Nailea Norvind

Profile
Popular name          Nailea Norvind
Birth name              Nailea Norvind
Birth date                February 16, 1970
Birth place              Mexico City, México
Occupation             Actress


Biography and Career
Nailea Norvind is a Mexican television actress who also appeared in the critically acclaimed film Gaby: A True Story. She also lent her voice to play Princess Kida in the Spanish dubbing of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

She started her career at a young age but is still most remembered from her role as the villain Leonor in the telenovela Quinceañera.


She is the daughter of Norwegian-born psychosexual counselor, dominatrix, writer, producer, director and former actress Eva Norvind who was in turn the daughter of a Russian prince and a Scandinavian sculptress. However, Nailea has been estranged from her mother since she was 12. Nailea has two daughters of her own: Naian and Tessa.

Nailea is a graduate of Televisa acting school (Centro de Educación Artística) and started her acting career at the age of 6 in theatre A Doll's House by Ibsen; and in TV on the telenovela Chispita starred by the child singer Lucero (then an actress called "Lucerito"). Nailea's biggest break came in at the age of 17 with the telenovela Quinceañera opposite Adela Noriega and singer Thalía. The same year she participated in the film Gaby: A True Story. After a few small roles in several other telenovelas she made Cuando llega el amor again with Lucero and then took a break from television. She returned eight years later on the telenovela Preciosa. She has since then obtained roles in six more telenovelas as well as the sitcom Diseñador ambos sexos with Héctor Suárez Gomís. In 2002 she was one of the guests in the first VIP edition of Big Brother-Mexico.

In 2006, Nailea completed the film that her mother, Eva Norvind, had been directing and producing at the time of her death in May of that same year. Entitled ‘Born Without’, it is a documentary about severely handicapped Mexican actor and musician Jose Flores. In March 2007, 'Born Without' won Best International Documentary at the Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporaneo de la Ciudad De Mexico (FICCO).

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