Where is Nia Jax from?

Nia Jax is a female professional wrestler. The former Women's champion holds the prestigious title of Queen of the Ring which she won in 2024. Her accolades likewise incorporate being a former and current RAW Women's Champion and a WWE Women's Tag Team Title winner which she won two times. Jax, The Rookie of the Year (2016) began on WWE in 2014 when she was endorsed by the wrestling promotion and started wrestling under the NXT brand.

After honing her skills and building her reputation in NXT for almost two years, she was elevated to the main roster in 2016, following that year's WWE draft. This marked the start of her presence on the main roster of WWE. Jax's first tenure with WWE concluded in 2021. She made a highly anticipated return to WWE during the Royal Rumble event in 2023. Jax was ranked in the 8th spot in the PWI Female 100 list in 2018. She was additionally placed in the 24th spot in the PWI Tag Team 50 list in 2021 alongside Shayna Baszler.

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Nia Jax’s Hometown

San Diego, California, United States is the hometown of WWE Superstar Nia Jax, as per WWE.com. She was brought up in Honolulu, Hawaii by her parents Joseph Fanene and Renate Fanene.

Nia Jax Nationality

Nia Jax is reportedly a citizen of Australia and the United States. She was born on May 29, 1984, in Sydney, Australia, and as of February 2025, she was 40 years old. Jax presently holds dual nationality and has a mixed ethnic background.

After a couple of years spent in Hawaii, Jax started her life in San Diego, California, USA from where she was billed. She was a student at Carlsbad High School during her childhood. She later became a student at California-based Palomar College and was a member of their basketball team. After leaving Palomar College, Nia Jax was admitted to Cal State San Marcos where she graduated with a marketing degree in 2005. Jax started her professional career as a model and continued with the profession before making it to the WWE.

Nia Jax Ethnicity

Nia Jax reportedly is of German descent from her mother Renate and has Samoan-American descent from her father Joseph Fanene's side. Jax is connected with the Anoaʻi wrestling family by relation, as her father Joseph was Peter Maivia’s cousin. She is also related to The Rock as a cousin. She has two brothers - Patrick and Benjamin Fanene, as reported by Legit.ng.