Nadia Bjorlin (pronounced Be-YOUR-Lin) (born August 2, 1980 in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American actress. However, she lived in Sweden until the age of 7.

Her exotic looks are from her mixed Swedish-Persian background. Her father was the Swedish composer and conductor Ulf Björlin (1933-1993). Her mother, Fary, whose background is Persian, is an interior decorator. Nadia speaks Swedish, Farsi, French, Italian, Russian and English and can sing in other languages as well. Though best known as an actress, her official website states that she has a CD that will be coming out sometime in 2005.

Her major exposure has been on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, where she first appeared as the character Chloe Lane in 1999. At first, Chloe was portrayed as a nerdy and geeky kind of girl with big glasses. Eventually, her character developed into a quiet beauty who could also sing. She also developed a crush on Brady Black, portrayed by actor Kyle Lowder.

Bjorlin originally left DAYS in early 2003 to concentrate on her singing career. Her character moved to Europe to be an opera star. Bjorlin returned on a recurring basis in November 2004 after her character supposedly had a disfiguring car accident.

Bjorlin often makes appearances on the Fishbowl radio program 'Coming Out with Reichen', hosted by her good friend Reichen Lehmkuhl . Fishbowl Radio Network is (an Internet radio station for reality television alumni.

In 2005 Bjorlin was reportedly dating actor Bruce Willis.

External Links

• Nadia Bjorlin's official site
• Nadia Bjorlin.net - a fan site