Nina Arianda

Nina Arianda studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, The New School and Heidelberg High School. The recorded working language is English. Distinctions recorded are Theatre World Award and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

• Name — Nina Arianda • Birth Name — Nina Arianda Matijcio • Born — 18 September 1984 • Birthplace — Manhattan, New York, U.S. • Education — New School (BA) New York University (MFA) • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2009–present

Nina Arianda Matijcio was born on September 18, 1984, in Manhattan, New York, to Lesia, a painter and teacher of English as a second language, and Peter Matijcio, a logistics expert for the Department of Defense. Her parents were born to Ukrainian refugees in Germany after World War II. She grew up in Clifton, New Jersey, and Heidelberg, Germany. Arianda became interested in acting as a child, declaring at age 9 that she wanted to become a professional actress. She attended LaGuardia High School for one semester before her father’s job took her family to Heidelberg, where she finished high school. As a teen, she got involved with Roadside Theater, a community theater at U.S. Army Garrison Heidelberg. She returned to New York for college in 2002, beginning her studies at American Musical and Dramatic Academy, earning a bachelor of arts at The New School, and a master of fine arts in acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2009.

Arianda made her Broadway debut in April 2011 in the lead role of Billie Dawn in the Broadway production of Born Yesterday, with James Belushi and Robert Sean Leonard. She appeared Off-Broadway as Vanda Jourdain in the comedy-drama play Venus in Fur in 2010. The play then transferred to the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway in early November 2011, and her performance received critical acclaim. She starred in the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Tales From Red Vienna in 2014. She has appeared in several films including Win Win, Tower Heist, Midnight in Paris, Rob the Mob, and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. She was cast in January 2015 for Hannibal season 3 as Molly, the wife of Will Graham (played by her former Broadway co-star Hugh Dancy). Arianda starred in Fool for Love at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in July 2014 with Sam Rockwell, directed by Daniel Aukin. Arianda and Rockwell reprised their roles on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in 2015. Arianda played Agnes Stark in the film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) and appeared in the film Stan & Ollie (2018) as Ida Kitaeva, the wife of comedian Stan Laurel. Arianda co-starred in all four seasons of the series Goliath from 2016 to 2021, as well as in the fourth season of Billions. In 2019, she appeared with Sam Rockwell in the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell.

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• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2011 — The Good Wife — Gretchen Battista — Episode: "Get a Room" • 2012 — 30 Rock — Zarina — Episode: "Stride of Pride" • 2013 — Hostages — Lauren — Episode: "Sister's Keeper" • 2015 — Hannibal — Molly Graham — Recurring cast: Season 3 • Master of None — Alice — Episode: "Hot Ticket" • 2016 — Horace and Pete — Maggie — Episode #1.4 • Crisis in Six Scenes — Lorna — Episode #1.5 • 2016–21 — Goliath — Patty Solis-Papagian — Main cast • 2019 — Billions — Rebecca Cantu — Recurring cast: Season 4 • 2023 — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — Hedy — Recurring cast: Season 5 • 2025 — Étoile — Quinn McMillan — Recurring cast: Season 1

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2010 — Venus in Fur — Vanda Jourdain — Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway • 2011 — Born Yesterday — Emma "Billie" Dawn — Cort Theatre, Broadway • 2011–12 — Venus in Fur — Vanda Jourdain — Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway Lyceum Theatre, Broadway • 2014 — Tales from Red Vienna — Heléna Altman — Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway • 2015 — Fool for Love — May — Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway

The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars.

The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1984 at Manhattan.