Biography

Born in Novi Sad, Serbia (then part of Yugoslavia), Nina started acting at the age of 14 in her High School Drama Club after which she won a full scholarship to study at Bocconi University in Milan where she graduated with a Master of Science degree in International Economics and Management in Arts, Culture, Media an Entertainment.

While in school, she began her career as a model and TV host and has appeared as the face of numerous advertising campaigns and Italian television series.

Nina soon became one of the most popular and loved faces of Italian television that gave her the opportunity to go from small screens to cinema. In 2011, Nina won The Best New Actress award in Milan Film Festival.

After her success in Europe, Nina moved to New York to pursue her acting career where she met her mentor Susan Batson with who she had been studying ever since. Nina uses her knowledge of different languages to build a career in both, European and American market and in 2014 only, she was the lead in three movies in three different countries, acting in three different languages.

In 2017, Nina won the Best Actress award at The International Festival of Lenola for her performance in the short movie "La Gamba" Recently, Deadline Hollywood announced that Nina joined the cast of "Papillon", starring Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek as well as the cast of "Arctic Justice" along side Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin and Anjelica Huston.

Nina also actively works with different humanitarian organizations like AmfAR, International Medical Corps and Pangea, a non-profit organization that helps women around the world who have been raped.
- IMDb mini biography by: J.D.

Mother, with husband Jay Ellis, of daughters Nora Grace Ellis and Noa Gray Ellis.

Italian rapper Marracash made a song about Nina named S.E.N.I.C.A.R. (her last name) The song was a number one hit on the Italian charts and remained on of the most popular rep songs.