Nina Caliente

Nina Caliente is a pre-made, playable Sim who first appeared in The Sims 2. She is the daughter of Flamenco and Nighat Caliente (née Al Mahmoud), and is the older twin sister of Dina. She used to live at 170 Main Street in Pleasantview, along with Dina. Then an unknown event happened, which is hinted at in Don Lothario's bio as an "accidental teleportation", which might have teleported the Caliente sisters back in time to Barnacle Bay. Nina lives at 25 Coral Flats in Barnacle Bay alongside her sister, Dina, and her roommate, Luisa Libros.

In the alternate universe of The Sims 4, Nina has a different mother, Katrina, and lives at Sultry Springside in Oasis Springs, alongside her mother, sister, and Don Lothario. According to a Sims 4 livestream, Katrina is a clone of Nighat that Nina and Dina created after their biological parents' passing.

• The Sims 4
• The Sims 3
• The Sims 2 (Console)
• The Sims 2

Nina Caliente
Current Original
Gender	Female
Age	Young Adult
Life state	Sim
Education and employment
Career	Unemployed
Family
Parents	Katrina Caliente
Siblings	Dina Caliente
Marital status	Single
Household
Household	Caliente household
Roommates	Katrina Caliente, Don Lothario, Dina Caliente
Personality
Traits	Noncommittal
	Hot-Headed
	Romantic
	Dastardly
Aspiration	Villainous Valentine
Appearance
Hair color	Orange
Eye color	Green
Skin color	Warm tone 21
Body shape	Average
Fitness
Weight
Other information
Game	The Sims 4
Playability	Playable
World	Oasis Springs

Biography

Nina appears in Oasis Springs and lives with her sister Dina, her mother Katrina, and Don Lothario. She is a young adult, 28 days away from becoming an adult. She is friends with her mother and sister and acquaintances with Don. The family bio implies that Don and her mother are romantically involved, however this is not actually the case in game. The bio carries the further implication that Don may eventually become involved with Nina and/or Dina as well, as in other games.

Nina is unemployed at the start of the game, and has two skill points in mischief. Like her sister, she has one major personality difference from the original timeline: this version of Nina is very lazy, while the original Nina was highly active and athletic. She does, however, share her romantic inclinations and hot-headedness.

In May 2023, Nina and the rest of the Caliente household were given an official makeover with new outfits, facial features, skin tones, traits, and aspirations in patch 145 of the base game. Nina's Chief of Mischief aspiration has been replaced with Villainous Valentine.

Simology

• Skills
• Relationships
• Likes and Dislikes

Skills
	Mischief

Skills
	Mischief

Relationships
	Katrina Caliente	Mother, Friend
45/100
	Dina Caliente	Sister, Friend
45/100
	Don Lothario	Acquaintance
15/100

Relationships
	Katrina Caliente	Mother, Friend
45/100
	Dina Caliente	Sister, Friend
45/100
	Don Lothario	Acquaintance
15/100

Activities
	Fishing
	Gardening
	Handiness
	Mischief
	Mixology
	Video Gaming
Colors
	Black
	Pink
Music
	Classical
Characteristics
	Rascals

Nina Caliente
Gender	Female
Age	Young Adult
Life state	Sim
Biography
The Sims 2 Sisters are back! The eldest twin, Nina, is a worldly Sim who has a storied past and is up for adventure. She is the brains of the operation.
Education and employment
Career	Rabid Fan
Family
Siblings	Dina Caliente
Marital status	Single
Romances	Alec Trebo , Jeff Smith , Juan Jr Inkbeard , Rahul Patel
Household
Household	Caliente household
Roommates	Dina Caliente, Luisa Libros
Personality
Traits	Childish
	Commitment Issues
	Flirty
	Hot-Headed
	Mooch
Lifetime wish	Super Popular
Favorites	Classical
	Grilled Salmon
	Orange
Appearance
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Green
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Social standing
Celebrity status	4 stars
Other information
Game	The Sims 3 Store
Playability	Playable
World	Barnacle Bay

Biography

In The Sims 3, Nina appears in the downloadable neighborhood Barnacle Bay, along with Dina. She and her sister are young adults. An unknown event happened, which is hinted at in Don Lothario's bio as an "accidental teleportation", where several women were present. It is very likely that some of these women were the Caliente sisters, as they were both love interests of Don. The Caliente sisters might have used this teleporter to travel back in time to Barnacle Bay.

