“Embrace the wisdom of your body; it holds the secrets to your emotional freedom.”
Nadine Nicole is a Filipina-German Actress, most recently as Clarissa Mao on Amazon Prime's The Expanse. She moved the hearts of many in her award-winning role as Julia in Lonely Planet shot in Barcelona. Her performance earned her Best Actress from LIFF Awards (Laughlin International Film Festival), alongside Best Film Awards and honorable mentions from Soho, Newport Beach, and Palm Springs International Festivals. Her television resume includes memorable roles as Amy on NBC's The Village, Casey on Hulu's comedy Casual, and Gwen Randall on CBS's long-running series The Young & Restless. She appears in the primetime series Scorpion, CSI: NY, CSI: Las Vegas, CSI: Cyber, 90210, The Protector and Romantically Challenged. She also starred in poignant indie features, including her persuasive performance as Misha in Paradise Broken and as Angie in So Long, Lonesome.
Nicole was born and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, where she graduated from a National Exemplary High School as an Honor Student and Executive Board President. She was a leader for multiple Varsity sports teams, including Basketball, Volleyball and Softball. As a young athlete, Nicole wrestled in Middle School, winning Second Place in City, and excelled in TaeKwonDo and Kickboxing. She then studied Liberal Arts at Fordham University Lincoln Center and Audio Engineering at SAE Institute of Design in New York City. She also played bass and sang in a progressive rock band there before moving to Los Angeles.
Nicole serves as the Founder and Executive Director of True Connection and as an Advisor to Space For Humanity. True Connection is a nonprofit helping youth tap into empathy, creativity, and purpose through SEL (Social Emotional Learning). You can learn more about their mission at true-connection.org. S4H is a social impact non-profit that serves purpose-driven leaders through a sponsored spaceflight experience to create a profound shift in perspective, so that each citizen astronaut returns with a grander perspective to address our most intractable challenges and their solutions. Join the movement at spaceforhumanity.org.