Nora gained international prominence after a YouTube video of her playing the piano went viral in 2007.

The Times of London, in its online edition, characterized her music as being "something halfway between Philip Glass and free jazz".

[2] The National Science Foundation has included Nora in a video about animal behavior which was shown in museums in the fall of 2007.

[3] On February 5, 2024, Betsy Alexander, one of her owners, announced Nora's death on her Facebook page: "She passed peacefully at home on her favorite blanket and surrounded by us".

[4] In 2009, recorded footage of Nora was included in CATcerto, a piece by Lithuanian composer Mindaugas Piečaitis.