Nadine Salameh was born in Beirut and raised in Damascus, Syria. She studied acting at the Higher Academy of Theatrical Arts and at the age of 17, was chosen by renowned Syrian director Najdat Ismail Anzour to star in the medieval swashbuckling drama al-Kawasir. Since 1998 she has performed in over 40 works for Syrian and Arab television, in addition to movies, and theatrical productions that varied in genre from history, to modern social drama, and comedy. She has worked with veteran Syrian directors like Hatem Ali, Haitham Hakki, and Anzour, in roles that ranged from a madwoman, a blind girl, a member of an armed resistance, and an ambitious businesswoman who crushes all who are in her path, to achieve wealth. Among her memorable works are Al-Taghriba al-Filastiniyya (The Palestinian Exile) in 2004, a historical epic directed by Hatem Ali and staring alongside veterans of the Syrian screen, Jamal Suleiman and Khaled Taja. In 2001, she stared in the award-winning film Roua Halima (Visions of a Dreamer), directed by Waha al-Raheb, followed by the Egyptian action-thriller, al-Qannas Jubba (The Sniper Jubba) in 2007, and the 2008 political and social work, Bawabet al-Janneh (The Gate of Heaven), directed by Michel Kido. In 2006 she produced her first documentary, The 34th Day, about Lebanese refugees fleeing war-torn areas into neighboring Syria. Two years later, she made a documentary about the life of Palestinians in refugee camps for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). She speaks Arabic and English, and in addition to her academic training as an actress, holds a degree in law from Damascus University, and is currently pursing her MA in Political Science. She is also preparing to publish her first book, a combination of poems, in late 2009.