Nina is a contestant in Apocalypse: The Ultimate Survivalist, who joined after being put in debt by her cheating ex-boyfriend. She is revealed as having struggled with bipolar depression and self-harm, and is chosen to be on the show due to the assumption her veganism would make survival harder. She's paired up with the similarly reluctantly participating Mara, whom she ends up bonding with. The two end up finding the cannibals' house together, causing the cannibals to become aware of their presence. After watching Mara die at the hands of the cannibals, Nina runs off and informs the rest of the group what happened. They decide to attempt to escape and during this, the group is separated. Nina and Jake run to the factory, discovering that the cannibals know they're there. Nina is kidnapped by the cannibals, along with Jake, and is tied and forced yo watch torture. Dale ends up rescuing Nina and Jake, Col. Dale ends up dying and gets killed after. Jake and Nina proceed to fight the cannibals, mutilating them and shoving them into a meat grinder, before escaping in Kimberly's car.