Nadia joined the Young Vic in January 2025 as Artistic Director, opening her inaugural season with Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr. Sloane. As Artistic Director and CEO of Theatre Royal Stratford East (2017-2025) she directed the critically acclaimed production of Mike Leigh's cult classic Abigail's Party, August Wilson's King Hedley II (starring Sir Lenny Henry and Aaron Pierre) and Lope de Vega's The Village in a new version by April De Angelis. From 2015-2018 she was Associate Director of the National Theatre, having previously worked as a Staff Director and Assistant Director and Associate to Sir Nicholas Hytner. Other work includes Three Sisters (in a new version by Inua Ellams), Home (also as writer), The Suicide, Our Country’s Good, Dara, Chewing Gum Dreams (created by Michaela Coel), Hymn and The Doctor’s Dilemma at the National; Talking Heads at The Bridge; Hir and Disgraced at the Bush Theatre; Way Upstream at Chichester Festival Theatre; Hobson’s Choice at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; and The Maids and Oliver Twist at the Lyric Hammersmith. In 2018 she completed her debut short film, BUSH, with Neon Films and Film4. In 2020 she filmed No Masks, a Sky original drama based on the stories of key workers from the community and their fight against the coronavirus, starring Russell Tovey, Anya Chalotra and Eamonn Walker. Nadia also filmed her production of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads (The Outside Dog), for BBC One, starring Rochenda Sandall. Nadia was named as a Sky Arts ambassador in 2020 and included as a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2023. Her debut feature film BRIDES had its premiere at the Sundance film festival 2025. Nadia received her OBE for services to theatre in the 2026 New Years Honours List.