# Nicola Correia-Damude

Nicola Correia-Damude (born 21 June 1981) is a Canadian actress based in Toronto. Her credits include The Strain (2015), Shadowhunters (2016–2019), Burden of Truth (2018–2021), The Boys (2019–2022), Coroner (2019–2024), Nurses (2020), October Faction (2020), and Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024).

## Career
### Television and film

Correia-Damude has had recurring roles on Shadowhunters, Annedroids, The Boys and The Strain. Additional television credits include Haven, Degrassi: The Next Generation, and Stargate SG-1. Film credits include Margarita, Havana 57, and Memory. She also had a recurring role (33 episodes from 2017 to 2019) as the mother in the Canadian children's show, Dino Dana.

### Theatre

Correia-Damude is a graduate of Etobicoke School of the Arts, Studio 58, and the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Her theatre credits include Coriolanus and Much Ado About Nothing at the Stratford Festival, Serious Money and The Women and Albertine in Five Times at the Shaw Festival, as well as premieres of new Canadian works The Madonna Painter (Factory Theatre), Within the Glass (Tarragon Theatre) and Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom (Canadian Stage).

### Voice acting

Correia-Damude has supplied voice overs for CBC's The Passionate Eye, Afghanada, The Fifth Estate, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and David Suzuki Explores.

## Personal life

An actress of mixed heritage (her mother is from Guyana and her father is Canadian), Correia-Damude is "an advocate of increased cultural diversity in film, television and theatre; expanding roles for women; and improving conditions for mothers and families in the film and television industry." As well as an actress, she is also a singer-songwriter, plays piano and guitar, and has a dance background in modern, classical, jazz, step and tap. Her father, Brian Damude, is a photographer and film director most noted for the 1975 film Sudden Fury.
She is bisexual. She has been married to actor Carlos Gonzalez-Vio since 2013, with whom she has a son.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Young Blades | Café waitress | Episode: "Secrets" |
| 2005 | Stargate SG-1 | Play Vala | Episode: "The Powers That Be" |
| 2005–2006 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Diane | |
| 2006 | Memory | Nurse | |
| 2011 | Air Emergency | Col. Lorilys Ramos | TV series documentary |
| 2011 | Furstenau Mysteries | Marie | Short film |
| 2012 | Margarita | Margarita | |
| 2012 | Where are the Dolls? | L | Short film co-starring Megan Follows |
| 2012 | Havana 57 | Carla Leon | |
| 2013 | Haven | Rhonda | |
| 2014 | Republic of Doyle | Renee | Episode: "Frame Job" |
| 2014 | Remedy | Tess Carter | Episode: "Shadow of Doubt" |
| 2014–2015 | The Strain | Nikki Taylor | |
| 2015–2017 | Annedroids | Ada Turing | |
| 2016–2019 | Shadowhunters | Maryse Lightwood | Recurring role |
| 2017–present | Dino Dana | Ava | |
| 2017 | Private Eyes | Sgt. Pamela Blake | Episode "Now You See Her" |
| 2018 | Hellmington | Samantha Woodhouse | |
| 2018 | The Holiday Calendar | Mayor Martinez | |
| 2018–2021 | Burden of Truth | Diane | Main (seasons 1, 3); Recurring (seasons 2, 4) |
| 2019–2020 | Ghostwriter | Amy Reyna | Main role |
| 2019–2022 | The Boys | Elena | 8 episodes |
| 2019–present | Coroner | Kelly Hart | Recurring role |
| 2020 | Nurses | Dr. Vanessa Banks | Recurring role |
| 2020 | October Faction | Sheriff Gina Fernandez | Recurring role |
| 2020 | Endlings | Maria | |
| 2020 | My Spy | Christina | |
| 2021 | The Republic of Sarah | Alexis Whitmore | |
| 2021 | Die in a Gunfight | Nancy Gibbon | |
| 2021 | A Royal Queens Christmas | Zo | Hallmark TV Movie |
| 2022 | Pillow Talk | Vicki | |
| 2022 | Resident Alien | Detective Lena Torres | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Titans | Gina | Season 4 |
| 2024 | Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent | Lucy Da Silva | Series regular |
| 2024 | My Spy: The Eternal City | Christina | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | Far Cry 6 | Maria Marquessa | |
| 2024 | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | Rasi | |

## Awards and nominations

Correia-Damude has been nominated for Canadian Screen Awards for her guest performances on Remedy in 2015 and Coroner in 2020. She was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for her ensemble work in Pillow Talk in 2023. Correia-Damude received the Best Actress in a Feature Film award at the FilmOut San Diego for her work in Margarita.