Nora Fatehi comes from a Moroccan family, and was born and raised in Canada, although in interviews she has stated that she considers herself "an Indian at heart".
Nora Fatehi began her career by appearing in Hindi film Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans released in 2014. The movie performed average.
After that she was signed for an item number in Puri Jagannadh's Telugu film Temper movie Ittage Recchipodham song , marking her debut in Telugu.
She has also done a special appearance with Emraan Hashmi and Gurmeet Choudhary in the film Mr. X directed by Vikram Bhatt and produced by Mahesh Bhatt.
Later Nora Fatehi appeared in item numbers for movies such as Baahubali: The Beginning movie Manohari (song) and Kick 2 movie Kukkurukuru song
In late June 2015, she signed a Telugu film Sher. In late August 2015, she signed a Telugu film Loafer which is directed by Puri Jagannadh starring opposite Varun Tej.
In December 2015, Fatehi entered the Bigg Boss house which was in its ninth season as a wild card entrant. She spent 3 weeks inside the house until she got evicted.
She was also contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in 2016. She starred in My Birthday Song. in which she is playing lead actress opposite Sanjay Suri.
In February 2019, she signed a contract with the record label T-Series as an exclusive artist, and will feature on their upcoming films, music videos, web series, and web movies.
She then appeared in the 2020 dance film Street Dancer 3D along with Varun Dhawan and Shradha Kapoor which became her first film with a supporting role.
On 6 March 2021, Fatehi became the first African-Arab female artiste whose song "Dilbar" crossed one billion views on YouTube.
Styled by Maneka Harisinghani, Nora wore this statement gold gown by Beirut-based haute couture designer Georges Chakra. She looked nothing less than a real-life Diva.
On 6 March 2021, Fatehi became the first African-Arab female artiste whose song "Dilbar" crossed one billion views on YouTube.
Nora Fatehi was questioned for over eight hours by the ED in October 2021 regarding the Rs 200 crore extortion case involving Sukesh Chandrasekhar.
Last year, a video of Terence seemingly 'inappropriately touching' Nora on a show was circulated online. Terence clarified that the video was digitally doctored.