Nina Van Horn

Nina Van Horn was a fictional character and one of the lead characters of the former NBC sitcom, "Just Shoot Me!". She was played by Wendie Malick.

Character

The comical character of Nina Van Horn was a cover girl in the 1970s and 1980s, and found that when she retired, people forgot her as quickly as they knew her. Due to her former status as a supermodel, she has been plagued by an obsession to party all night long and to return to work the following morning with a hangover. Her partying even caused her to die in 1986 (to which she responded, "it was only for 12 minutes, I'm obviously fine!"). Nina is constantly assumed an alcoholic partially due to her casual nip of alcohol during the day at work. Her slow witted and even foolish demeanor create a lot of embarrassing situations for her character. She is also well known to sleep with many men. In one episode she had sex with Finch's father. Also it was said she had been with five women.

Nina Van Horn is obsessed with her age and looks. In one episode, she mentioned that she had the telephone number of a plastic surgeon on speed dial, and when her age is nearly revealed over the P.A, she runs into Jack's office to destroy the P.A so nobody will know her age. Throughout the run of the show she was vaguely in her late forties to early fifties, once blurting out that life's no fun at fifty (EP: "Sid and Nina").

Also in most season Nina always talks about her friend Binny this is usually lead to a groan by other members of BLUSH who have to listen. At some point, she mentioned that she was the one who broke up music bands such as The Who and the "Jackson 6"

Family

Before she legally changed her name to Nina Van Horn, it was Claire Noodleman. Nina's family lived on a farm in Colby, Kansas, and are often referred to as simpletons, who are uneducated and poor. One of the running jokes of the series is the upbringing Nina had as a direct result of this, which also serves to explain some of the many issues she has. When her sister came to visit, Nina expressed deep jealousy towards her when she was accepted readily by the staff at Blush, and tricks her into refusing a job that Jack offered her. When asked about this, Nina states that it is because she had to 'sleep in the barn' when her sister was born, as her family was too big to fit in the house they had.

In the episode 'Nina Van Grandma', it is revealed that Nina has a 35 year old daughter, whom she gave birth to at the age of fifteen (placing Nina's age at 50 years old). She also has a granddaughter, who shares in her promiscuous tendencies.