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.
Nina Arianda, Fool for Love
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday
Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday
Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday
Nina Arianda
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Nina Arianda has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.
Nina Arianda has not appeared in the West End.
Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Fool for Love, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Venus in Fur , Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Venus in Fur, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Born Yesterday , Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Born Yesterday, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Born Yesterday, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Venus in Fur, Outstanding Lead Actress (The Lortels) for Venus in Fur and Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Venus in Fur.
Nina Arianda has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for Venus in Fur. She also received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for Born Yesterday. Additionally, she was a theatre finalist and won the Theatre World Award for Performance in Venus in Fur.
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