Nailea Norvind (born 16 February 1970) is a Mexican theater, television and film actress. She appeared in the critically acclaimed 1987 film '' Gaby: A True Story''. She also lent her voice to play Princess Kida in the Spanish dubbing of '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire''. Most remembered for her role as the villain Leonor in the

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'', she was nominated for the

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in 2012 for her role as Nina in the film ''

La Otra Familia ''La otra familia'' is a Mexican 2011 family drama film starring Jorge Salinas, along with Luis Roberto Guzmán, Bruno Loza, Carmen Salinas and Ana Serradilla. It was directed and written by Gustavo Loza. The film was produced by the Black Rive ...

''.

Biography

Nailea Norvind is the daughter of

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-born psychosexual counselor,

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, writer, producer, director and former actress Eva Norvind, who was in turn the daughter of a Russian prince, Paulovic Chegodayef Sakonsky, and a Finnish sculptor, Johanna Kajanus. Norvind became estranged from her mother when she was 12; they were reunited to search for her unknown Dutch father on the Dutch program ''Spoorloos'' on 2 February 2004. Norvind has two daughters of her own: Naian and Tessa Ía González Norvind, the last appearing at 17 years of age in her first movie ''

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'', a 2012 Mexican film by

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which won the

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prize at the

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. Norvind began her acting career at the age of 6 in a theatre production of

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's ''

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'', and in television on the telenovela ''Chispita.'' Norvind's break came in at the age of 17 in 1987 with the role of Leonor Gutiérrez on the

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telenovela ''

''. The same year, she participated in the film '' Gaby: A True Story''. After a few small roles in several other telenovelas, she made ''Cuando llega el amor'' and then took a break from television. She returned eight years later in the telenovela ''Preciosa''. She also appeared as herself in ''Didn't Do It for Love'', a documentary about her mother directed by

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. In 2006, Norvind completed the film that her mother had been directing and producing at the time of her death in May of that same year, titled ''

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'', a documentary about severely handicapped Mexican actor and musician Jose Flores, who was born without arms and other limbs, yet supports his large family by playing the harmonica at various venues throughout Mexico. Norvind is openly bisexual.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

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* 1970 births Living people Mexican child actresses Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican voice actresses 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses Actresses from Mexico City Mexican people of Norwegian descent Mexican people of Russian descent Mexican people of Finnish descent Mexican people of Dutch descent People from Mexico City Norvind family Bisexual actresses LGBT actors from Mexico {{Mexico-actor-stub