Nadia Björlin
Born	Nadia Alexandra Björlin August 2, 1980 (1980-08-02) (age 29) Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present

Nadia Alexandra Björlin (credited as Bjorlin; born August 2, 1980) is an American actress of Swedish and Iranian descent.

Biography

Early life

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Björlin was born in Bethel, CT but lived in Sweden until the age of 7. Her father was the Swedish composer and conductor Ulf Björlin (1933-1993). Her mother, Fary, is an interior decorator from Iran.

Nadia speaks Swedish, Persian, English and can sing in other languages as well. She is also renowned for her soprano voice. When her family moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, she attended the Palm Beach County School of the Arts (now Dreyfoos School of the arts) along with her brothers Ulf and Jean Paul, where she excelled in music and theater. All three siblings have found success in show business since graduation.

Björlin once competed in pageants. In 1998, she placed as Second Runner-Up in Miss Florida Teen USA.

Career

Nadia Björlin's major exposure has been on the soap opera Days of our Lives, where she first appeared as the character Chloe Lane in December 1999. At first, Chloe was portrayed as a nerdy and geeky kind of girl with big glasses. Eventually, her character developed into a quiet beauty who could also sing and she fell in love with rich, popular Philip Kiriakis, portrayed by actor Jay Kenneth Johnson. Soon, their romance turned rocky, and she developed a crush on Brady Black, portrayed by actor Kyle Lowder.

Nadia Björlin originally left Days in June 2003 to concentrate on her singing career. Her character moved to be an opera star. Bjorlin returned on a recurring basis in November 2004 after her character supposedly had a disfiguring car accident and eventually married Brady Black. In September 2005, Björlin left Days of our Lives again and joined the cast of the UPN series Sex, Love & Secrets. The show was canceled by the network, but Björlin continued to make guest appearances on television series such as Jake in Progress and Out of Practice. During the summer of 2005, Björlin made guest appearances on the Fishbowl radio program 'Coming Out with Reichen,' hosted by Reichen Lehmkuhl. The Fishbowl Radio Network is an Internet radio station for reality television alumni.

Since leaving Days, Björlin has appeared in the independent feature film, If I Had Known I Was a Genius, starring Markus Redmond, Whoopi Goldberg, Sharon Stone, and Tara Reid. The film was screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Nadia Björlin was also cast as the female lead of the Chicago Pictures' feature film, Redline. The film starred Eddie Griffin and Nathan Phillips, and was released in theaters on April 13, 2007. Björlin portrays Natasha Martin, a young automobile fanatic and lead singer of a still unsigned West Coast band. The character finds herself caught up in illegal street-racing competitions organized for the pleasure of a bunch of bored multi-millionaires. The movie was released on DVD on August 21, 2007.

Nadia Björlin returned to Days of our Lives as Chloe on November 29, 2007.

Also, in past several interviews, Nadia admitted to having a strong desire to play a live-action version of the DC comic book superheroine Wonder Woman on film.

Nadia will be starring in the web series Venice.

Personal life

Bjorlin was previously engaged to Daniel Sadek, a subprime lending company CEO who wrote and financed the film Redline. She was also romantically attached to actor James Stevenson. She is currently in a relationship with actor Brandon Beemer

Filmography

External links

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