Nazneen Contractor

Nazneen Contractor
Nazneen Contractor
	Nazneen Contractor with her husband Carlo Rota, 2009
Born	26 August 1982 (age 41); Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Spouse(s)	Carlo Rota (m. 2010)
Children	2

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Nazneen Contractor (born August 26, 1982) is an Indian-born Canadian actress best known for her role as Layla Hourani on CBC's The Border, and as Kayla Hassan on 24 in 2010.

Early life[edit]

Contractor was born in Bombay to Parsi parents. She and her family moved to Nigeria when she was 7 and finally settled in Toronto, where she spent the majority of her childhood and young adulthood.^[1]

Personal life[edit]

After the Canadian drama series The Border wrapped up in 2009, she moved to Los Angeles, USA and then married English actor Carlo Rota on April 1, 2010.^[2] They have one son and one daughter.^[1]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Seance the Summoning	Eva
2012	Pegasus vs. Chimera	Philony
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	Rima Harewood
2017	Tiny House of Terror	Jackie
2017	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Melina Nassour (Ass't. D.A.)
2021	Trigger Point
2021	Spiral	Chada	Post-production

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Starhunter	Ire	Episode: "Siren's Song"
2001	Relic Hunter	Princess Alia	Episode: "The Star of Nadir"
2002	The Matthew Shepherd Story	Shima	TV film
2002	Street Time	Goldstein's Female Friend	2 episodes
2002	Street Time	Jasmine	2 episodes
2008	Othello the Tragedy of the Moor	Bianca	TV film
2008–2009	The Border	Layla Hourani	Main role
2010	Rules of Engagement	Suneetha	4 episodes
2010	24	Kayla Hassan	Recurring role
2011	The Paul Reiser Show	Kuma D'Bu	3 episodes
2012	Pegasus vs. Chimera	Princess Philony	TV film
2012	XIII: The Series	Elsy	Episode: "Battlezone"
2012	Last Resort	Reena Kapur	Episode: "Cinderella Liberty"
2013–2014	Revenge	Jess	2 episodes
2014	Bones	Sari Nazeri	Episode: "The Source in the Sludge"
2014	Person of Interest	Maria Martinez	Episode: "Allegiance"
2014	Covert Affairs	Sydney/Stephanie	Recurring role
2015	Scorpion	Sima/Fatima	Episode: "Charades"
2015	Castle	Layla Nazif	Episode: "Private Eye Caramba!"
2015	Stalker	Adele Marshall	Episode: "The News"^[3]
2015	Heroes Reborn	Farah	Recurring role
2016	The Carmichael Show	Fahmida	Episode: "New Neighbors"
2016	Chicago P.D.	Dawn Harper	Episode: "Justice"
2017	Major Crimes	Nancy Ryan	Recurring role
2017	Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters	Riya Dashti/Blindstrike, various others (voice)	Main role
2017–2019	Ransom	Zara Hallam	Main role^[4]
2018	Hawaii Five-0	Emma Warren	Episode "Aia i Hi'ikua; i Hi'ialo"
2018–2020	Star Wars Resistance	Synara San (voice)	Recurring role
2019	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Nahla Nasar	Episode: "Assumption"
2019	The Loud House	Ruby (voice)	2 episodes
2019	Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures	Daavan Dut (voice)	Episode: "A Gollywood Wedding"
2020	The Expanse	Ashanti Avasarala	Episode: "Churn"
2020	The Christmas Ring	Kendra Adams	Hallmark TV Movie
2021	A Winter Getaway	Courtney	Hallmark TV movie
TBA	Children Ruin Everything	Dawn	regular supporting role

Video games[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Dying Light	Jade/various others (voice)	Video game

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Girn, Raj (April 2014). "Open Chest Interview with Actress, Nazneen Contractor". Open Chest. Anokhi. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ Brioux, Bill (22 May 2010). "Goodbye, Mr. Bauer". Toronto Star. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
↑ ""Stalker" The News (TV Episode 2015)". IMDb. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016. ^{[unreliable source?]}
↑ "'Chicago Justice': Nazneen Contractor Exits NBC Legal Drama (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

External links[edit]

Nazneen Contractor on IMDb
Nazneen Contractor at AllMovie
Article about Nazneen from the University of Toronto magazine

[OCC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Girn, Raj (April 2014). "Open Chest Interview with Actress, Nazneen Contractor". Open Chest. Anokhi. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[2] Brioux, Bill (22 May 2010). "Goodbye, Mr. Bauer". Toronto Star. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[3] ""Stalker" The News (TV Episode 2015)". IMDb. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016. ^{[unreliable source?]}

[4] "'Chicago Justice': Nazneen Contractor Exits NBC Legal Drama (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

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