That basic history didn't change when Peter Bishop altered the timeline by creating a bridge between universes, but a lot else did. When young Olivia Dunham's mother died, Nina raised her and her sister. Although Nina remained an ally of Fringe Division, her warm relationship with Walter changed to one of animosity.
Nina found herself uncharacteristically helpless when her doppelganger teamed up with David Robert Jones and replaced her, secretly giving Olivia the Cortexiphan injections that Jones hoped would allow him to use Olivia to destroy both universes. When Walter discovered that Bell was not only still alive — and hadn't died in a car accident, as Nina believed — but also masterminding this scheme, Nina overcame her disbelief to help fight back.
Nina remains a friend to Phillip Broyles and seems to have a future with Fringe Division, a future where the team will need all the help they can get.
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 several 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.
