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2023

Biography

Nicole Bilderback

Overview

  • Born
    June 10 · Seoul, South Korea
  • Nicknames
    • Nikki
    • Nic
  • Height
    5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

Mini bio

  • Nicole "Nikki" Bilderback grew up in Dallas, Texas as an all-American girl. She was born in Seoul, Korea but is a mix of Korean, Japanese and Chinese, giving her a versatile Asian-American look. Nikki was adopted as a newborn by Jim and Lois Bilderback. Being the youngest child and only daughter, she started dance training at the young age of 3 years old. She is proficient in all styles of dance- specializing in lyrical, modern, contemporary, ballet and hip/hop. Nikki is a major fitness buff and enjoys spin, high intensity interval training and is well experienced in kick boxing and mixed martial arts, enabling her to perform her own stunts.

    Ms. Bilderback has made her mark recurring on popular tv shows such as BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, THE ROOKIE, GOOD GIRLS, BONES, PERCEPTION, THE MENTALIST, HUMAN TARGET, CASTLE, NUMB3RS, HOUSE, HEROES, WITHOUT A TRACE, DAWSON'S CREEK, and DARK ANGEL. Some of her feature film credits include Netflix's STAGED KILLER, the action film MERCENARIES, CLUELESS, CAN'T HARDLY WAIT, LEGALLY BLONDE 2, BAD GIRLS FROM VALLEY HIGH, plus many more! Nikki is probably most recognized as the bitchy cheerleader "Whitney" in the blockbuster mega-hit BRING IT ON, starring Kirsten Dunst.

    "I am an actress who is Asian-American. Not an 'Asian Actress' and this does not limit my ability, nor should it limit my opportunities to play any female lead character." A role that stands out as the perfect example of this, Nicole was cast as the female lead in the highly acclaimed independent feature film, THE NEW TWENTY. It is a non-ethnic specific role AND the female lead. Being marked by critics as "The St. Elmo's Fire of this generation"- LA Weekly, the film received numerous awards at all the film festivals both nationwide and internationally. In the summer of 2008, she won The Grand Jury Award BEST LEAD ACTRESS at the Los Angeles Out Fest Film Festival for her first female leading lady role. www.thenewtwentymovie.com.

    As an actress/writer/producer, Nikki has written a ½ hour single camera comedy pilot based on her life as a Texan-Asian American actress in Hollywood titled, RED, WHITE and YELLOW. Ms. Bilderback has created 3 treatments ready to pitch and sell- two tv series and a feature film. In addition, she is starting to shadow renown directors and hopes to hyphen her talents as a TV director!

    Ms. Bilderback was recently seen as "Captain Kim" on NBC's BROOKLYN NINE-NINE. She is currently the no-nonsense attorney "Denise Harper" on Freeform's #1 most watched hit series ever, CRUEL SUMMER. Season 1 of the psychological thriller/mystery is streaming on Hulu. Up next...You will be able to see Nikki as "Lisa Lawson" in the upcoming holiday rom- com, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF CHRISTMAS, premiering this holiday season 2022!
    - IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

Family

  • Parents
      Lois Bilderback
      Jim Bilderback

Trivia

  • Has performed all of her own stunts in every film and tv job she has done.
  • Is of multi-mixed Asian ethnicity, explaining her versatile Asian look. She was born in Seoul, Korea making her half Korean, but she is also a quarter Japanese and a quarter Chinese. She was adopted as a baby by her Mom and Dad, Americans Jim and Lois Bilderback. Refers to herself as both the All American Girl and as a TexAsian.
  • Returned to writing after 7 years away from her script. Revised her half hour single camera comedy pilot loosely based on her life in Hollywood as a TexAsian All American girl and her comedic, roller coaster journey as an actress over the years.
  • Started dancing at age 3. Is an accomplished dancer in contemporary, lyrical, modern, jazz and hip/hop. In addition, Ms. Bilderback is highly experienced in various forms of martial arts. Is an avid yogi and practices yoga in a heated room 3-5x a week. Is a fitness lover and enjoys hard HIIT (high intensity interval training) workouts just about every day, but have to also be fun. She is notorious for being quite "vocal" in her expressions during workouts and usually has an entire class laughing through the pain.
  • Attended End Of Days, a convention in Blackpool, UK, dedicated to the television series Angel (1999).

Quotes

  • It's been a amazing spiritual journey of self discovery. Extremely difficult, but eye opening. It's profound how much my life has changed over the last few years. I have finally awaken and realized how the Universe really works. I consistently and consciously work on myself every moment of everyday.
  • There are unlimited possibilities. We create everything in our lives, the good and the bad. There is never anyone to blame or point fingers. Only we are responsible for our actions and feelings.There is no such thing as bad occurrences...they just are. It's merely a result of a choice you have made. How you choose to handle it, is the result of the outcome. It's about going inward and discovering your truth of who you really are. Whatever you project outward is what you bring in for yourself.

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