Early life and education

Nadia Dajani was born in Los Angeles, California on December 26, 1965. She grew up the youngest of four children in Greenwich Village, New York City, and is of Irish and Palestinian ancestry. Dajani attended P.S. 41 elementary school, before attending I.S. 70 junior high school in New York with fellow actor Liev Schreiber.

Acting career

From 1995 to 1997, Dajani starred as Amanda Moyer in the Fox sitcom Ned & Stacey for two seasons. She starred in numerous television pilots. She appeared on Emily's Reasons Why Not opposite Heather Graham and the Adult Swim cult hit Delocated, as well as successful appearances on Aaron Sorkin projects such as Tina Lake on Sports Night and as the First Lady's Chief of Staff, Lily Mays, on The West Wing.

Dajani has appeared in a variety of television episodes on such shows as Sex and the City ("Critical Condition") and its prequel The Carrie Diaries (where she played a completely different, yet more major role), Ugly Betty, The King of Queens, Body of Proof, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and starred in the CBS film The Lost Valentine alongside Betty White. She played Gerry Red Wilson's sister-in-law Catherine in ABC's That's Life in 1998. She had a recurring role on the Showtime series The Big C.

She has had roles in films such as This Is Not a Film, Flirting with Disaster, Happy Accidents, View from the Top, and the Edward Burns' film Sidewalks of New York.

Dajani is a founding member of Malaparte Theatre Company, whose artistic director was Ethan Hawke. In 1993 she appeared alongside Calista Flockhart, Ethan Hawke, Steve Zahn in an off-Broadway play, Sophistry. In 2002 Dajani appeared as Bev in Tom Donaghy's Boys and Girls.

She sings backing vocals on Jimmy Fallon's album The Bathroom Wall. Dajani appears in Brady Kiernan's 2011 romantic drama film Stuck Between Stations alongside Josh Hartnett and Michael Imperioli. She had a recurring role on USA Network's Necessary Roughness. In 2011, Dajani appeared the Body of Proof episode "Society Hill". The following year, she guest-starred in an episode of the CBS series The Good Wife.

Personal life

Dajani is an avid baseball fan and has played in several Celebrity/Legends games for Major League Baseball at the All Star Game. She has a baseball comedy web series titled Caught Off Base with Nadia. Her best friend is Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz, the two met at P.S. 41 elementary school.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Flirting with Disaster	Jill
1996	Breathing Room	Claire
1997	Tupperware Party	Becca	Short film
1997	Dinner and Driving	Samantha
1999	Seven Girlfriends	Naomi
2000	Happy Accidents	Gretchen
2001	Sidewalks of New York	Hilary
2002	Balkanization	Nadia Harding	Short film
2002	You Stupid Man	Jasmine
2003	This Is Not a Film	Nadia / Grace / Patty
2003	View from the Top	Paige
2005	Game 6	Renee Simons
2005	Alchemy	Jane
2008	Gone to the Dogs	Bianca	Short film
2009	Bob Funk	Jean
2010	Little Help, AA Little Help	Angela Behar
2011	Lost Valentine, TheThe Lost Valentine	Julie Oliver	Television film
2011	Stuck Between Stations	Sheila
2014	Take Care	Fallon
2014	Opposite Sex, TheThe Opposite Sex	Nancy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Nancy	Episode: "Flour Babies"
1991	Woman Named Jackie, AA Woman Named Jackie	Christina Onassis	Miniseries
1995-97	Ned & Stacey	Amanda Moyer	Main cast; 35 episodes
1997	Dellaventura	Marybeth Fallon	Episode: "Joe Fallon's Daughter"
1998	That's Life	Catherine	Main cast; 5 episodes
1998	Conrad Bloom	N/A	Episode: "Pilot"
1999	King of Queens, TheThe King of Queens	Sophia	Episode: "Maybe Baby"
1999	Sports Night	Tina Lake	Episode: "Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks"
1999	Oh, Grow Up	Emily	Episode: "Duckboy Flies Again"
2000	West Wing, TheThe West Wing	Lilli Mays	Episode: "The White House Pro-Am"
2000	King of Queens, TheThe King of Queens	Lisa	Episode: "Class Struggle"
2000	Welcome to New York	Cathy	Episode: "It's Hard to Meet Intelligent Women"
2002	Sex and the City	Nina Katz	Episode: "Critical Condition"
2002	MDs	N/A	Episode: "Time of Death"
2006	Emily's Reasons Why Not	Reilly Harvey	Main cast; 7 episodes
2006	Law & Order	Ellie Harper	Episode: "Public Service Homicide"
2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Paula	Episode: "The Bat Mitzvah"
2009-10	Delocated	Susan	Main cast (seasons 1-2); 12 episodes
2009	Sherri	Tonya	Episode: "There Is No 'I' in Church"
2009-10	Ugly Betty	Denise Ludwig	2 episodes
2010-11	Big C, TheThe Big C	Tina	4 episodes
2011	Body of Proof	Lauren Matthews	Episode: "Society Hill"
2011	Necessary Roughness	Margo Ciccero	3 episodes
2012	Good Wife, TheThe Good Wife	Sara Gardner	Episode: "After the Fall"
2012	Delocated	Mom	Episode: "Reunion Show"
2012	Suits	Elaine Cohen	Episode: "The Choice"
2013	Carrie Diaries, TheThe Carrie Diaries	Deb	6 episodes
2013	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Officer Ryan Quinn	Episode: "Internal Affairs"
2014	Elementary	Dr. Grannis	Episode: "Rip Off"
2015	2 Broke Girls	Marie Prower	2 episodes
2015	Younger	Megyn Vernoff	Episode: "Hot Mitzvah"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Paul the Male Matchmaker	Maureen	2 episodes

[ Source: Wikipedia ]