Nadia Shazana and her brother Stephan were raised in a single-parent household by their mother, who relocated the family from Toronto, Canada to Bergen County, New Jersey. Nadia began working as a model during her teens but quickly realized that acting was her passion and went on to study at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. In New York, she began working in theater productions before making the move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television. Among Nadia's movie and television credits, she portrayed the character 'Jacy' on NBC's award-winning series "ER" for 8 seasons.