Nina is in love with Alec Trebo, Jeff Smith, and Juan Jr Inkbeard. They are the same men her sister and roommate have romantic relationships with, which may cause some tension in the household. Her appearance is similar to what it was in The Sims 2, though her clothes and hairstyle have changed, slightly.

When the game begins, Nina is at level 1 in the sports career. She starts out with 10 skill points in charisma and 8 in writing, which would make her a good candidate for the communications major if University Life is installed. If Late Night is installed, she and her sister are 4 star celebrities.

Nina has the "Super Popular" lifetime wish. This is somewhat odd, as it does not match the romance aspiration she had in The Sims 2, along with her shy and grouchy personality, though the flirty trait does give her romantic tendencies. Her portrayal here also contradicts that she was very shy and serious in the original game, the opposite of her sister in personality, while here she and Dina have almost the same traits.

Simology

• Skills
• Relationships

Skills
	Charisma
	Writing

Skills
	Charisma
	Writing

Relationships
	Alec Trebo	Romantic Interest
	Dina Caliente	Good Friend
	Luisa Libros	Good Friend
	Juan Jr. Inkbeard	Romantic Interest
	Rahul Patel	Romantic Interest
	Alice GilsCarbo	Friend
	Gil Lai	Friend
	Jonah Lai	Friend
	Celeste GilsCarbo	Friend
	Roger Rao	Friend
	Laurel Lai	Friend
	Mia Rao	Friend
	Jeff Smith	Romantic Interest
	Fiona Fleet	Acquaintance
	Coral Goldbeard	Acquaintance
	Lee-Roy Johnkins	Acquaintance
	Rose Rome	Acquaintance
	Thomas Quill	Acquaintance
	Kidd Goldbeard	Acquaintance
	Serena Abe	Acquaintance
	Felix Soto	Acquaintance
	Patty Abe	Acquaintance
	Anne Goldbeard	Acquaintance
	Mary Soto	Acquaintance
	Chase Cruz	Acquaintance
	Tobias Goldbeard	Acquaintance
	Ahmed Barbarossa	Enemy

Relationships
	Alec Trebo	Romantic Interest
	Dina Caliente	Good Friend
	Luisa Libros	Good Friend
	Juan Jr. Inkbeard	Romantic Interest
	Rahul Patel	Romantic Interest
	Alice GilsCarbo	Friend
	Gil Lai	Friend
	Jonah Lai	Friend
	Celeste GilsCarbo	Friend
	Roger Rao	Friend
	Laurel Lai	Friend
	Mia Rao	Friend
	Jeff Smith	Romantic Interest
	Fiona Fleet	Acquaintance
	Coral Goldbeard	Acquaintance
	Lee-Roy Johnkins	Acquaintance
	Rose Rome	Acquaintance
	Thomas Quill	Acquaintance
	Kidd Goldbeard	Acquaintance
	Serena Abe	Acquaintance
	Felix Soto	Acquaintance
	Patty Abe	Acquaintance
	Anne Goldbeard	Acquaintance
	Mary Soto	Acquaintance
	Chase Cruz	Acquaintance
	Tobias Goldbeard	Acquaintance
	Ahmed Barbarossa	Enemy

Nina Caliente
Gender	Female
Age	Adult
Life state	Sim
Biography
Nina and Dina made a small splash locally when they modelled hand tools for a local hardware store. Nina is the brains of twins, hoping to one day study medicine.
Education and employment
Career	Unemployed
Family
Siblings	Dina Caliente
Marital status	Single
Household
Household	Jugen House
Roommates	Dina Caliente, Don Lothario, Toothless Joe
Personality
Zodiac sign	Libra
Aspiration	Romance
Appearance
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Grey
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 2 (console)
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Pleasantview, Strangetown, and Melbourne

Biography

Nina makes an appearance in The Sims 2 for console and lives with her younger twin sister, Dina, and roommates Don Lothario and Toothless Joe. According to her biography, she works in the medical career. Despite this, opening the career tab will show she is unemployed. This version of Nina's personality is almost the complete opposite from her PC version. However, she does still have the Romance aspiration. She is roommates with and also has a good relationship with her sister. Like the PC version of The Sims 2, she still has a pretty similar appearance with cargo pants and long hair, but her hair is brown in this game. She also lives with her PC version love interest, Don, however, in console version, they are only acquaintances.

