Nicole Muñoz

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Nicole Muñoz
Born (1994-06-24) June 24, 1994 (age 29)
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Nicole Muñoz (born June 24, 1994[1]) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is known for her roles as Kelly in the film The Tooth Fairy, as Young Cody in the film Fetching Cody, and for her role as Christie Tarr (née McCawley) in the Syfy television series Defiance. In 2019, Muñoz began starring as Jack in season 4 of Syfy series Van Helsing.[2]

Early and personal life[edit]

Muñoz was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to a Spanish father and a Québécois mother.[3] She has two sisters, Britta and Sophia.[1] She moved to Toronto when she was cast in Defiance at age 18.[4]

Career[edit]

Muñoz has over 60 commercial spots and 40 film and TV credits to her name.[5] She made her television debut in an episode of Jeremiah. She also made guest appearances on many TV shows including, Da Vinci's Inquest, Tru Calling, Stephen King's Dead Zone, Stargate: Atlantis and Supernatural. She got her first recurring role in 2009 in the space travel, television science fiction drama series, Defying Gravity playing a Palestinian girl. Between 2006-2007, she appeared in 4 made-for-television movies as well. In 2009, she made a guest appearance on Syfy series, Sanctuary episode, Pavor Nocturnus playing Jessica Mitchell, a young girl lost in a post-apocalyptic world.

Muñoz has also played small roles in big-budget movies shot in Canada including Fantastic Four, Pathfinder, Another Cinderella Story, Center Stage: Turn It Up and the Dwayne Johnson starrer, Tooth Fairy. Her other films include HBO thriller Imaginary Playmate, and The Last Mimzy, for which she was one of the nominees for the 29th Young Artist Awards category, Best Performance by a Young Ensemble Cast. In mid-2012, she was cast in Defiance in a recurring role.[6] In 2016 Muñoz was cast opposite Laurie Holden in Pywacket, an occult movie directed by Adam MacDonald.[7]

In 2019, Muñoz began starring as Jack in season 4 of Syfy series Van Helsing.[2]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Fantastic Four Little Girl
2005 Fetching Cody Young Cody
2006 The Tooth Fairy Pamela Wagner
2007 The Last Mimzy Kid with Braces
2007 Pathfinder Little Sister
2007 Bratz Kidz: Sleepover Adventure Jade Direct-to-video film; voice role
2008 Another Cinderella Story Young Mary Santiago (age 11) Direct-to-video film
2008 Center Stage: Turn It Up Bella Parker Released theatrically in Australia, but as a television film in the U.S.
2009 Hardwired Little Girl
2010 Tooth Fairy Kelly
2010 Marmaduke 3rd OC Girl
2017 Gregoire Laura
2017 Pyewacket Leah
2019 A Score to Settle Isha

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Jeremiah Little Girl 1 episode
2004 Da Vinci's Inquest Dino's Daughter 1 episode
2005 Tru Calling Little Girl 1 episode
2005 Stephen King's Dead Zone Eva Cortes 1 episode
2005 Stargate: Atlantis Hedda 1 episode
2006 Supernatural Nora Episode: "Everybody Loves a Clown"
2006 Imaginary Playmate Candace Brewer Television film
2006 A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story Chita Araujo (age 10) Television film
2007 Defying Gravity Palestinian Girl 4 episodes
2007 Nobody Rose Television film
2007 A Family Lost Claire Williamson Television film
2007 Perfect Child Lily Television film
2009 Sanctuary Jessica Mitchell Episode "Pavor Nocturnus"
2012 The Music Teacher Molly Television film
2013 Hemlock Grove Hermila 2 episodes
2013 Baby Sellers Dolorita Television film
2013 Scarecrow Maria Television film
2013 Chupacabra vs. The Alamo Sienna Seguin Television film
2013–2015 Defiance Christie Tarr née McCawley Recurring role, 23 episodes
2014 Once Upon a Time Young Lily Page Episodes: "Breaking Glass", "Lily"
2015 Sorority Murder Alex Johnson Television film
2015 The Wrong Girl Alison Television film
2015 Mark & Russell's Wild Ride Angela Television film
2016 Center Stage: On Pointe Bella Parker Television film
2016 My Husband is Missing Casey Bradshaw Television film
2017 Christmas Princess Donaly Marquez Television film
2019–2021 Van Helsing Jack Main role (season 4–season 5)
2020 The 100 Lucy Episode: "Anaconda"
2020 Supernatural Sylvia Episode: "Gimme Shelter"
2021 Two Sentence Horror Stories Sofia Episode: "Fix"
2021–2022 Diggstown Ellery Lopez Recurring role, 12 episodes
2022 Cruel Instruction Sofia Television film
2022–2023 A Million Little Things Vali 5 episodes
2024 Wild Cards Summer Lake Episode: "Show Me the Murder"

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Nicole Munoz". Hollywood.com. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Boucher, Geoff (May 14, 2019). "'Van Helsing': Tricia Helfer Stakes Claim To Dracula Role & WWE Wrestling Star Also Added To Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  3. ^ "My dad is from Spain and my mom was born in Quebec". Nicole Muñoz. June 12, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2019 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Listen In To Our Conversation With Actress Nicole Muñoz from "Defiance"". Hip Latina. July 20, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Nicole Muñoz
  6. ^ Willard, Erin (April 26, 2012). "Syfy's Defiance Begins Production in Toronto; Bear McCreary to Score". ScifiMafia. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  7. ^ Etan Vlessing (October 25, 2016). "'Walking Dead' Alum Laurie Holden to Star in Indie Thriller 'Pyewacket'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 10, 2017.

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