Nina Sayers

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ballerina fictional character film character

Nina Sayers is the psychologically fragile ballerina protagonist of the film "Black Swan," whose obsession with perfection leads to a harrowing mental breakdown.

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Label Occurrences
Nina Sayers canonical 10
Nina Sayers to embrace darker side 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballerina ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
antagonisticRelationshipWith Lily ⓘ
appearsIn Black Swan ⓘ
basedOn Swan Lake archetype of Black Swan ⓘ
Swan Lake archetype of White Swan ⓘ
centralConflict loss of reality due to pursuit of perfection ⓘ
struggle to embody both White Swan and Black Swan roles ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Darren Aronofsky ⓘ
directorOfWork Darren Aronofsky ⓘ
employer fictional New York City ballet company ⓘ
familyRelation Erica Sayers ⓘ
famousQuote "I was perfect." ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Black Swan ⓘ
finalAct fatally injures herself on stage (ambiguous reality) ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasTrait anxiety ⓘ
body-focused delusions ⓘ
dissociation ⓘ
fear of failure ⓘ
fear of replacement ⓘ
hallucinations ⓘ
low self-esteem ⓘ
obsession with control ⓘ
paranoia ⓘ
perceptual distortions ⓘ
perfectionism ⓘ
psychological fragility ⓘ
repressed sexuality ⓘ
self-harm tendencies ⓘ
social withdrawal ⓘ
mother Erica Sayers ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
occupation ballerina ⓘ
perceivesAsRival Lily ⓘ
performsRole Odette ⓘ
Odile ⓘ
portrayedBy Natalie Portman ⓘ
position soloist ⓘ
promotedTo principal dancer ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
subjectOf psychological horror narrative ⓘ
themeAssociatedWith identity fragmentation ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
mother-daughter enmeshment ⓘ
perfectionism in the performing arts ⓘ
workOfFiction Black Swan ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Swan → character → Nina Sayers ⓘ
Black Swan → leadCharacter → Nina Sayers ⓘ
Beth Macintyre → replacedBy → Nina Sayers ⓘ
Beth Macintyre → relationshipTo → Nina Sayers ⓘ
Lily → relationshipTo → Nina Sayers ⓘ
Neta-Lee Hershlag → notableRole → Nina Sayers ⓘ
Portman → portrayedCharacter → Nina Sayers ⓘ
subject surface form: Natalie Portman
Thomas Leroy → supervises → Nina Sayers ⓘ
Thomas Leroy → selectsForLeadRole → Nina Sayers ⓘ
Thomas Leroy → conflictsWith → Nina Sayers ⓘ
Thomas Leroy → motivates → Nina Sayers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nina Sayers to embrace darker side