Nadia was born to a Muslim Pakistani-American family, and she grew up in New Jersey. She was raised as a Muslim, although she did not wear a hijab, she stated that still identified herself as a "practicing Muslim", and that in between her work, she still prays five times a day. Nadia started her career in the adult industry in 2015, she got attention for performing her scenes wearing a hijab, she made more then 20 adult films including her most famous one Women of the Middle East (2015) ,in 2016 she left the pornographic industry after offering her a role with a man resembling Donald Trump ,she found the idea very degrading and disrespectful for Muslim women, she stated that she left the industry because she realized that in some of the scenes they were trying to make Middle Eastern people look bad. but Nadia said that she never regret her career in porn, she's now working in fashion with Refinery29 company