomares 2004–06 Rebelde Marina Carceres Colucci Supporting role 2008 Mujeres asesinas Martha "Martha, asfixiante" (Season 1, Episode 5) 2008–09 Cuidado con el ángel Viviana Mayer Montenegro de San Román 2009 Hermanos y detectives "Diez minutos antes de morir " (Season 1, Episode 8) 2010 Capadocia Diane Brighton Episodes "Lo que une dios", "Cordero de dios", "Aparta de mí éste cáliz" 2010–11 Para volver a amar Valeria Andrade 2011 Como dice el dicho Sandra "Dime de qué presumes" (Season 1, Episode 36) 2012 Abismo de pasión Begoña Narvaez de Tovar Supporting role 2013–18 Sr. Ávila María Ávila 2014 Crónica de Castas Elena Episodes "De criolla con mestizo" and "El zapoteco" 2014–15 Muchacha italiana viene a casarse Federica Ángeles 2016–17 La candidata Teresa Rivera 2019 Cuna de lobos Ámbar Reyes 2022 Vencer la ausencia Flavia Vilchis 2025 Los hilos del pasado Rebeca de la Cruz de Fontaine Supporting role 2026 Top Chef VIP Herself Contestant (season 5)