Nina Arianda Last updated October 31, 2025 Early life and education 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 . [ 2] [ 3] Her parents were born to Ukrainian refugees in Germany after World War II . [ 4] [ 3] She grew up in Clifton, New Jersey , and Heidelberg , Germany. [ 2]
Arianda became interested in acting as a child, declaring at age 9 that she wanted to become a professional actress. [ 3] She attended LaGuardia High School for one semester before her father’s job took her family to Heidelberg, where she finished high school. [ 3] As a teen, she got involved with Roadside Theater, a community theater at U.S. Army Garrison Heidelberg . [ 5]
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. [ 3] [ 6]
Career 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. [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
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 ). [ 11]
Arianda starred in Fool for Love at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in July 2014 with Sam Rockwell , directed by Daniel Aukin. [ 12] Arianda and Rockwell reprised their roles on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in 2015. [ 13] 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 . [ 14]
In 2019, she appeared with Sam Rockwell in the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell .
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References ↑ Lahr, John (November 7, 2011). "The Natural" . The New Yorker . Vol. LXXXVII, no. 35. Condé Nast . pp. 31– 37. 1 2 Blank, Matthew (June 7, 2011). "Born Yesterday Tony Nominee Nina Arianda" . Playbill . Archived from the original on December 17, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2012 . 1 2 3 4 5 Lahr, John (October 31, 2011). "The Natural" . The New Yorker . ISSN 0028-792X . Retrieved March 8, 2019 . ↑ Goldman, Andrew (February 17, 2012). "Nina Arianda Is Fueling Fantasies" . The New York Times . ↑ Kennedy, Mark (May 31, 2011). "Fast Rise of Broadway's Nina Arianda Turns Heads" . Backstage . Retrieved September 27, 2025 . ↑ "Tisch alumni nominations at the 2011 Tony Awards" . Tisch at New York University . Archived from the original on July 5, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2015 . ↑ Jones, Kenneth; Hetrick, Adam (May 1, 2012). "2012 Tony Awards Nominations Announced; Once Earns 11 Nominations" . Playbill . Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. ↑ Healy, Patrick (February 7, 2010). "Back From the Depths, Rebuilding a Career" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 28, 2015 . ↑ Isherwood, Charles (January 28, 2010). "One Object of Desire, Delivered" . The New York Times . Retrieved August 15, 2010 . ↑ Haun, Harry (January 31, 2010). "Nina Arianda: A Star Is Born" . Playbill . Retrieved August 15, 2010 . ↑ "Nina Arianda cast for third season of "Hannibal" . TVLine . January 20, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015 . ↑ Hetrick, Adam (July 24, 2014). "Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell Heat Up Williamstown's Fool for Love , Opening Tonight" . Playbill . ↑ Gans, Andrew (September 15, 2015). "Fool for Love , Starring Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell, Steams Up Broadway Tonight" . Playbill . ↑ "Nina Arianda | Actress" . IMDb . Retrieved November 25, 2023 . ↑ "Breaking News - Venture Bros. Fans Rejoice with All-New Original Film "The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart" | TheFutonCritic.com" . www.thefutoncritic.com . ↑ Hammond, Pete (August 21, 2024). " . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 23, 2024 . ↑ Gans, Andrew (April 29, 2011). "56th Annual Drama Desk Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Scores 12 Nominations" . Playbill . Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. ↑ " . Broadway World . May 16, 2011. ↑ Lang, Brent (June 10, 2012). "Tony Awards: Nina Arianda Wins Best Actress in a Play for "Venus in Fur" . TheWrap . Retrieved June 11, 2012 . External links
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