Nina Arianda

Nina Arianda Matijcio (born September 18, 1984) is an American actress. She won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Vanda Jordan in Venus in Fur, and she was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for portraying Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday. She starred in Amazon Studios legal series Goliath and starred in the biographical film Stan & Ollie as Stan Laurel's wife Ida.

Early life and education Nina Arianda Matijcio was born on September 18, 1984, in Manhattan, New York, to Lesia, a painter and teacher of English as a second language, and Peter Matijcio, a logistics expert for the Department of Defense. Her parents were born to Ukrainian refugees in Germany after World War II.

She returned to New York for college in 2002, beginning her studies at American Musical and Dramatic Academy, earning a bachelor of arts at The New School, and a master of fine arts in acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2009.

Career Arianda made her Broadway debut in April 2011 in the lead role of Billie Dawn in the Broadway production of Born Yesterday, with James Belushi and Robert Sean Leonard. She appeared Off-Broadway as Vanda Jourdain in the comedy-drama play Venus in Fur in 2010. The play then transferred to the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway in early November 2011, and her performance received critical acclaim.

She starred in the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Tales From Red Vienna in 2014. She has appeared in several films including Win Win, Tower Heist, Midnight in Paris, Rob the Mob, and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. She was cast in January 2015 for Hannibal season 3 as Molly, the wife of Will Graham (played by her former Broadway co-star Hugh Dancy).

Arianda starred in Fool for Love at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in July 2014 with Sam Rockwell, directed by Daniel Aukin. Arianda and Rockwell reprised their roles on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in 2015. Arianda played Agnes Stark in the film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) and appeared in the film Stan & Ollie (2018) as Ida Kitaeva, the wife of comedian Stan Laurel.

Arianda co-starred in all four seasons of the series Goliath from 2016 to 2021, as well as in the fourth season of Billions.

In 2019, she appeared with Sam Rockwell in the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell.

Acting credits +Key Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Film Year Title Role Notes 2010 William Vincent Lovely Woman #2 2011 Win Win Shelly Higher Ground Wendy Walker Midnight in Paris Carol Bates Tower Heist Miss Iovenko 2013 Lucky Them Dana The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Alexis 2014 Rob the Mob Rosie Uva The Humbling Sybil Van Buren 2016 Florence Foster Jenkins Agnes Stark 2017 Never Here Margeret Lockwood 2018 Stan & Ollie Ida Kitaeva Laurel 2019 Richard Jewell Nadya 2021 Being the Ricardos Vivian Vance 2023 The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart Mantilla (voice) 2024 Bang Bang Jen Greedy People Deborah Filming Fancy (voice) In production

Television Year Title Role Notes 2011 The Good Wife Gretchen Battista Episode: "Get a Room" 2012 30 Rock Zarina Episode: "Stride of Pride" 2013 Hostages Lauren Episode: "Sister's Keeper" 2015 Hannibal Molly Graham Recurring cast: Season 3 Master of None Alice Episode: "Hot Ticket" 2016 Horace and Pete Maggie Episode #1.4 Crisis in Six Scenes Lorna Episode #1.5 2016–21 Goliath Patty Solis-Papagian Main cast 2019 Billions Rebecca Cantu Recurring cast: Season 4 2023 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Hedy Recurring cast: Season 5 2025 Étoile Quinn McMillan Recurring cast: Season 1

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2010 Venus in Fur Vanda Jourdain Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway 2011 Born Yesterday Emma "Billie" Dawn Cort Theatre, Broadway 2011–12 Venus in Fur Vanda Jourdain Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, BroadwayLyceum Theatre, Broadway 2014 Tales from Red Vienna Heléna Altman Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway 2015 Fool for Love May Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway

Awards and nominations Year Award Work Result 2010 Theatre World Award Venus in Fur Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Female 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Born Yesterday Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2012 Venus in Fur