|
|
Post by extrememakeover on May 1, 2011 13:35:20 GMT -5
Nadia Bjorlin:
Nadia Bjorlin's life began on August 2nd in Newport, Rhode Island. She is the fifth child out of six of Ulf and Fary Bjorlin. When Nadia was two months old, the Bjorlin family moved to Sweden, her father's native country. Nadia's father was a conductor and composer of classical music, which Nadia grew to love. After traveling abroad for a few years, Ulf took a job conducting the Florida Philharmonic and Palm Beach Symphony. In this time, Nadia had fallen in love with music and had began performing professionally when she was only six years old. She and two of her brothers, Jean-Paul and Ulf Jr., began performing as the Bjorlin Trio at her father's concerts. Her father also featured Nadia in his musical adaptations of classic stories, such as Hans Christian Anderson's "The Snow Queen", and "The Portrait of Raoul Wallenberg." Ulf Bjorlin Sr. passed away when Nadia was twelve.
As a young child prodigy, Nadia attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute for several years, where she received recognition and awards for excellency in theatre, voice, music and dance. Nadia also spent her junior high school years and her first two years of high school attending the Palm Beach County School of the Arts. Nadia performed and sang with the Palm Beach Opera for two years and in 1996, she competed in a large international vocal competition in Verona, Italy, where she was part of the choir who won the gold medal. When she was a junior in high school, the Bjorlins moved to New York City where Nadia then attended the Professional Children's School. There she studied alongside other famous actors and actresses, such as Julia Stiles, Gaby Hoffman, and the Culkin kids. In May of 1999, Nadia won first place in the Metro Lyric Opera Competition, which took place in New York City. When she graduated from high school, she decided to shift her focus to acting.
Nadia had just secured an agent when the NBC soap opera, Days of our Lives sent out a nationwide casting call for the role of mysterious young opera singer 'Chloe.' Nadia flew out to Los Angeles for the screen-test and two days later, she won the part. She celebrated by packing up everything in New York City to move to California with her mother and her brother. Tom Langan, Days Executive Producer was taken with Nadia, who he described as "a serene, fascinating beauty who floats through a room."
Nadia appeared on Days of our Lives in the contracted-role of 'Chloe Lane' beginning in November 1999, and her character was placed in the middle of the most heated and contested love triangles on the show (Broe vs. Phloe) at the time. Fans from both sides campaigned for their respective couple passionately, sending anything from stress balls to lip gloss to hay to producers, writers, and actors on Days. Nadia left the contract role in 2003, but recurred until 2005 when the characters of Chloe and Brady got married and left Salem. Rumors have popped up from time to time that Nadia would eventually return to her role, and in November of 2007, she did just that! Nadia is currently on contract with Days.
In addition to working on Days of our Lives, Nadia has also guest starred in such primetime shows as Jake in Progress starring John Stamos, Complete Savages produced by Mel Gibson, Sex, Love & Secrets starring James Stevenson, Denise Richards and Eric Balfour, and Out of Practice starring Stockard Channing. She also starred in Marriage Undone, a short film that was featured in the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival and the Pacific Palisades Film Festival in 2002-2003.
Nadia also starred in the independent feature film, If I Had Known I was a Genius, which featured Whoopi Goldberg, Sharon Stone, and Tara Reid. The film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 to positive reviews. Nadia also starred as the female lead of the auto thriller film, Redline. The film featured Eddie Griffin and Nathan Phillips. Nadia portrayed Natasha Martin, a gorgeous young automobile fanatic and front to the hottest unsigned band on the West coast. The character finds herself caught up in illegal drag-racing competitions organized for the pleasure of a bunch of bored billionaires. The movie was released in theaters in April 2007, and was then released on DVD in August of the same year. In addition to these two feature films, Nadia shot scenes for the independent film, Jack Rio in 2007. The film was released in 2008.
