Alexa Nikolas

Alexa Nikolas
Biological Information
Full name	Alexa Helen Nikolas
Gender	Female
Born	April 4, 1992 (age 26)
Birthplace	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Background Information
Nationality	American
Romances	Mike Milosh (2012–2016)
Occupation	Actress
Active	1999–2013

Alexa Helen Nikolas (born April 4, 1992) is an American former actress best known for her role as Nicole Bristow in the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101. Nikolas has also appeared on various other series, including ER, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds and Lie to Me.

Early Life

Alexa was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is of Greek descent on her mother's side of the family, and from New Zealand on her father's side.

Acting Career

1999-2004: Career Beginnings

Alexa began her acting career in 1999 in P.U.N.K.S. portraying Jenna Bygayly. A year later in 2001 she landed a small role by appearing in Zoolander. In 2002 she had another small role in Ted Bundy In the same year, she appeared on Hidden Hills regularly as recurring character Emily Barber and made appearances in a total of 17 episodes. Her breakthrough came in 2003 when she auditioned and won a supporting role as Susan Barry in the film Tiptoes and then later she won the role of Katie in the 2004 film Motocross Kids, her role got her nominated for "Best Performance in a Feature Film" at the Young Artists Awards.

2005-2006: Zoey 101

Alexa portrayed Lucinda "Lucy" Massey for 6 episodes in the 2005 mini-series Revelations in early 2005.

Later that year she began portraying the role of Nicole Bristow on the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101, she portrayed the role from 2005 - 2006 and appeared in the first two seasons of the show and made a total of 26 episodes she appeared in. She co-starred in the program along side Jamie Lynn Spears and Kristin Herrera who were in the first season, as well as Victoria Justice, who joined the cast in the second season. She won two awards for her role as Nicole Bristow in 2006 and 2007. In 2006, she was involved in constant off-screen fights with Jamie Lynn Spears after the second season ended. Alexa was fired due to these arguments.

2007-2009: Other Projects

In 2007 she appeared in the Vanessa Hudgens' music video, "Come Back to Me". She also guest-starred in several more shows, most notably The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Judging Amy, and Heroes.

A year later she was offered a role on the Disney Channel where she could star as Alex Russo in the sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place. Alexa turned down the offer, which was later given to Selena Gomez. In 2009, she had a supporting role in the remake of Children of the Corn playing the role of Ruth a pregnant young adult who leads an army of children with her lover.

2010-2013: Recent Projects

In 2011, she appeared in the film Red State as Jesse, and that same year she appeared on Family Guy as additional voices. Nikolas appeared in three episodes of the television series The Walking Dead – her character, Haley, was introduced in November 2012, before being killed off in February 2013. In 2012 Nikolas starred as Willow in the comedy-horror film Detention of the Dead.

Filmography

Awards

Young Artist Awards

• 2007 Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series, for Zoey 101 - Won
• 2006 Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series, for Zoey 101 - Won
• 2005 Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast, for Motocross Kids - Nominated

Gallery

Zoey 101 Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Alexa Nikolas.

External links

• Alexa Nikolas on Wikipedia
• Alexa Nikolas at the Internet Movie Database
• Alexa Nikolas on Twitter
• Alexa Nikolas on Facebook
• Alexa's video blog