Simology

• Skills
• Relationships
• Personality

Skills
	Cooking

Skills
	Cooking

Relationships
	Billy Specter	0, Acquaintance
	Don Lothario	20, Acquaintance
	Dina Caliente	60, Friend
	Toothless Joe	20, Acquaintance

Relationships
	Billy Specter	0, Acquaintance
	Don Lothario	20, Acquaintance
	Dina Caliente	60, Friend
	Toothless Joe	20, Acquaintance

Personality
Libra Libra
Sloppy		Neat
Shy		Outgoing
Lazy		Active
Serious		Playful
Grouchy		Nice

Nina Caliente
Gender	Female
Age	Adult
Life state	Alien-Sim hybrid
Biography
Deeply connected to her Mediterranean roots, Nina likes exercise and bread pudding.
Education and employment
Career	Unemployed
Family
Family	Caliente family
Parents	Flamenco Caliente, Nighat Caliente
Siblings	Dina Caliente
Marital status	Single
Romances	Don Lothario
Personality
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Aspiration	Romance
Appearance
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Green
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 2
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Pleasantview

Biography

Both sisters are romantically involved with the engaged town womanizer, Don Lothario; apparently each without the other's knowledge. Both Nina and Don have memories of having known one another as teens. Nina starts the game unemployed; she had a job in the slacker career track, but did not manage to keep it long. She has long red hair and wears a black halter top with pink cargo pants, though when the game starts, she is in her swimwear, a blue bikini. Nina is presumably the elder twin, as in both twins' memories, she always grew up first. The twins' mother, Nighat, died when they were children and their father died when they were adults. When the family is first played, she and her sister are 28 days from becoming elders. Nina is voiced by Zoe Galvez.

Nina and Dina are the daughters of Flamenco and Nighat Caliente (née Al Mahmoud), now deceased, both also of Pleasantview. The sisters are also part alien in their paternal lineage (¼ Alien, ¾ Sim): their grandfather, Nestor, gave birth to their father, Flamenco, after being abducted and impregnated by Pollination Technician 7, making him their grandfather. She and Brandi Broke are not friends, but their relationship isn't far short of that level. Also, if she catches Dina sister with Don, her relationship with her sister can be mended quickly, however it may take some time with Don.

Nina is very interested in Money, Fashion and Traveling, and is said in her The Sims 3 biography to be a worldly Sim who is up for adventure. She is also said to be the brains of the operation.

The sisters are of Arab descent on their mother's side, corresponding to her former name Al Mahmoud. They are Spanish on their father's side. Despite being one quarter alien, Nina and her sister lack any genetics for the alien skin tone. There is a chance that Nina, Darren Dreamer and Brandi Broke will appear in the welcome wagon in The Sims 2 early in the game, since they are unemployed.

The Prima Official Game Guide for The Sims 2 base game features a comic strip-style tutorial chapter revolving around the lives of three CAS Sims living in Pleasantview. One storyline involves a married female romance Sim engaging in an affair with Nina, who is also shown to be involved with Don Lothario. Based on this, some players choose to regard Nina as bisexual, despite the fact the game guides are not really considered official.

If FreeTime is installed, Nina's predestined hobby will be sports, due to her active and grouchy personality. Because of this, the player may wish to employ her in the athletic career, which would also correspond with her aspiration (romance).

Simology

• Skills
• Relationships
• Personality
• Interests
• Memories

Skills
	Body
	Cleaning

Skills
	Body
	Cleaning

Relationships
	Don Lothario	Lover
	Dina Caliente	Sister, Acquaintance
	Mortimer Goth	Acquaintance
	Brandi Broke	Acquaintance

Relationships
	Don Lothario	Lover
	Dina Caliente	Sister, Acquaintance
	Mortimer Goth	Acquaintance
	Brandi Broke	Acquaintance

Personality
Scorpio Scorpio
Sloppy		Neat
Shy		Outgoing
Lazy		Active
Serious		Playful
Grouchy		Nice

Sign / personality mismatch

A Sim with this personality would normally be a Virgo.

Nina's personality in The Sims 2 is the exact inverse of her twin sister Dina's: for example, Nina has 8 Neat/Sloppy points while Dina has 2, Nina has 2 Shy/Outgoing points while Dina has 8, etc.

