Nausheen Ali

**Nausheen Ali** (born March 31, 2003) is an Indo-American actress, singer and songwriter. She was a member of the girl group Simply Platonic, formed in 2013, signing a joint deal with Clearstime Records, Hollywood Records and Sony Music.

While part of Simply Platonic, Ali began to establish herself as a solo artist with the release of her debut single "Fight Song" in 2015. She was later featured on the single "What A Girl Is" featuring Denisea Wilson and Achal Prakash, which was released in 2016. Ali released her debut album "Sweetest Devotion" in 2017, which featured "Bad Things" featuring RAGHI., "I Have Questions" and "Stars" featuring Zahid Muralidharan. The album topped the Billboard 200 chart and earned her a Grammy nomination for "Best New Artist" in 2018, for which she won.

## Early Life

Nausheen Ali was born on March 31, 2003 in New Delhi, India. Both of her parents were born in India. Her family migrated to the United States of America when Nausheen was around four months old, because her older sister Nusrat wanted to pursue a career in acting and show business. Nausheen followed in her footsteps and began modelling in India as a young baby. She had her first Western acting gig in an episode of the 1990s-early 2000s sitcom *Happier Times* when she was around eight months old. She briefly went to Granada Hills Charter Elementary School and continued acting. She became schooled on-set when she booked her role on *Babysitter*.

Shortly after beginning elementary school she was diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and High-Functioning Autism (HFA). She's also legally deaf in her left ear.

## Career

Ali first appeared onscreen in an episode of *Happier Times* which aired in 2004. She had minor acting roles here and there in mainly commercials. Shortly after in 2010, she appeared in an episode of the Clearstime sitcom *Email* as "Casey's Client". This was her first ever speaking role. In late 2010, Ali was cast as Babushka in the Clearstime series *Babysitter*, a role she played for four seasons. Due to the show's rise in popularity, this role shot Ali to fame. During and after Babysitter's run she had various television and movie roles, including starring in her older sister's Clearstime show *BFFs* (2011), Robin in *E.G.G. Plant* (2011-2012), co-hosting *The Ali Games* with her sister (2012), Bertha in *Vampire's Tomb* (2012) and *Vampire's Tomb II* (2013), and Harmony in *5:13* (2015), Megan in The Undead (2015-2016), N in *Glory Days* (2018-2020) and Devi Vishwakumar in *Never Have I Ever* (2020-present). She also reprised her role in *Babysitter* for the show's 10-year anniversary special.

Her music career began when she was put into the girl group *Babysitter It Up Girlz* (later *Zendellaneyton* then *WE5WOMEN*) in early 2013, along with Bella Thorne, Zendaya and Peyton List. The group released 6 albums and had various number 1 singles. Ali left the group in February 2021 after 8 years with them, stating that she wants to move on with her career.

Ali released her debut single in 2015 called Fight Song for the *5:13* soundtrack. She was also featured on the charity single "What A Girl Is" earlier that year. Ali was later featured on Peyton List's single "Rainfall" in 2016. She released her debut album Sweetest Devotion in 2017. Ali released "She Loves Control" with Zendaya in 2018. In January 2021, Ali changed her stage name to "nausheen" and released "She" on January 9th.

### Solo

* *Sweetest Devotion (2017)*
* *Through My Eyes (2022)*
* *LITTLE GIRL GONE* (2023)

### Simply Platonic

* *Babysitter It Up Girlz (2013)*
* *Salute (2014)*
* *Get Weird (2015)*
* *Glory Days (2016)*
	+ *Glory Days: The Platinum Edition (2018)*
* *Z5 (2019)*
* *Confetti (2020)*