Nadia has been featured on many covers and pages of fashion, celebrity, and online magazines, including Vanity Fair Italy, Beverly Hills 213, Fixation Magazine, Coexistence, 21 Magazine, Stun Magazine, and Slitz Magazine. She also takes a special interest in all kinds of music and dance. "I especially love Latin music and Latin dance, such as the salsa and merengue," she says. Because of her love and talent in music and dance, she appeared in the Ricky Martin music video, "Shake Your Bon-Bon" as a go-go dancer. Nadia has also played the piano, flute, guitar, and harp. Nadia recently re-grouped with her brothers, Ulf and Jean-Paul to perform and record as The Bjorlin Trio (Bjorlin). They performed at the San Gennaro Festival in Hollywood in 2007 and continue to record what they describe as a "pop-opera" album when time allows in their busy schedules
Chloe Lane
Chloe was raised in numerous foster homes throughout her life, always told that her parents had died in a car accident. She learned the truth one day when Mrs. Rush, the director of the home where she was staying, introduced her to Nancy (she had called Nancy, asking her what the heck she should do about Chloe). She agreed to come back to Salem with Nancy, even agreeing to Nancy's request that Craig not know she was her biological daughter. Instead, she was 'the daughter of a friend'. After overhearing an argument between Craig and Nancy, Chloe stole some money from Nancy and ran away. She watched as Nancy got hit by a truck, but it didn't stop her. She changed her mind when she heard that Nancy was in a coma, and returned to Salem. Her singing woke her mother up.
Her initial relationship with Craig was very tense, because she constantly had to lie about who she really was, but they soon found an even ground they could communicate on, even becoming friends. Craig was a valuable friend once Chloe started Salem High. Aside from dressing in all black, Chloe's high wall of defensiveness translated itself into cold cockiness and condescension, and she immediately made enemies among her fellow students because of her attitude. Things escalated, with people going so far as to leave dead chickens on her doorstep. Luckily for Chloe, two kind-hearted students (Shawn Douglas Brady and Isabella Black) took pity on her, and struck up a friendship. But it was Philip Kiriakis who followed her to the docks the night she sang an aria for Shawn Brady's birthday.
Things went topsy-turvy again when Nancy's father Dr. Albert Miller came to town for a visit. He realized the truth, that Chloe was the daughter Nancy had years earlier. Tempted to leave town with her grandfather, Chloe finally decided to unburden herself to Belle, and tell her the truth that Nancy was her birth mother. Chloe decided to stay, and walked in on Nancy telling Craig the truth about who she (Chloe) was. Craig briefly walked out, but returned home to accept Chloe. Good thing...Chloe soon began sniping at Nancy and pushing her away at every given opportunity, and it was Craig she would turn to.
Philip and Chloe were growing closer and closer. It wasn't Chloe saving Philip's life that pulled the two together though...it was Chloe's appearance when Philip took her to the Last Blast dance. She blew him away when she showed up in a tight red sheath, and she was shocked when he took the dousing of chicken blood meant for her (after Shawn pushed her out of the way). They almost kissed, but Nancy interrupted the two, infuriating Chloe again. Later, when she found out Philip called off a date with her, she vowed revenge (not realizing that he was working hard to get his mother and father back together).
Chloe's life took a nosedive when some new houseguests moved in...Mimi and her family (mother, father, brother). It turned out that her father had lost her job, and they had been living on the streets. The teens set up a Habitat for Humanity thing, and the Lockharts needed somewhere to stay...the Wesley house was the place (Craig and Nancy were trying to improve their public image). But Chloe didn't want them living there...and embarked on a campaign of her own to get the them out of her house. It didn't help that her relationship with Nancy was quickly deteriorating.
Chloe and Philip finally had their first kiss, but it was marred by soon finding out that the only reason Philip had asked Chloe to the Last Blast was because he had lost a bet to Shawn Brady. She ran from everything, encountering Brady Black on the docks. They traded barbs for awhile (particularly him telling her that her singing has no passion), before parting ways. They encountered each other again on Halloween, him dressed as Zorro. They continued to spar, but Chloe was soon officially dating Philip. She even accompanied him to the coronation, and forged a friendship with Stefano DiMera. She was there for Philip after the news hit that Victor was dead.
