Nikki Blonsky
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| Born | Nicole Margaret Blonsky November 9, 1988 Great Neck, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, dancer |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Nicole Margaret "Nikki" Blonsky[1] (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for her role as Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 film Hairspray and as Maggie Baker in the 2008 film Queen Sized. She is also known for her starring role in the ABC Family original series Huge.
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Early life
Blonsky was born and raised in Great Neck, New York. She is the daughter of Karen (née Smeja), a school aide, and Carl Blonsky, a Jewish municipal worker for the village water pollution control district.[2] She is of Czech and Irish descent on her mother's side.[3] She began singing at age three and started taking vocal lessons at the age of eight. She was raised Roman Catholic.[4]
Blonsky attended Great Neck North Middle School, and attended John L. Miller Great Neck North High School for one year. Then she switched to Village School, an alternative high school with only 50 students.[5] After school each day, she would attend the after-school theatre program at William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, where she participated in productions of Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd, Kiss Me, Kate, and the title role of the opera Carmen.[3]
Career
Blonsky said that she yearned to play the role of Tracy Turnblad since seeing Hairspray on Broadway on her 15th birthday.[4][6] In 2007, while working at Cold Stone Creamery, she found out she had been cast in Adam Shankman's 2007 film adaptation.[2]
Blonsky began work on her debut album in September 2007 and collaborated with alternative rock musician Duncan Sheik on a number of tracks.[citation needed]. Her first single, "On a High", a cover of one of Sheik's songs, was featured in Blonsky's Lifetime Original Movie Queen Sized. On December 18, 2007, she performed with the Turtle Creek Chorale in her first solo performance.[citation needed]
On June 22, 2008, she sang the American National Anthem in the pre-race ceremony at the 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway.[citation needed]
In 2009, Blonsky made a guest appearance on Ugly Betty, in the episode "Dressed for Success."[7] Blonsky also co-starred in the MTV mystery series Valemont in 2009. She later starred in the short lived ABC Family series Huge, which premiered in June 2010,[8] but was cancelled three months later.
In 2013, Blonsky appeared in two episodes of the NBC Broadway drama series Smash.[9] Later that year, she appeared in the film adaptation of Geography Club.
Personal life
In July 2008, Blonsky and her parents were involved in a violent confrontation with the family of Bianca Golden, a former contestant on America's Next Top Model, at the Providenciales International Airport in the Turks and Caicos.[10] The Blonsky and Golden families reportedly fought over seats in the airport's departure area, leading to a brawl which left Golden's mother hospitalized.[10] Golden, Blonsky, and Blonsky's father were all charged with assault. The charges against Blonsky were dropped in January 2009.[11]
In 2011, Blonsky earned a cosmetology license, and began working part-time as a hairstylist and make-up artist in her home-town of Great Neck, New York in between acting auditions.[12]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | Ace of Cakes | Herself | Episode: "The Eagle Has Landed" |
| 2009 | Ugly Betty | Teri O'Shaughnessy | Episode: "Dressed for Success" |
| 2009 | Valemont | Poppie | 19 episodes |
| 2010 | Huge | Will Rader | 10 episodes Nominated – Teen Choice Awards for Choice Summer TV Star: Female |
| 2011 | Rocco's Dinner Party | Herself | Episode: "Runway Ready" |
| 2013 | Smash[9] | Margot | 2 episodes |
References
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- ↑ Fischler, Marcelle S. "For ‘Hairspray’ Star, ‘My Darn Dream Come True’", The New York Times, July 8, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007.
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- ↑ Nikki Blonsky to Stir Up Trouble for Ugly Betty" TV Guide. November 4, 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.
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- ↑ Nikki Blonsky: No beauty school dropout Newsday December 12, 2011
External links
- Nikki Blonsky at the Internet Movie Database
- Nikki Blonsky at AllMovie
- Nikki's MySpace page
- "17 Year-Old Nikki Blonsky Cast as Hairspray Film's Tracy", BroadwayWorld.com, June 8, 2006
- "Breaking News: Unknown Lands Hairspray Lead", Cinematical.com, June 8, 2006
- "A ‘Hairspray’ dream come true", MSNBC/Access Hollywood, June 15, 2006
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- 1988 births
- Actresses from New York
- American child actresses
- American child singers
- American film actresses
- American hairdressers
- American musical theatre actresses
- American people of Jewish descent
- American television actresses
- Living people
- People from Great Neck, New York
- American female dancers
- American female singers
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century American singers
