Daya Vivian Vaidya is a American actress known for her role as a series regular in the TV series Unforgettable

Unforgettable (TV series)

Unforgettable is an American crime/mystery television series about a police detective with an unusually detailed memory. The hour-long program, which is based on J...

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Personal life

Vaidya was born May 20, 1973 in Kathmandu, Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

. She moved to Oakland, CA

CA

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. When she was two years old. She began performing in plays and musicals at the age of eleven, as well as training in all forms of dance from tap and ballet, to hip-hop. She went on to dance on scholorship at Alvin Ailey in New York

New York

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 and finally received her BA in Theater Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

. She currently resides in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 where she is supporting herself with a career in film and television.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Blue	Carmen	Lead
2007	The Hit	Day	Lead
2007	April Fools	(V)	Lead
2007	Motives 2 Motives 2 Motives 2 is a 2007 direct-to-video sequel to the 2002 thriller Motives starring Brian J. White, Vivica A. Fox and Sean Blakemore.-Synopsis:...	Saundra	Supporting
2005	Clean Up Men	Yvette
2005	Almost Too Late	Lisa
2004	My Baby's Daddy My Baby's Daddy My Baby's Daddy is a 2004 comedy film, directed by Cheryl Dunye.-Plot:Childhood friends Lonnie , Dominic , and G have a rude awakening when they find out their girlfriends are pregnant....	Background Dancer
2003	Naked Brown Men	Gina
2000	Leprechaun in the Hood	Zombie Fly Girl #1	Supporting
Television
Year	Show	Role	Notes
1998	One World One World (TV series) One World is a half-hour comedy series on TNBC about the everyday issues of a large family. The show focuses on the Blakes, a household living in Miami with six teens of various ethnic and racial backgrounds, who are adopted by ex-baseball player Dave Blake and his artist wife, Karen. The show was...	Dr. Johnson	Guest star (2 episodes)
1999	Hyperion Bay Hyperion Bay Hyperion Bay is an American drama series that ran for one season on The WB Television Network from September 1998 to March 1999.-Synopsis:...	Emily	Recurring (7 episodes)
1998	Haunted Haunted (TV series) Haunted is an American television program first aired in September 2002 on UPN. The program, which was filmed in Vancouver, was canceled in November 2002 due to low ratings. As a result, only seven of the completed episodes were aired. However, all eleven filmed episodes have subsequently been...	Nichelle	Co-star
2002	Robbery Homicide Division Robbery Homicide Division Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann.-Premise:...	M'lissa	Co-star
2005	NCIS NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to:* Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement agency that investigates crimes in the U.S...	Keisha Scott	Guest star
2005	Cuts Cuts Cuts is an American sitcom that aired on the UPN network from February 14, 2005, to May 11, 2006, and is a spin-off of another UPN series, One on One...	Wendy	Co-star
2005-2006	All of Us All of Us All of Us is an American sitcom that premiered on the now-defunct UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of UPN and The WB All of Us is an American sitcom that...	Andrea	Recurring
2007	Wifey	Eva Jones	Series regular
2007	Lincoln Heights Lincoln Heights (TV series) Lincoln Heights is an American drama television series about Eddie Sutton, a Mission Vista police officer who moves his family back to his old neighborhood, Lincoln Heights, to start a new life and to help out his old neighborhood...	Margolies	Guest star
2007	Dexter Dexter (TV series) Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...	FBI Guy 2	Guest star
2008	Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake...	Lucy	Guest star
2011	Unforgettable Unforgettable (TV series) Unforgettable is an American crime/mystery television series about a police detective with an unusually detailed memory. The hour-long program, which is based on J...	Nina Inara	Series regular