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Her film career began in 1928 and endured until 1943. Often she played supporting roles and sometimes a diversive love interest for the lead male actor. In One Stolen Night (1929) Quartero was cast with Betty Bronson and William Collier. The story concerns a British World War I soldier who comes to the assistance of an enslaved dancer. In Frozen River (1929) she was paired with Raymond McKee as the motion picture`s romantic leads. Wonder dog, Rin Tin Tin, is the most unlikely of heroes in the screen drama.

In 1931 Quartero appeared in Arizona, an early John Wayne movie. Playing Conchita, she is a source of strife in Wayne`s relationship to the characters depicted by Laura La Plante and June Clyde. She performed again with Wayne in The Man From Monterrey (1933).

Her final screen performances show Quartero playing small parts like the role of a Cuban dancer in Torchy Blane In Panama (1938). In 1940 she was a native dancer in Green Hell and a bargirl in A Lady Takes A Chance (1943).

Quartero once tried a publicity stunt by claiming that she was betrothed to Notre Dame All-American Quarterback Frank Carideo. Carideo responded by saying that he knew Quartero from a time when each resided in Mount Vernon, New York. He also visited her home, in Beverly Hills, California, prior to the 1930 University of Southern California game, to exchange greetings. Carideo demanded a retraction of Quartero`s engagement announcement.

Nina Quartero died in Woodland Hills, California in 1985.