Nikki Blonsky Biography
Nicole Blonsky is an American actress, singer, dancer, and internet personality. She is best known for playing Tracy Tumblad in the film Hairspray 2007, for which she won two Critics’ Choice Awards and received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. Blonsky has starred as Willamena Rader in the ABC Family series Huge 2010, for which she received a Teen Choice Award nomination.
How old is Nikki Blonsky? – Age
Nikki is 35 years old as of November 2023. The actress was born on November 9, 1988, in Great Neck, New York.
Nikki Blonsky Height
The dancer stands at a height of 4 feet 10 inches tall.
Who are the parents of Nikki Blonsky? – Family
She and her brother Joey are the children of Karen, a school aide, and Carl Blonsky, a municipal worker for the village water pollution control district. Her father is Jewish, and her mother is Roman Catholic.
Nicole attended Great Neck North Middle School and attended John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, and switched to Village School after a year at the latter. She additionally attended the after-school theatre program at William A. Shine Great Neck South High School daily, where she participated in production of Les Miserables, Sweeney Todd, Kiss Me, Kate, and the little role of the opera Carmen.
Nikki Blonsky Career
She made her screen debut as Tracy Tumblad in the musical feature film Hairspray, which is an adaptation of the musical of the same name. Blonsky auditioned for the role as a high-school student with no professional acting or singing background at the time, and beat out eleven-hundred candidates. The film was released to commercial and critical success, and became Blonsky’s first role. Nikki received praise for her performance, with Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times writing “Without somebody like Nikki Blonsky at the heart of the movie, it might fall flat, but everybody works at her level of happiness”
She received several awards and nominations, including winning two Critic’s Choice Awards for Best Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. On June 22, 2008, Blonksy sang The Spangled Banner in the pre-race ceremony at the 2008 Toyota Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway. She also co-stared in the MTV mystery series Valemont in 2009.
In 2010, Nicole co-starred with Raven Goodwin in the short lived ABC Family series Huge, which premiered in June 2010, and ran for one season. In 2011, Blonsky earned a cosmetology license, and began working part-time as a hairstylist and make-up artist in her homestown of Great Neck, New York, between acting auditions. In 2013, the actress appeared in two episodes of the NBC Broadway drama series Smash. Nikki appeared Off-Broadway in the play Stuffed by Lisa Lampanelli at the Westside Theatre in October 2017 to November 2017. In 2020, Blonsky landed her video blogging series on her Instagram account, in which she chats with other celebrities.
Nikki Blonsky Net Worth
The singer has a net worth of $500 thousand.
Nikki Blonsky Movie
2007 – Hairspray
2008 – Queen Sized
2008 – Harold
2011 – Waiting For Forever
2012 – The English Teacher
2013 – Geography Club
2016 – Pup Star
2017 – The Last Movie Star
2019 – Ghost in the Graveyard
2024 – Bosco
Nikki Blonsky TV Shows
2009 – Ace of Cakes
2009 – Ugly Betty
2009 – Valemont
2010 – Huge
2011 – The Fresh Beat Band
2011 – Rocco’s Dinner Party
2013 – Smash