Marisol Nichols Biography

Fast Facts

• Made her big-screen debut as Audrey Griswold in the fourth installment of the Chevy Chase Vacation series, Vegas Vacation (1997)
• Earned a Golden Eagle Award for Most Promising Actress for her portrayal of troubled teen Victoria Santiago on the Showtime drama Resurrection Blvd
• CTU Chief of Staff Nadia Yassir was the fourth role that she auditioned for on the Fox thriller series 24
• Has said pronouncing Arabic words and memorizing technical lines were two of the biggest challenges she faced on 24
• Starred on several short-lived ABC dramas, including Blind Justice, In Justice and The Gates
• Spokesperson for the Church of Scientology-associated Criminon, which assists in inmate rehabilitation, and the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a mental-health watchdog group
• Is of Hungarian, Romanian and Latin American descent, but is often cast as Middle Eastern characters