Biography
Idara Victor is an American actress. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents from Akwa Ibom State in southern Nigeria, and grew up between Brooklyn and Long Island. She studied entrepreneurial management and marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
Victor began her career in theatre, appearing on Broadway in the revival of Les Misérables, where she was the first African-American woman to play Cosette. She has had recurring and regular roles in television series including Rizzoli & Isles (as Nina Holiday), Turn: Washington's Spies, Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Her film credits include Alita: Battle Angel (2019), in which she played Nurse Gerhad.