Chloe and Philip almost became lovers in the stables on the Kiriakis estate, but were interrupted when Victor showed up. Chloe was shocked...Victor was supposed to be dead! Then she was furious. Philip had no right to keep it from her. She didn't even try to see his point, and ran off. When Nancy and Craig found her, she told them that Philip had raped her. She later recanted (after Craig punched Philip), but justified what she did by saying that Philip had no right to lie to her.
She and Philip reunited, but after Jan and Mimi posted OperaGirl.net photos of Chloe in the shower at the Last Blast dance, Philip blew up at Chloe, calling her all manner of horrible names. Although Philip tried to get back together with Chloe, she just couldn't trust him anymore, and refused to go on the class trip to Puerto Rico. She soon began hanging out with Belle's brother Brady (all her friends were on the island), but Philip was still a part of her life. When he learned she was spending time with Brady, he again verbally attacked her, but Chloe kept making excuses for him.
Although Brady was in love with Chloe, Chloe was still torn between her feelings for Philip and her newly born feelings for Brady. Chloe is getting things back on track with Philip again when she stars experiencing health problems. Eventually she is diagnosed with leukemia, and her family begins looking for her birth father in the hopes of a bone marrow transplant. She and Brady go looking for Frederick Sykes, Nancy's rapist. While on their journey, Philip arranges to have Brady arrested in an effort to destroy Brady and Chloe's friendship, and after seeing the truth about Philip, Chloe tells him it's over forever.
Brady and Chloe slowly begin moving toward Romance as Chloe continues to look for her biological father. When they finally find Frederick Sykes, he tells them there is no way he is her father ... he had a vasectomy years ago. Back in Salem, Craig does some investigating, and shocks Nancy with the news that HE is Chloe's biological father. Luckily, the child that Nancy is carrying turned out to be a perfect match for Chloe, and she received the bone marrow transplant she desperately needed. After recovering, Chloe again had the chance to sing for Cecilia Marin, who offered her the chance of a lifetime. Although she was deeply in love with Brady, Chloe left Salem to give her dream of singing a chance.
Chloe came back to Salem at Victor's insistence in December of 2003. Although she initially planned to stay and be with her true love, Brady, an opportunity of a lifetime came up and Chloe couldn't turn it down. She left Salem, and Brady, behind only a few days after coming to town. A few months later she was in an accident and, after being horribly scarred, forced her mother to tell the world that she was dead because she couldn't bear anyone to see how she looked now. After learning there was a surgery that could restore her looks she agreed to go to Salem for a radical surgery, as well as tell Brady that she was still alive, as she now trusted his feelings for her enough to tell him the truth. Even before they knew the surgery was a success, Chloe accepted Brady's marriage proposal, although she had cold feet on more than one occasion. On their wedding day, she revealed her new face, perfect in every way, and after marrying she and Brady left Salem for their honeymoon.
Chloe returned for the Salem High Reunion in November of 2007. Residents of Salem soon learned that she and Brady were no longer together and that Brady was missing. Chloe gave various lies as to why Brady wasn't with her- he was traveling, they were divorced, he had been kidnapped. Ultimately viewers learned that Brady had become addicted to drugs and Victor had kidnapped him and put him into rehab. Chloe went to visit Brady in rehab where she was served with divorce papers. Chloe and Brady divorced on May 27, 2008.
Chloe started a "friends with benefits" relationship with Phillip, but she eventually fell for Phillip. Unfortunately, Phillip was not looking for a monogamous relationship and took up a flirtation with Morgan Hollingsworth. Crushed, Chloe looked to her new friend Lucas for comfort.
