Nina Arianda

Acting

Nina Arianda

Born 1984-09-18 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Nina Arianda (born Nina Arianda Matijcio; September 18, 1984) is an American film, stage and television actress. She won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 2012 for Venus in Fur. She was also nominated for another Tony for her performance in Born Yesterday. She starred in Amazon Studios legal series Goliath and starred in the biographical film Stan & Ollie (2018) as Stan Laurel's wife Ida. Arianda was born Nina Arianda Matijcio on September 18, 1984, in Manhattan, New York. Her parents were born in Germany to Ukrainian families. She grew up in Clifton, New Jersey, and Heidelberg, Germany. She earned a Bachelor of Arts at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts and a Master of Fine Arts at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program in 2009

Acting credits

Midnight in Paris poster
7.5

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

Midnight in Paris

2011

Florence Foster Jenkins poster
6.7

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016

Tower Heist poster
6.1

A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.

Tower Heist

2011

Richard Jewell poster
7.4

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

Richard Jewell

2019

Greedy People poster
6.3

The eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town must navigate a sensational murder and the discovery of a million dollars, leading to a series of increasingly bad decisions which upend the once-peaceful community.

Greedy People

2024

You Can't Win poster
4.9

The true-crime story of legendary outlaw Jack Black, whose 1926 memoir became an unlikely bestseller upon its release and later inspired generations of counter-cultural writing.

You Can't Win

2026

Being the Ricardos poster
6.5

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Being the Ricardos

2021

Win Win poster
6.8

When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother retrieves him.

Win Win

2011

Stan & Ollie poster
6.9

With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public

Stan & Ollie

2018

A Statement poster
NR

In October 1980, at a beachside resort in St. Petersburg, Florida, twenty experts gather for a weekend conference on an issue starting to gain traction: the effects of carbon dioxide emissions and rising global temperatures on the climate. This group of environmental activists, scientists, and U.S. policymakers have a simple mandate from Congress: write a statement about what to do and how Congress should react. Easier said than done.

A Statement

2026

Rob the Mob poster
6.1

The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.

Rob the Mob

2014

Bang Bang poster
6.9

Retired pugilist Bernard “Bang Bang” Rozyski is inspired to try his hand at training once he reconnects with his estranged grandson. While their training brings Bang Bang out of the hole he’s been living in, everyone questions his motivations, including an ex-girlfriend from decades ago, who was privy to Bang Bang’s meteoric rise in the sport in the 80s as well as the rivalry with his former opponent, her cousin and Detroit's Mayoral candidate Darnell Washington. Is Bang Bang merely passing down inherited rage, or is there true altruism behind his tutelage?

Bang Bang

2025

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart poster
7.3

A nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while The Monarch is literally out for Dr Venture's blood. An imposing evil from the past reemerges to wreak havoc on the Ventures, The Guild, and even the Monarch marriage—it will take friends and foes alike to restore the Ventures' world to order… or end it once and for all.

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

2023

The Humbling poster
5.1

Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.

The Humbling

2014

Lucky Them poster
6.0

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

Lucky Them

2013

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her poster
6.6

Told from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

2014

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them poster
6.2

A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

2014

Higher Ground poster
5.9

Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.

Higher Ground

2011

Never Here poster
4.9

An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.

Never Here

2017

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him poster
6.7

Told from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

2014

Shadows & Lies poster
4.3

The story of William Vincent as he recounts the eccentric and curious path that has brought him, at mortal risk, to New York City, after four years in exile, to rescue a woman he scarcely knows, Ann, from the vague crime syndicate that first brought them together.

Shadows & Lies

2010

109 Billion Followers poster
NR

A film student makes a documentary about a homeless man who believes that he's the Grim Reaper, while navigating an unlikely love interest, and her broken but loving mother.

109 Billion Followers

The Adventures of Drunky poster
NR

Drunky is a barfly who finds himself in the middle of a cosmic bet between God and the Devil over the fate of the Earth. With his life destroyed, Drunky must travel through Heaven and Hell to rescue the girl he loves and save the world.

The Adventures of Drunky