Nina Cortlandt is a fictional character and one half of the Cliff and Nina supercouple on the long running ABC soap opera, All My Children.
53 Facts About Nina Cortlandt
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Nina Cortlandt has been most notably played by Taylor Miller who exited the role in 1996.
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The character of Nina Cortlandt has been described as "troubled" and "beloved".
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Nina Cortlandt was raised by her over-protective and controlling single father, Palmer.
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Palmer lied to Nina Cortlandt and told her that her mother died in childbirth.
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Nina Cortlandt was stressed by their move to Pine Valley and neglected her diabetic treatment regimen.
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At a party hosted in honor of the Cortlandts at the Tyler Estate, Nina fainted and was rushed to the hospital with acute appendicitis.
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Nina Cortlandt woke up to see the handsome face of her doctor, Cliff Warner.
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Myra conducted a seance where Nina Cortlandt was able to communicate with her "dead mother" who encouraged Nina Cortlandt to follow her heart.
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When Nina Cortlandt was diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy he lied and told her no treatment could stop her from going blind.
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Cliff, heartbroken, got drunk and was seduced by nurse Sybil Thorne, who was secretly in love with Cliff and seized this opportunity to try and make him forget Nina Cortlandt and fall for her.
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Nina Cortlandt began to spend time with Palmer's employee, Sean Cudahy.
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Nina Cortlandt learned her eye condition was treatable with laser surgery.
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Nina Cortlandt traveled to Baltimore with Palmer to save her sight.
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Nina Cortlandt's surgery was successful and she reunited with Cliff and resumed their engagement.
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Heartbroken, betrayed and angry, Nina fled back to Cortlandt Manor and filed for divorce.
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Nina Cortlandt believed she stood no chance for happiness while Sybil held her unborn child as a bargaining chip.
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Nina Cortlandt watched Sybil fumble with life as a single mother.
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Nina Cortlandt went to Sybil and tried to convince her to allow them to adopt her child and provide him with the privileged life Sybil could never give him.
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Sybil threatened Nina Cortlandt and declared she would give her child away to a stranger if Nina Cortlandt refused to leave Cliff.
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Nina Cortlandt watched as Cliff fought for his innocence in court.
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Nina Cortlandt stood up and fainted in the center aisle, shocked to know her mother had been alive all those years.
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Nina Cortlandt rejected her father and hoped to build a relationship with the mother he had exiled from her life.
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When Palmer went missing in Center City, Nina Cortlandt realized she could not cut her father from her life forever.
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Nina Cortlandt used part of her trust fund to solve their fiscal problem.
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Cliff did not want Nina Cortlandt working the long hours necessary for the job.
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Nina Cortlandt's coworker Steve Jacobi did not seem to understand that Nina Cortlandt was a married woman.
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Nina Cortlandt began to fantasize about Steve while making love to Cliff.
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Nina Cortlandt continued her life with Steve, but it was obvious his interest was waning.
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Nina Cortlandt wanted to talk marriage, while Steve was content with his life as is.
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Cliff's antagonism and resentment vanished when he believed that Nina Cortlandt had been killed in a helicopter crash.
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Nina Cortlandt moved back in with her father at Cortlandt Manor.
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Nina Cortlandt was mesmerized by the healing powers of a conman named Zach Grayson.
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Zach planned to blackmail Nina Cortlandt and threatened to show Cliff the photos.
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Nina Cortlandt was shocked when Daisy was discovered in Zach's apartment, standing over his dead body with a bloody knife.
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At Donna's wedding to Benny Sago, Nina Cortlandt came with a gun.
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Nina Cortlandt regressed to a state of adolescence, forgetting her life as a mother and Cliff's wife.
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When Nina Cortlandt returned to Pine Valley, she began dating Matt Connolly.
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Nina Cortlandt decided to keep Cliff company until Amy's train arrived.
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When Nina Cortlandt saw Matt again, she knew their relationship was over.
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Nina Cortlandt got off the train as soon as she could, and the couple reunited.
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Nina Cortlandt anxiously awaited Cliff's return from a humanitarian mission in Hong Kong.
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Nina Cortlandt wanted to be alone, but Matt refused to leave.
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Nina Cortlandt proposed to Matt and they married the next morning.
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Nina Cortlandt turned to Matt, hoping he would take her back.
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Nina Cortlandt realized both Matt and Cliff could have been the child's father.
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Still recovering from Cliff's rejection, Nina Cortlandt told Matt the child was his.
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Cliff was able to save Mikey, but in the process he uncovered something that Nina Cortlandt had feared all along: Mikey was Cliff's son, not Matt's.
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When Nina Cortlandt admitted to Angie that she still loved Cliff, Angie stepped aside.
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Nina Cortlandt had something important to talk about with her father, but decided to hold off after catching him in a heated argument with her mother.
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Nina Cortlandt had grown up to be quiet the handful.
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Nina Cortlandt hoped that Palmer could instill the discipline that he was lacking.
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Nina Cortlandt reminded Bobby how much she loved him, and that she would always support any decision he made.