Background
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.
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.
She hosts the baseball comedy web series Caught Office Base with Nadia. From 1995 to 1997, Dajani starred as Amanda Moyer in the Fox sitcom Ned & Stacey for two seasons. She starred in numerous television pilots.
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 Columbia Broadcasting System film The Lost Valentine alongside Betty White.
She played Gerry Red Wilson"s sister-in-law Catherine in American Broadcasting Company"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 New York
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 United States of America 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 Columbia Broadcasting System series The Good Wife.
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 Office Base with Nadia.
Dajani is a founding member of Malaparte Theatre Company, whose artistic director was Ethan Hawke.