Nadia Ali, born Onaza Malik in 1990 or 1991 in Peshawar, Pakistan, is a Pakistani-American former pornographic actress and cosmetologist. She emigrated to the United States as a child and grew up in New Jersey, speaking Hindi, Urdu, and Pahadi. Raised Muslim but not strictly religious, she grappled with faith-career conflicts.
In 2013, at age 21, she worked as an eyebrow threader in San Francisco. By 2014, she entered stripping and escorting. Her porn debut came in 2015, featuring in around 20 scenes, often wearing a hijab for taboo appeal in films like 'Women of the Middle East.'
She sought to challenge stereotypes on Middle Eastern sexuality and patriarchy through solo and lesbian scenes. Facing Pakistani bans, death threats, family discovery, and post-Pulse backlash, she retired in 2016 amid depression. In 2018, she launched Onai Here 2 Slay, a beauty bar in Los Angeles, transitioning to beauty entrepreneurship.