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4	Marisol Nichols (born November 2, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. She is of Hungarian Jewish descent on her biological father's side. Her mother is Mexican-American. Nichols was raised by her mother and stepfather. She also has two brothers.
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6	Nichols is best known for her role as Special Agent Nadia Yassir in the Creator/{{FOX}} terrorism thriller ''Series/TwentyFour'', which she portrayed during its sixth season in 2007.
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8	Outside of that series, she has appeared frequently in television, holding main or supporting roles in works like ''Series/{{GCB}}'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', and ''Series/CriminalMinds''.
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10	She's also known for her work in works intended for a {{young adult}} audience. She appeared as the The Desert Wolf on Creator/{{MTV}}'s ''Series/TeenWolf'', based on [[Film/TeenWolf the film of the same name]]. Since 2017, she's starred as Hermione Lodge (mother of Veronica) in Creator/TheCW's ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', based on the ComicBook/ArchieComics franchise.
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12	She and director Taron Lexton married in 2008. They had a daughter named Rain the same year. They divorced in 2020 though. Nichols became a Scientologist in the 1990s, and still practices the religion.
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15	!! Selected filmography:
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17	* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' (1996) as Wendy Stevens
18	* ''Series/{{ER}}'' (1997) as Angie
19	* ''Film/{{Scream 2}}'' (1997) as Dawnie
20	* ''Series/{{Cybill}}'' (1998) as Bok Store Clerk
21	* ''Film/CantHardlyWait'' (1998) as Groupie
22	* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' (1999) as Kelly
23	* ''Film/ThePrincessAndTheMarine'' (2001) as Meriam Al-Khalifa
24	* ''Series/{{Alias}}'' (2002) as Rebecca Martinez
25	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' (2003) as Olivia
26	* ''Series/NipTuck'' (2003) as Antonia Ramos
27	* ''Series/Charmed1998'' (2003) as Bianca
28	* ''Series/{{ColdCase}}'' (2004) as Elisa
29	* ''BlindJustice'' (2005) as Detective Karen Bettancourt
30	* ''Film/BigMommasHouse 2'' (2006) as Liliana Morales
31	* ''Series/{{In Justice\|2006}}'' (2006) as Sonya Quintano
32	* ''Series/TwentyFour'' (2007) as Nadia Yassir
33	* ''Series/TheGates'' (2010) as Sarah Monohan
34	* ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' (2010) as Tracy Keller
35	* ''Series/{{GCB}}'' (2012) as Heather Cruz
36	* ''Series/PrivatePractice'' (2012) as Lily Reilly
37	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (2014 - 2015) as ATF Special Agent Zoe Keats
38	* ''Series/TeenWolf'' (2014 - 2015) as The Desert Wolf
39	* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' (2015 - 2016) as Agent Natalie Colfax
40	* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' (2017 - 2023) as Hermione Lodge
41	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' (2020 - 2023) as Principal Ramirez (voice)
42	* ''Film/TheValet'' (2022) as Isabel
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44	!! Examples from her work include:
45	* ActorSharedBackground: She has played Latina women like her sometimes.
46	* AmbiguouslyBrown: A lot of her characters do not have their ethnic background given at all.
47	* FakeNationality: She's of Mexican descent on her mother's side, and many of her roles reflect this, but she's also played people from other backgrounds. Her character on ''24'', for example, was Pakistani-American.

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