Biography
After a string of guest roles on TV and bit parts in movies, actress Marisol Nichols gained prominence as the lead in the 2001 made-for-television romantic drama
The Princess and the Marine. Playing an Arab princess who falls in love with an American Marine, Nichols delivered a performance that earned her the Outstanding Actress in a Made for Television Movie or Miniseries prize at the 2002 American Latino Media Arts Awards. More supporting roles on TV followed until 2005, when Nichols landed the female lead opposite
Ron Eldard on the Steven Bochco-produced cop show
Blind Justice. The series proved to be short-lived, but Nichols' status as a lead performer was cemented, and in 2006 she was cast on the
Kyle MacLachlan legal drama
In Justice. That same year, she appeared with
Martin Lawrence in the comedy sequel
Big Momma's House 2. In 2007,
In Justice got the axe from ABC, but not before Nichols joined the cast of Fox's hit serial
24 as Nadia Yassir, a U.S. counter-terrorism agent of Middle Eastern descent struggling with an atmosphere of deepening distrust toward Arabs in the wake of a fictional terrorist attack. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide