Born: February 16, 1970
Age: 54
Birthplace: Mexico City, México
Nailea Norvind (born February 16, 1970 in Mexico City, México) is a Mexican Theatre, television and film actress. She started her career at a young age.
She 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. Most remembered from her role as the villain Leonor in the telenovela Quinceañera. She was nominated for the Ariel in 2012 as best supporting actress for her role as Nina in the film " La Otra Familia".
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 Paulovic Chegodayef Sakonsky and a Finnish sculptor Johanna Kajanus. However, Nailea has been estranged from her mother since she was 12. Norvind with her mother search on Dutch television of her unknown Dutch father on the program "Spoorloos" on February 2, 2004. Nailea has two daughters of her own: Naian and Tessa Ía González Norvind, the last appearing at 17 years of age in her first movie Después de Lucía, a Mexican film by Michel Franco prized in 2012 in Cannes.
Norvind started her acting career at the age of 6 in theatre A Doll's House by Ibsen; and in TV on the telenovela Chispita. Nailea's break came in at the age of 17 with the telenovela Quinceañera. 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 and then took a break from television. She returned eight years later on the telenovela Preciosa. n 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 José Flores. In March 2007, Born Without won Best International Documentary at the Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo de la Ciudad de México (FICCO).
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Gaby: A True Story | Terry | Film |
2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Princess Kida | Film |
2011 | La Otra Familia | Nina | Film |
2015 | Chronic | Laura | Film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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- | "Los Corderos" | Theater | |
- | "Espejos" | Theater | |
- | "La Inauguración" | Theater | |
2009 | Edward II | Theater | |
- | Memoria | Theater | |
- | Electra | Theater | |
2004 | Opción Múltiple | Theater | |
- | Muerte Súbita | Theater | |
- | Las mariposas son libres | Theater | |
- | Honor | Theater | |
- | Robin Hood | Theater | |
- | Jesucristo Superestrella (Jesus Christ Superstar) | Theater | |
- | Kumán | Theater | |
- | José el soñador (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) | Theater | |
- | Those Darn Kids | Theater | |
- | Genesis One | Theater | |
- | "A Dolls House" | Theater |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Cachún cachún ra ra! | Aïda | Tv Series |
2001 | Diseñador ambos sexos | Azafata | Tv Show |
2002 | Big Brother VIP: México | Herself | Reality |
2008 | Mujeres Asesinas | Martha, asfixiante | Tv Series |
2009 | Hermanos y detectives | Isabel | Tv Series |
2011 | Capadocia 2a temporada | Diane Brighton | Tv Series |
2011 | Como dice el dicho | Elena | Tv Series |
2013 | Sr. Avila | María Ávila | Tv Series |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982-83 | Chispita | Sarita | Antagonist |
1984 | Guadalupe | Nani | Supporting Role |
1986-87 | Pobre juventud | Gaby | Supporting Role |
1987-88 | Quinceañera | Leonor | Main Antagonist |
1988-89 | Encadenados | Mariela | Supporting Role |
1989 | Lo blanco y lo negro | Selma Alcazar | Supporting Role |
1990 | Cuando llega el amor | Alejandra Contreras | Main Antagonist |
1998 | Preciosa | Valeria San Roman de Santander | Main Antagonist |
1999 | Amor gitano | Isa Valenti | Main Antagonist |
2000-01 | Abrázame muy fuerte | Deborah Falcón de Rivero | Main Antagonist |
2001 | Amigas y rivales | Paula Morell | Antagonist |
2004-05 | Mujer de Madera | Viviana Palomares | Antagonist |
2006 | Rebelde | Marina Caceres de Colucci | Supporting Role |
2008 | Cuidado con el Angel | Viviana Mayer Montenegro de San Román | Antagonist |
2011-12 | Para volver a amar | Valeria Andrade de Longoria / Marleni Lagos | Protagonist |
2012 | Abismo de pasion | Begoña de Tovar | Supporting Role |
2014-15 | Muchacha italiana viene a casarse | Federica Ángeles | Main Antagonist |