| Nadia Carmina Isidore Gioia Selvaggi | |
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| Portrayed By | Jamie-Lynn Sigler |
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| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | April 1st, 1987 |
| Age | 20 |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Aliases | None that she'll speak of |
| Place of Birth | New York City, NY, USA |
| Current Location | New York City, NY, USA |
| Occupation | College Student, Mafioso daughter |
| Known Relatives | Carmine Selvaggi (Father), Brandi Selvaggi (Mother), Francesca, reluctant stepmother, ties to the Moretti family |
| Significant Other | Leo (Whether Carmine likes it or not.) |
| Known Abilities | None |
| First Appearance | The Ties that Tightly Bind |
As far as anyone knows, Nadia is the only child of Carmine Selvaggi. Good luck boys. No pressure!
History
Brought kicking and screaming into the world (hopefully she won't go out the same way!) Nadia is as far as she knows, the only child of Carmine and Brandi Selvaggi. Her childhood was comfortable despite strained relations between her parents. One could say Nadia was a little spoiled by her father as a child and typically has no difficulty in getting her way with him. Her mother? That's another story. Brandi was less inclined towards caving to her daughter's whims. So when her parents divorced and Carmine lost custody and visitation, Nadia took that a little hard you could say.
There was the odd letter, but between the years from divorce on until Nadia hit eighteen, that was the only contact she had with the old man. Once she hit eighteen however, she braved her mother's wrath and contacted Carmine. Their relationship is friendly, even a little warm. Nadia thinks very little in her father's choice of a second wife however.. She and Francesca do /not/ get along at all.
Sometime after turning 18 and fleeing her mother's roof, Nadia got herself enrolled at Columbia U, kindasortastarting seeing Leo Moretti.. she's so not telling her daddy this. Not yet anyway. In her Sophomore year at Columbia, she hasn't /quite/ decided on a major. She just knows she is /not/ going to be some mafioso's wife. A legal degree is enticing, but Carmine would simply stroke out at the thought. (And he is paying for her schooling.) Maybe soon she'll declare her major.. then prepare to work at cousin Tony's strip bar to pay for her tuition.
Timeline
- March 30th 1996 - Carmine moves out to a flat in Queens.
- July 30th 2000 - Brandi files for divorce.
- August 1st 2002(?) - Carmine is remarried … to Francesca.
- May 22nd, 2007 - Meets Ryan at Common Grounds, family issues and college are touched upon. Later, she appeals to her father to let her follow a legal major. Argument ensues!
- May 27th, 2007 - Carmine's suspicions are confirmed about Nadia and Leo. Later that day, Carmine acts on those suspicions. Nadia does not take it well.
- June 12th, 2007 - Meets her new BFF, Elena. The pair bonded about crazy families, it was glorious.
- June 14th, 2007 - Runs into Elena and the two do some shopping.
- June 25th, 2007 - Aaah.. New York crazies.
- June 29th, 2007 - Gets a telling off from Carmine, in front of her friends. Le sigh. Daddy's so embarrassing.
- July 10th, 2007 - While sneaking some smoochies with Leo, Vito's gets unexpected business from Jaden.
- July 17th, 2007 - Gets a tattoo.
- August 26th, 2007 - Takes Elena to get her first tattoo, while there, Nadia gets a bellyring.
- October 16th, 2007 - During a show in Central Park, Nadia is murdered by Jeremiah.
Quotes
- "But daddy!"
Trivia
- The first of her middle names is for her father, which is Italian for song. Gioia for 'joy' and Isidore from the Greek name Isidoros which meant 'gift of Isis', from the name of the Egyptian goddess ISIS combined with Greek doron 'gift'. Saint Isidore of the 6th century was a historian and theologian from Seville.
- Now has a tattoo, and no, only Leo gets to see it. Neener.
