Nadia Litz is a Canadian actress and director. The day after graduating early (with honors) from high school, Litz moved from her home town of Winnipeg to Toronto, at the age of seventeen. The child ballet dancer and theater actress promptly enrolled in York University's prestigious Theatre Studies Program. It was during her first year at York, she answered an open casting call and was subsequently handpicked to audition for the title role of "Lolita" in Adrian Lyne's 1998 remake. Although she did not get the part she was a top choice and garnered attention from agents and casting directors. She was soon after cast by director Jeremy Podeswa,alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Molly Parker in his 1999 movie, "The Five Senses". The Genie nominated film garnered Litz a trip to the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and critical acclaim from many Canadian and International publications including Variety Magazine, Blackbook Magazine, Toronto Life, Flare, The New York Times and the cover of the prestigious "25 People Under 25 To Watch" millennium issue of Macleans Magazine. She then went on to star in Podeswa's follow up CTV movie based on the famed Martha Ostenso novel, "Wild Geese. Litz's performance beside acting veterans Sam Shepard and Alberta Watson won her a Gemini nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Dramatic Miniseries. From that success she went on to star in Brad Peyton's Slam Dance Award winning short film, "Evelyn: The Cutest Little Evil Dead Girl Ever". She then starred with Don McKellar in Kris Lefcoe's, "Public Domain" (winner of the Beverly Hills Film Festival Audience Choice for Best Feature Film), "Rhinoceros Eyes" with Michael Pitt (winner of the Discovery Award at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival) and Andrea Dorfman's critically adored Canadian comedy, "Love That Boy". NOW Magazine voted Litz as one of the ten Canadians to watch in Film in 2004 for her performance in, "Love That Boy." Litz then went on to star with Don McKellar and Tracy Wright in the 2006 Canadian cult classic "Monkey Warfare" which garnered her a Vancouver Critic's Award for Best Supporting Actress. That lead to roles in Fernando Mereilles "Blindness" and Daniel Cockburn's debut feature "You Are Here." While continuing to act, Litz earned her degree in Film Theory at York University. Her graduating year she won a spot at the prestigious 2009 Berlinale Talent Campus and the same year was accepted as a Director-in-Residence at Norman Jewison's famed film program at the Canadian Film Center. It was there she made her debut as a director with the short "How To Rid Your Lover Of A Negative Emotion Caused By You!" which made it's world debut at at the Toronto International Film Center in September 2010 During her success Nadia keeps busy with real life. She has studied Film Producing and Screen Writing at UCLA, traveled extensively, had her own weekly DJ night, and has been a contributing writer to magazines such as Wish and Chatelaine. Litz continues to learn as much as she can about people.