Nazneen Contractor
Acting
Born August 26, 1982, Mumbai, India
Nazneen Contractor is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Layla Hourani on CBC's The Border, and, more recently, as Kayla Hassan on 24. She is of Gujarati Parsi descent. She married fellow Canadian actor and 24 co-star Carlo Rota on April 1, 2010.
Filmography
- 2026The Christmas Gift Guide — Sarah Garretty
- 2025The Love Club Moms: Harper — Nila
- 2025The Love Club Moms: Jo — Nila
- 2025The Love Club Moms: Nila — Nila
- 2025The Love Club Moms: Tory — Nila
- 2024Love on the Danube: Love Song — Sarah
- Children Ruin Everything — Dawn
- 2022Scentsational Christmas — Ellie
- 2022The Perfect Pairing — Cristina
- 2021A Winter Getaway — Courtney
- 2021Spiral: From the Book of Saw — Coroner Chada
- 2021Trigger Point — Janice Carmichael
- 2020The Christmas Ring — Kendra Adams
- Star Wars Resistance — Synara San (voice)
- Starhunter ReduX — Ire
- Ransom — Zara Hallam
- 2017Roman J. Israel, Esq. — Melina Nassour
- 2017Tiny House of Terror — Jackie
- Heroes Reborn — Farah Nazan
- The Carmichael Show — Fahmida
- The Expanse — Ashanti
- Chicago P.D. — Dawn Harper
- 2014Parts Per Billion — Justine Prest
- Scorpion — Sima
- Stalker — Adele Marshall
- 2013Star Trek Into Darkness — Rima Harewood
- 2012Pegasus vs. Chimera — Princess Philony
- 2012Seance — Eva
- Person of Interest — Maria Martinez
- Revenge — Jessica Roche
- The Paul Reiser Show — Kuma D'Bu
- Covert Affairs — Sydney
- Hawaii Five-0 — Emma Warren
- Lone Star — Sarah
- Castle — Layla Nasif
- The Border — Sergeant Layla Hourani
- Rules of Engagement — Suneetha
- 2006We R Friends
- Bones — Sari Nazeri
- NCIS — Senior FBI Agent Beth Rollins
- Street Time — Jasmine
- 2002The Matthew Shepard Story — Shima
- 24 — Kayla Hassan
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Nahla Nasar
- Relic Hunter — Princess Alia
- General Hospital — Justine Turner, ADA Turner