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{{Template:Infobox Actor
|image = 49365.jpg
|full name = Alexa Helen Nikolas
|gender = Female
|birth date = April 4, 1992 (age {{age|1992|4|4}})
|birthplace = Chicago, Illinois, USA
|occupation = Actress
|years active = 1999–2013
|nationality = American
|relationships = Mike Milosh (2012–2016)
Michael Gray (2016-  Present)}}
'''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. She is the founder of Eat Predators, a movement which calls out predators and networks.

== Early Life ==
Alexa was born on April 4, 1992, in Chicago, Illinois. She is of Greek descent on her mother's side of the family, and New Zealander 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. Two years 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 (seasons 1-2)''===
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 alongside [[Jamie Lynn Spears]] and [[Kristin Herrera]] who was 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. She departed ''Zoey 101'' after its second season under contentious circumstances: press reports at the time claim she was fired, while she claims to have quit. What is known is that she was involved in constant off-screen fights with [[Jamie Lynn Spears]], including an incident reported in the tabloids and confirmed in a 2019 interview where she was "ambushed" by Spears' sister Britney during the filming of "[[Spring Break-Up]]". The elder Spears also confirmed the incident occurred in a 2022 social media post, implying she had been misled by her younger sister about Nikolas.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/britney-defends-alexa-nikolas-calls-out-jamie-lynn-1235024946/ Article quoting a post by Britney Spears]</ref>  Britney has since reached out to Nikolas, apologizing for the confrontation.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/britney-spears-apparently-apologizes-alexa-nikolas-over-past-confrontation-jamie-lynn-spears-1674894 Britney Spears Apparently Apologizes to Alexa Nikolas Over Past Confrontation]</ref>

===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.

Nikolas maintains an active presence on social media as she works on her upcoming art film project ''Metanoia''.  

== Personal Life ==
Nikolas married Canadian electronic musician Mike Milosh in 2012. In 2016, Nikolas and Milosh split up. 

In May 2020, Nikolas announced via her Instagram that she was pregnant with her first child with her boyfriend Michael Gray. She confirmed the birth of her child in November 2020. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CHtAZWIFWk-/ Thee most holy moment of my entire life. Our sweet little Nova Vespertine is here 😭🙏🏻]</ref> In July 2021, Nikolas announced on Instagram that she married Gray on July 26, 2021, at Crystal Lake in Angeles National Forest in Southern California. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CRx3WRUL2Fq/ I married the love of my life today! 😭❤️It was perfect...I love you. Forever]</ref>

== Filmography ==
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|+
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center"
! colspan="4" style="background: lightsteelblue" |Film
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center"
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1999
|''P.U.N.K.S.''
|Jenna Bygayly
|
|-
|2001
|''Zoolander''
|Story Hour Girl
|Minor Role
|-
|2002
|''Ted Bundy''
|"I'm Ted" Kid
|Minor Role
|-
|2003
|''Tiptoes''
|Susan Barry
|Supporting Role
|-
|2004
|''Motocross Kids''
|Katie
|Supporting Role
|-
|2009
|''Children of the Corn''
|Ruth
|Supporting Role
|-
|2011
|Red State 
|Jesse
|
|-
|2012
|Detention of the Dead
|Willow
|
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center"
! colspan="4" style="background: lightsteelblue" |Television
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2002
|''Hidden Hills''
|Emily Barber
|17 episodes
|-
|2005
|''Revelations''
|Lucinda "Lucy" Massey
|6 episodes
|-
|2005–2006
|''[[Zoey 101]]''
|[[Nicole Bristow]]
|Series Regular (season 1-2)
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center"
! colspan="4" style="background: lightsteelblue" |Guest Appearances
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1999
|''The Love Boat: The Next Wave''
|Little Girl #1
|1 episode
|-
|2000
|''That's Life''
|Lydia (age 7)
|4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|''Charmed''
|Little Girl
| rowspan="7" |1 episode
|-
|''The King of Queens''
|Young Carrie
|-
|2002
|''Even Stevens''
|Young Ren
|-
|2004
|''Without a Trace''
|Emily Levine
|-
| rowspan="2" |2005
|''ER''
|Megan Nesbitt
|-
|''Judging Amy''
|Shelly Cecil
|-
| rowspan="2" |2007
|''Cold Case''
|Madison Reed
|-
|''The Suite Life of Zack and Cody''
|Tiffany
|2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
|''CSI: Miami''
|Mallory Harding
| rowspan="8" |1 episode
|-
|''Ghost Whisperer''
|Caitlin Mahoney
|-
| rowspan="4" |2009
|''Supernatural''
|Kate Carter
|-
|''Heroes''
|Young Angela Shaw
|-
|''Drop Dead Diva''
|Hannah Porter
|-
|''Raising the Bar''
|Caitlin
|-
|2010
|''Criminal Minds''
|Jane McBride
|-
|2011
|''Lie to Me''
|Amanda Dobar
|-
|2011
|''Family Guy''
|Voice
|1 episode
|-
|2012-2013
|''The Walking Dead''
|Haley
|3 episodes
|-
|2013
|Mad Men
|Wendy
|1 episode
|}

== 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

== Trivia ==

* Nikolas shares the same birthday as Jamie Lynn Spears (April 4) despite their dysfunctional working relationship on set.
*Nikolas was a fan of Britney Spears (Jamie Lynn Spears' sister) way before their awful confrontation in Jamie's trailer and owned many merchandises of Britney when she was younger.<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sc9uAMca2ro&t=844s Alexa Nikolas Addresses Jamie Lynn and The Zoey 101 Lies (Full Interview)]</ref>
*Whenever getting emotional from being bullied on set, Nikolas would go to [[Christopher Massey]]'s mother for some comfort.<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3sNG_Bs52es&t=36s Alexa Nikolas EXPOSES Dan Schneider and The ABUSE on Set of Zoey 101 | EP 4 Let's Get Into It]</ref>

==Gallery==
{{Gallery Link|Alexa Nikolas}}

==External links==
*{{Wikipedia Link|Alexa Nikolas}}
*{{IMDB Link|name/nm1054247/}}
*{{Twitter Link|alexanikolas__}}
*{{Facebook Link|AlexaHNikolas}}
*{{Instagram Link|matchthesource}}
*{{TikTok Link|@alexahnikolas}}
*{{YouTube Link|@eatpredators}}
*[http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=159477865 Alexa's video blog]

== References ==
[[Category:Actresses]]
[[Category:Cast]]
[[Category:1992 births]]

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