Nina Kiri
Serbian-Canadian actress
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Nina Kiridžija (Serbian Cyrillic: Нина Кириџиjа), known as Nina Kiri (Serbian Cyrillic: Нина Кири), is a Serbian-Canadian actress, best known for playing Alma in the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2025).
Early life
Kiri was born as Nina Kiridžija in Belgrade, Serbia in what was then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, during the Yugoslav Wars.[1] Her family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where she first started performing in school theatre, then professionally on stage starting in 2007.[1]
Career
Kiri's first screen role was a short appearance in the 2011 Disney Channel television movie Geek Charming. In 2016, Kiri teamed up with fellow Serbian-Canadian Sanja Živković,[2] who directed Kiri in the short film Cleo.[1] Kiri had starring roles in a trio of horror films: Let Her Out (2016), The Haunted House on Kirby Road (2016) and The Heretics (2017). Kiri's performance in The Heretics earned her the Festival Prize for Best Actress at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival.[3]
Kiri gained prominence in 2017 playing the handmaid Alma in the television series The Handmaid's Tale. First introduced in the series’ opening episode as Ofrobert, she's a character who assists June in connecting with the resistance. Alma is killed by a train during an escape attempt from Gilead, but she's later seen in flashbacks throughout seasons 5 and 6.[4] Following this, she starred as Evy in the psychological horror film Undertone (2025), an A24 production that screened at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
Filmography
Film
- Let Her Out (2016)
- The Haunted House on Kirby Road (2016)
- Super Detention (2016)
- The Heretics (2017)
- Easy Land (2019)
- Love in Harmony Valley (2020)
- Fingernails (2023)
- Escalation (2023)
- Out Standing (2025)
- Undertone (2025)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival | Best Actress | The Heretics | Won | [5] |
| 2018 | New Jersey WebFest / NYC Web Fest | Outstanding Achievement in Writing | Blood (shared) | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Handmaid’s Tale | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Handmaid’s Tale | Nominated | |
| 2026 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film | Out Standing | Pending | [6] |
| 2026 | ACTRA Toronto Awards | Outstanding Performance, Female | Won | [7] |