Nova graduated from Toi Whakaari in 2023. She has been acting since she was 14. Her webseries roles include the lead, Hannah, in Tragicomic (2018) and Frankie in Bright Summer Night (2016), both by The Candle Wasters. More recent screen credits include Kayla in the short film Payback by Mia Blake (selected for Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival 2024), and Tik Tok Witch in the series Little Apocalypse (2023). As passionate about writing as performing, Nova was selected to perform her comedic devised solo, The Ghost of Tongan Language Week, in the 2023 Tahi Festival at Bats.

She has also written, directed and starred in her own short film, Te Whare Pōuri, currently in post-production, and you'll see her beautiful face soon at ATC!