Stephanie Niznik was born May 20, 1967 in Bangor, Maine and graduated with a master's degree in fine arts from Duke University in North Carolina. Niznik started her acting career onstage, with performances in Crimes of the Heart and Dial M for Murder. She crossed over to television with guest stints on popular shows like Murder, She Wrote, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, JAG, Profiler and Diagnosis Murder.
Nina Feeney, played by Stephanie Niznik on Everwood, is a strong-willed, independent woman who dreams of better things but is forced by an absentee husband to raise their young son by herself.
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