Nazneen Contractor (born August 26, 1982) is a Canadian actress known for her role as Layla Hourani on
CBC's ''
The Border'', and as
Kayla Hassan on ''
24'' in
2010. She also guest-starred in the ''
Letterkenny
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'' International Women’s Day special as Professor Tricia.
Early life
Contractor was born in
Bombay
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to
Parsi
Parsis () or Parsees are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent adhering to Zoroastrianism. They are descended from Persians who migrated to Medieval India during and after the Arab conquest of Iran (part of the early Muslim conq ...
parents. She and her family moved to Nigeria when she was 7 and finally settled in Toronto, where she spent the majority of her childhood and young adulthood.
Personal life
After the Canadian drama series ''
The Border'' finished production in 2009, she moved to
Los Angeles
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, U.S. and married British-born actor
Carlo Rota
Carlo Dante Rota (born 17 April 1961) is a British-born Canadian actor. He has appeared in ''Little Mosque on the Prairie'' and as systems analyst Morris O'Brian on the Fox series '' 24''. He also co-starred as Emilio Solano in ''Jane the Vi ...
on April 1, 2010.
They have a son and a daughter.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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Article about Nazneenfrom the
University of Toronto
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magazine
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1982 births
Canadian film actresses
Canadian television actresses
Living people
Canadian actresses of Indian descent
Parsi people from Mumbai
Canadian people of Gujarati descent
20th-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses
Actresses from Toronto
Canadian people of Parsi descent
Indian emigrants to Canada
Actresses from Mumbai
Canadian people of Indian descent