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Daya Vivian Vaidya (born May 20, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Nina Inara in the television series ''
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''.


Early life

Vaidya was born on May 20, 1980 in
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to an Indian
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father and an Italian/Spanish-American mother. Her parents moved with her to
Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
when she was two years old. She began performing in plays and musicals at the age of eleven, as well as training in all forms of dance from tap, ballet and contemporary - to hip-hop. She went on to major in dance at UCLA and dance on scholarship at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in
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. She finished school with a BFA in
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from the
University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
. She currently resides in
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where she is supporting herself with a career in film and television.


Personal life

Vaidya is married to Don Wallace. They have a daughter, Leela Grace, born in 2009. Vaidya gave birth to identical twin boys on July 25, 2012 in New York City; Jai Blue and Dev Eshaan.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaidya, Daya Living people American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from Oakland, California Actors from Kathmandu 1973 births 21st-century American women American actresses of Indian descent American people of Italian descent