Nazneen Contractor

Nazneen Contractor (born August 26, 1982) is a Canadian actress of Indian descent known for her role as Layla Hourani on CBC's The Border, Zara Hallam on Ransom and as Kayla Hassan on 24 in 2010. She also guest-starred in the Letterkenny International Women’s Day special as Professor Tricia.

Nazneen Contractor
Nazneen Contractor, 2009
Born	(1982-08-26) 26 August 1982 (age 43) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Carlo Rota ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	2

Early life

Contractor was born in Bombay to Parsi 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.^[1]

Personal life

After the Canadian drama series The Border finished production in 2009, she moved to Los Angeles, U.S. and married British-born actor Carlo Rota on April 1, 2010.^[2] They have a son and a daughter.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Seance the Summoning	Eva
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	Rima Harewood
2017	Tiny House of Terror	Jackie
2017	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Melina Nassour (Ass't. D.A.)
2021	Trigger Point
2021	Spiral	Chada
2024	Love on the Danube: Love Song	Sarah Matthews

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Starhunter	Ire	Episode: "Siren's Song"
2001	Relic Hunter	Princess Alia	Episode: "The Star of Nadir"
2002	The Matthew Shepherd Story	Shima	TV movie
2002	Street Time	Goldstein's Female Friend/Jasmine	2 episodes
2008	Othello the Tragedy of the Moor	Bianca	TV movie
2008–2009	The Border	Layla Hourani	Main role
2010	Rules of Engagement	Suneetha	4 episodes
2010	24	Kayla Hassan	Recurring role
2011	The Paul Reiser Show	Kuma D'Bu	3 episodes
2012	Pegasus vs. Chimera	Princess Philony	TV movie
2012	XIII: The Series	Elsy	Episode: "Battlezone"
2012	Last Resort	Reena Kapur	Episode: "Cinderella Liberty"
2013–2014	Revenge	Jess	2 episodes
2014	Bones	Sari Nazeri	Episode: "The Source in the Sludge"
2014	Person of Interest	Maria Martinez	Episode: "Allegiance"
2014	Covert Affairs	Sydney/Stephanie	Recurring role
2015	Scorpion	Sima/Fatima	Episode: "Charades"
2015	Castle	Layla Nazif	Episode: "Private Eye Caramba!"
2015	Stalker	Adele Marshall	Episode: "The News"[3]
2015	Heroes Reborn	Farah	Recurring role
2016	The Carmichael Show	Fahmida	Episode: "New Neighbors"
2016	Chicago P.D.	Dawn Harper	Episode: "Justice"
2017	Major Crimes	Nancy Ryan	Recurring role
2017	Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters	Riya Dashti/Blindstrike, various others (voice)	Main role
2017–2019	Ransom	Zara Hallam	Main role[4]
2018	Hawaii Five-0	Emma Warren	Episode "Aia i Hi'ikua; i Hi'ialo"
2018–2020	Star Wars Resistance	Synara San (voice)	Recurring role
2019	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Nahla Nasar	Episode: "Assumption"
2019	The Loud House	Ruby (voice)	2 episodes
2019	Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures	Daavan Dut (voice)	Episode: "A Gollywood Wedding"
2020	The Expanse	Ashanti Avasarala	Episode: "Churn"
2020	The Christmas Ring	Kendra Adams	Hallmark TV Movie
2021	A Winter Getaway	Courtney	Hallmark TV Movie
2022	Letterkenny	Professor Tricia	Episode: "Letterkenny Celebrates International Women's Day"
2022	Children Ruin Everything	Dawn	regular supporting role
2022	Charmed	Inara	3 episodes
2022	The Perfect Pairing	Cristina	Hallmark TV Movie
2022	Scentsational Christmas	Ellie	Lifetime TV Movie

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Dying Light	Jade / various others (voice)	Video game