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Nadia Bjorlin

Biography

Nadia Bjorlin

Overview

  • Born
    August 2, 1980 · Newport, Rhode Island, USA
  • Birth name
    Nadia Alexandra Bjorlin
  • Height
    5′ 7¾″ (1.72 m)

Biography

  • Nadia Bjorlin was born the fifth out of six children. Her parents were Ulf Björlin (a Swedish conductor and composer, known to be the world's most active opera composer during the 20th century) and Fary Bjorlin. Her siblings are Katja, Kaj, Kamilla, Ulf Jr and Jean Paul. (Each sibling have a history of artistic or creative work in their background. A very stunning and talented family indeed). Nadia was born in Newport, Rhode Island (USA), but her family soon moved to Sweden. This was only for a few short years before moving back to the USA again.

    Nadia worked the opera scene before becoming an actress. It was a fast lane change by a sudden contract with NBC who needed an opera singing girl for a permanent part in a television series. Nadia has since then appeared in both movies and TV series. She has played lead characters in big screen productions and she has been a guest star in shows like CSI, Two an a half men, Two Broke Girls, as well as other comedy shows. Her talent is strong in comedy as well as in drama. She is also quite the dancer, which can be seen in Ricky Martin's music video "Shake Your Bon Bon". She was second runner up placing in Miss Teen Florida. Her voice won a sought after first place in a world proclaimed a opera competition in Italy.

    Nadia is fluent in Swedish, English and Farsi. Because of her education in opera, she is schooled in several more languages like Italian and French. Nadia was a child prodigy who excelled in her studies at school as well as voice, theater, dance, and music. She started her professional career at six years old and won several awards while attending the Interlochen Center for the Arts and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

    She currently (2014) lives in California. Her school years were mostly in Palm Beach, Florida and New York. Her most beloved father died of leukemia in 1993. This has inspired Nadia to become a spokesperson and represent The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for many years now.
    - IMDb mini biography by: A friend of the family

Family

  • Spouse
      Grant Turnbull(May 15, 2015 - present) (2 children)
  • Children
      Torin Mathias Turnbull
      Viggo Sebastian Turnbull
  • Parents
      Ulf Björlin
      Fary Bjorlin
  • Relatives
      Ulf Bjorlin(Sibling)
      Jean Paul Bjorlin(Sibling)
      Kamilla Bjorlin(Half Sibling)
      Kaj Bjorlin(Half Sibling)
      Katja Bjorlin(Half Sibling)
      Henrik Bjorlin(Half Sibling)
      Fredrik Bjorlin(Half Sibling)

Trivia

  • Is fluent in: Swedish, English, Farsi, and is schooled in French, Italian, and Russian.
  • Plays the flute, harp, guitar, and piano.
  • Nadia is Swedish on her father's side and Persian on her mother's native side, but was born in The USA.
  • Won first place in the Metro Lyric Opera Competition in New York City in May 1999.
  • Lived in Sweden and the US until age 7, before permanently moving back to her country of birth, The USA where she currently resides (2014).

Quotes

  • I believe in "soulmates", especially growing up and seeing how much my parents loved each other. Thay always said that they had been married in past lives too.
  • My father's music has always inspired me in many ways...especially to be better at what I do.
  • I would love to play Wonder Woman; I have the abilities and the strength because I am definitely not the typical Hollywood actress. I'm Amazonian in that I am 5' 8", have curves, muscles and am very strong. I don't look like I'm going to break in half like most of these women in the industry are.

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