Tight-lipped and loyal almost to a fault, Nina Sharp is the Chief Operating Officer of Massive Dynamic, the company created by Walter Bishop's former research partner, William Bell. She's known them both since their youth and appears to have had romantic feelings for Bell. So she's well aware of their discovery and exploration of "the Other Side," a parallel world much like ours. She knows all about the dangers of crossing over too.
In 1985, Nina lost her arm while trying to prevent Walter Bishop from traveling to the Other Side to cure (and steal) the double of his dead son, Peter. Bell had Massive Dynamic design a high-tech robotic arm to replace it. No wonder Nina is so determined to keep Bell's secrets when needed, although she's willing to share information with the Fringe team at times. The brisk, businesslike executive seems to have her own secrets too, including a possible romantic history with Fringe Division's leader, Phillip Broyles.
Nina began running MD after Bell's body became weakened by multiple crossings between universes. He stayed on the Other Side, but Nina could still communicate with him. After Bell died helping Olivia and Walter rescue Peter from Walternate, he left Massive Dynamic to Walter, who was content to let Nina continue running things. She became the sounding board for Walter's many fears of inadequacy, revealing a compassionate side by constantly reassuring Walter that she has faith, not only in his mind but in his heart.
Blair Brown is an award-winning film and TV actress and director who has had a number of high-profile roles, including a Tony Award-winning turn in Broadway's "Copenhagen." As the title character on the television series "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd," she received five Emmy Award nominations.
Brown has been featured on Broadway in James Joyce's "The Dead" with Christopher Walken, "Cabaret," "The Secret Rapture," "The Threepenny Opera" and "Arcadia."
Off-Broadway and regional theater credits include "The Clean House" at Lincoln Center Theater, "The Tempest" at McCarter Theatre Center, "A Little Night Music" at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, "Humble Boy" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, "My Life as a Fairy Tale" directed by Chen Shi-Zheng and "A Comedy of Errors" at the New York Shakespeare Festival. In addition, she has spent seasons at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival and Minneapolis' Guthrie Theatre.
Her film career includes roles in "Dark Matter," "The Sentinel," "Dogville," "Space Cowboys," "The Astronaut's Wife," "Altered States," "Continental Divide," "Strapless," "Stealing Home" and "A Flash of Green."
She directed theater productions of "Rosemary and I," "Lovely Day" and "A Feminine Ending." In addition, Brown has narrated more than 50 documentary films and audio books.
A native of Washington, D.C., Brown currently resides in New York City.