Lucas and Chloe became close while plotting to defend Phillip- who was a person of interest in the John Black DiMera fire case. Phillip was suspected of setting fire to John's warehouse. However, Lucas witnessed the real arson, Paul Hollingsworth, fleeing the scene. Unfortunately Lucas witnessed the escape when he broke his house arrest to visit the docks. Since he could not testify to what he saw, Chloe agreed to talk to the police as if she had seen Paul. Lucas and Chloe's scheme made them grow closer. During a blackout in July of 2008, Chloe and Lucas became trapped together in an elevator where they made love. Chloe and Lucas continued their relationship for a few months, but eventually, the idea of being a step-mother to Lucas's daughter was too much for Chloe to handle. Chloe took a brief job with the Kansas City Opera. She returned to Salem and continued her life with Lucas.
Chloe moved into the Horton cabin with Lucas and Ali. Despite being unsure of her position as a "mother", Chloe made the best of her time with Ali. She remained friendly with Philip and helped support both Lucas and Philip through Kate's battle with cancer. Lucas proposed to Chloe and the two planned a life together. But, they waited to announce their engagement because Kate would need a bone marrow transplant, and after a hospital-wide search, Daniel found that Chloe was a match. Chloe donated her marrow to Kate.
While Kate recovered, Chloe and Daniel grew closer. They tried to fight their attraction, especially considering that Chloe was engaged to Lucas, and Daniel was dating Kate. As soon as Daniel and Kate broke up, Daniel tried to get Chloe to break up with Lucas. She refused, but soon Chloe and Daniel could not contain their feelings. They made love the day after Kate threw Chloe and Lucas an engagement party.
Chloe couldn't fight her feelings for Daniel and broke things off with Lucas. But, just when she thought she made a decision, Lucas was seriously injured in an explosion. Scared that Lucas would die, Chloe promised God that she would marry Lucas and be a mother to Ali if God let Lucas live. Lucas survived the accident and a few days later he and Chloe eloped to Las Vegas.
Chloe never reconciled her feelings for Daniel. Kate never reconciled her anger at Chloe and Daniel for their betrayal. So, Kate set out to poison Chloe and frame Daniel for the murder. Her plot was very intricate and involved editing recordings of Daniel and Chloe's voices down so it sounded like they were fighting. She poisoned Chloe's food and arranged for Chloe and Daniel to be in the same room with the food. Chloe ate the food and collapsed. Kate stole Chloe's cell phone and called Maggie, playing the recording of Daniel and Chloe fighting. The police arrested Daniel and Chloe fell into a coma, where she remained for several weeks. When she woke up, she immediately broke up with Lucas and got engaged to Daniel.
The two were happy together until Daniel's friend Carly came to town. Daniel was shocked to learn that he fathered Carly's daughter, Melanie. As he tried to form a bond with his new daughter, Chloe became suspicious and jealous of Carly. The situation was only complicated by the fact that Chloe had a hysterical pregnancy and was told that she would probably never have a child. One night, having been tricked by Vivian to think that Carly and Daniel were having an affair, Chloe turned to Philip. The two slept together. A few weeks later, Chloe learned she was pregnant. She did not know if the father was Daniel or Philip.
Carly learned of Chloe's affair and immediately demanded that Chloe take a paternity test. The test confirmed that Philip was the father of Chloe's baby. Yet, someone changed the results of the test before Chloe could see the original results. Chloe believed that Daniel was the father of her baby and proceeded to plan a happy life together with Daniel. Carly agreed to stay quiet about Chloe's affair. Chloe and Daniel married on October 14, 2010. Chloe gave birth to a son on November 11, 2010.
On the day of Parker's baptism, Caroline Brady revealed that she had switched the test results. Philip was Parker's father. Daniel left Chloe. Dealing with PPD, Chloe slipped deep into depreassion and tried to committ suicide. Social services made Chloe sign over full custody to Philip. In attempt to help his friend get better, Philip moved Chloe into the Kiriakis mansion with Parker so Philip and Chloe could raise their baby together.
|
