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Nadia Dajani – “Breaking Upwards” New York City Premiere – Arrivals – IFC Center – New York City, NY, USA, 2010 – Photo Credit: Janet Mayer / PR Photos
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 26, 1965
Ethnicity: * father – likely Palestinian Arab * mother – Irish, English
Nadia Dajani is an American actress.
She was raised in New York City. Her father is said to be Palestinian.
Nadia’s maternal grandfather was Phillip/Philip Linden Boddy (the son of Charles William Boddy and Claudia Muriel Sanford). Phillip was born in Illinois, to Canadian parents, who were of English descent.
Nadia’s maternal grandmother was Lillian Irene McArdle (the daughter of Peter Charles McArdle and Lillian E. McHugh). Peter was born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, the son of Robert Patrick McArdle and Margaret Callan. Nadia’s great-grandmother Lillian was the daughter of Irish parents, George Harvey McHugh and Julia Prior.