Nicole Wallace (actress)
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| birth_name         = Nicole Alejandra Wallace del Barrio
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| years_active       = 2008; 2017–present
| notable_works      = Skam España  My Fault
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Nicole Alejandra Wallace del Barrio (born March 22, 2002) is a Spanish-American actress and singer, best known for her main roles as Nora Grace in Skam España, the Spanish adaptation of Skam, and as Noah in the Prime Video original film My Fault, based on the bestselling Wattpad novel series by Mercedes Ron.

 Early life 
Nicole Alejandra Wallace del Barrio was born and raised in Madrid, Spain; her father is American. Because of this, Wallace is bilingual, and can speak both Spanish and English fluently. She grew up learning how to play the viola and piano, and took singing lessons from an early age. Wallace has also practiced hip-hop, funk, and modern dance for more than 8 years. She also has an older sister, Chloé, who is a director, writer, and photographer, who recently directed Netflix's limited series, A Perfect Story, starring Anna Castillo.

Wallace also studies Psychology through a distance-learning program at a university, while continuing her career as an actress.

 Career 
Acting (2008; 2017–present)
Nicole got her start in short films, first appearing in the 2008 horror short Excision in a small role, opposite actress Tessa Ferrer of Grey's Anatomy fame. She continued working in short films, appearing in Campfire Creatures: The Skull of Sam as Vicky, co-starring with horror film legend Robert Englund, best known for portraying Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise.

In 2018, Nicole then rose to fame after being cast as Nora Grace in the Movistar+ series, Skam España, based on the Norwegian teen series, Skam. The third season of the show centered around Nicole's character, Nora, and the character of Viri, played by Celia Monedero.  Nora and Viri's season, in particular, was awarded the "Cima TV Award for Equality" from the FesTVal de Vitoria for how it promoted themes of feminism and empowerment to a youth audience.

Since her breakout role as Nora, Nicole has been featured in many publications, such as SModa, Glamour, and Vogue.
She has continued this success into other acting roles as well, starring in the TVE 2022 drama, Parot, and the 2023 Prime Video romance film, My Fault as Noah, who is drawn into a forbidden romance with her stepbrother, Nick, who's involved in the dangerous street racing scene. Nick is played by Nicole's Skam España co-star, Gabriel Guevara. My Fault is based on a popular novel series originally published on Wattpad, called Culpables, by Mercedes Ron. According to Amazon Prime Video, My Fault attained the highest opening three-day viewership figures of any non-English local original film in the history of the service after its release in June 2023. Prime Video then confirmed in July 2023 that they would produce two more movies based on the final two books in Mercedes Ron's trilogy, Your Fault and Our Fault, confirming that Nicole would reprise her role as Noah in these two films.

In August 2023, Nicole appeared in the Steffy Argelich film, Vera, as Vera, a teenager discovering her sexuality as a young man comes to stay with her and her mother on a island retreat, away from his responsiblities as a lawyer and a son.

She has also continued to make appearances in various other short films, including 2019's Ray Sparks, directed by Rafa Pavón, and 2021's La fuerza del Destino, directed by Javier Alonso.

Furthermore, Nicole has other upcoming roles, including a television miniseries, , based on the novel of the same name by , as Alba. Ni una más is set to be released on Netflix. She also will appear in the 2024 film 366. La promesa as Nerea.

Music (2020–present)

In 2020, Nicole signed with Universal Music and Sony Music, releasing her first single, Bella, in February 2021. Bella debuted as one of the Top 50 viral songs in Spain that year, which was quickly followed up by singles  Devuélveme and Impatient Eyes. A fourth single, Cuídate'', was released in 2022.

Filmography

Television

Film

Discography

Music

References

External links 
 
 

Spanish television actresses
Spanish film actresses
Living people
2002 births