Interests
	Politics
	Crime
	Food
	Sports
	Work
	School
	Money
	Entertainment
	Health
	Paranormal
	Weather
	Toys
	Environment
	Culture
	Fashion
	Travel
	Animals
	Sci-Fi

Memories
	Potty Trained by Nighat	Positive
	Learned to Walk from Flamenco	Positive
	Learned to Talk from Flamenco	Positive
	Grew Up Well	Positive
	Dina Grew Up Well	Positive
	Met Mystery Sim	Positive
	Nighat Died	Negative
	Grew Up Well	Positive
	Dina Grew Up Well	Positive
	Made Best Friends with Don	Positive
	Had Very First Kiss with Don	Positive
	Kissed Don for the First Time	Positive
	Grew Up Badly	Positive
	Dina Grew Up Well	Positive
	Fell in Love with Don	Positive
	Flamenco Died	Negative
	Dina Got Engaged	Positive
	Dina got Married	Positive
	Got a Job	Positive
	Got Fired	Negative
	Burglar! - Gordon King	Negative
	Michael Died	Negative
	Made Out With Don	Positive
	Repo Man!	Negative

Memories
	Potty Trained by Nighat	Positive
	Learned to Walk from Flamenco	Positive
	Learned to Talk from Flamenco	Positive
	Grew Up Well	Positive
	Dina Grew Up Well	Positive
	Met Mystery Sim	Positive
	Nighat Died	Negative
	Grew Up Well	Positive
	Dina Grew Up Well	Positive
	Made Best Friends with Don	Positive
	Had Very First Kiss with Don	Positive
	Kissed Don for the First Time	Positive
	Grew Up Badly	Positive
	Dina Grew Up Well	Positive
	Fell in Love with Don	Positive
	Flamenco Died	Negative
	Dina Got Engaged	Positive
	Dina got Married	Positive
	Got a Job	Positive
	Got Fired	Negative
	Burglar! - Gordon King	Negative
	Michael Died	Negative
	Made Out With Don	Positive
	Repo Man!	Negative

Gallery

• The Sims 4
• The Sims 2 (console)
• The Sims 2

• Post-Patch 146
• Pre-Patch 146 (2014 - May 2023)

Nina looking at Don and thinking about WooHoo

Nina from the Lovestruck Cupid's Corner Find your match quiz

A promotional image for The Sims 4: Growing Together, showing Nina as an infant.

Nina doesn't like Don's new outfit in a promotional image for The Sims 4: Casanova Cave Kit.

Nina's wardrobe in The Sims 4

Nina on The Sims' series 16th anniversary render

In-Game Icon (console)

Nina and Dina as babies being taken care of by their parents

Nina plays with Nighat while Dina looking sad as a child

Nina crying at Dina's wedding reception

Dina and Nina in Don's hot tub

Don Lothario and Nina Caliente making out in a hot tub

Nina and Dina visit Mortimer with a cake after Bella's disappearance

Don thinking of Nina, Dina and Cassandra

Nina thinking of WooHoo while Dina thinks of marrying for money

Nina on her family's loading screen

Early game footage of Nina, Dina Mortimer, and Don on the Calientes' deck

Other languages

Language	The Sims 2	The Sims 3	The Sims 4
English	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Brazilian Portuguese	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Chinese (Simplified)	尼娜 卡琳特
Chinese (Traditional)	妮娜 卡琳特	妮娜 克萊恩媞
Czech	Nina Calientová
Danish	Nina Varmblohd	Nina Cold	Nina Caliente
Dutch	Nina Heethart	Nyssa Caliente	Nina Heethart
European Portuguese	Nina Caliente
Finnish	Niina Terhakainen		Niina Terhakainen
French	Nina Caliente
German	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Hebrew	נינה קליינטה	נינה קליינטה
Hungarian	Nina Caliente
Italian	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Japanese	ニーナ カリエンテ
Korean	니나 칼리엔테	니나 칼리엔테	니나 칼리엔테
Macedonian	Нина Калиенте
Norwegian	Nina Caliente
Polish	Nina Kaliente	Nina Kaliente	Nina Caliente
Russian	Нина Гонгадзе (Nina Gongadze)	Нина Гонгадзе (Nina Gongadze)	Нина Гонгадзе (Nina Gongadze)
Spanish	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Swedish	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Thai	นี•น่า คา•ลี•เอน•เต้

References

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