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American actress Marisol Nichols was born on November 2, 1973, in Chicago, Ill. She went to Naperville North High School and attended DuPage College in Glen Ellyn, where she won the National Speech Theater Championship Award. Marisol began acting in her early twenties and made her television debut on the series "My Guys." Some of her other TV roles were as Sonya Quintno on the legal drama "In Justice" and as detective Karen Betttancourt on the cop show "Blind Justice." Her film credits include major parts in "Bowfinger," "Scream 2," "Can't Hardly Wait" and "Big Momma's House 2." She is most famous for her portrayal as Audrey Griswold in "Vegas Vacation." Marisol is a spokesperson for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) and also is a member of the Church of Scientology.
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

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