Nesta Cooper
{{Short description|Canadian actress (b. 1993)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|12|11}}
| birth_name = Nesta Marlee Cooper
| birth_place = Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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| occupation = Actress
| spouse = Peter Van Auker
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Nesta Marlee Cooper (born December 11, 1993){{Cite tweet |number=940345955185856512 |user=NestaCooper |title=25 🎂 Thank you to everyone who made my birthday so special! |author=Nesta Cooper |date=December 11, 2017}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|fix-attempted=yes)}} is a Canadian actress best known for her roles of Dani Barnes in Reality High{{Cite web |url=https://www.showtimes.com/movies/reality-high-netflix-127271/ |title=Reality High (Netflix) - Movie Synopsis and Plot |access-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018043153/https://www.showtimes.com/movies/reality-high-netflix-127271/ |url-status=dead}} and Shannon in The Edge of Seventeen.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nesta_cooper_2/ |title=Nesta Cooper-Rotten Tomatoes |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=January 22, 2018}} From 2016 to 2018, Cooper had a main role as Carly Shannon in the series Travelers.{{Cite web |url=https://www.showcase.ca/show/travelers/?n=Nesta+Cooper+as+Carly |title=Travelers - Schedule and Full Episodes on Showcase |access-date=January 22, 2018}} From 2019 to 2022, she played the main role of Haniwa on the Apple TV+ original program, See.
Early life and education
At the age of seven, Cooper moved to Courtenay, British Columbia, with her parents. She pursued a career in the arts whenever the opportunity presented itself. After she completed high school, she moved to Vancouver for more film opportunities.
Career
Cooper's first television role was in 2013, appearing in two episodes of the series Cult. Her first film role was in the 2015 movie Diablo.
In early 2015, Cooper started working as a production assistant on a short film showcasing Truvelle's eight-piece 2015 bridal collection.{{Cite web |url=http://www.utterlyengaged.com/short-fashion-film-mannequin-by-truvelle/mannequin-truvelle-bridal101/ |title=Short Fashion Film : Mannequin By Truvelle |last=Dinh Pador |first=Lucia |website=Utterly Engaged |access-date=January 24, 2018}} On May 12, 2015, the film was released on Vimeo.{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/127675414 |title=Mannequin by Truvelle |date=May 12, 2015 |website=Vimeo |access-date=January 24, 2018}}
Cooper played Carly Shannon (Traveler 3465) on the science fiction series Travelers (2016–2018),Cohen, Sam. [https://1883magazine.com/nesta-cooper/ "Nesta Cooper"] 1883 magazine (Nov. 17, 2019). about special operatives tasked with preventing the collapse of society. These operatives, known as "travelers", have their consciousnesses sent back in time and transferred into the "host" body of present-day individuals who are about to die, minimizing unexpected impact on the future. As Carly,{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/arts/television/review-in-travelers-some-serious-time-sharing.html |title=Review: In Travelers, some serious time-sharing |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |website=The New York Times |date=December 28, 2016|access-date=April 15, 2020}} the team's tactician, she assumes the life of a stay-at-home single mother.
Cooper played a main character in Apple TV+'s See (2019–2022), about a post-apocalyptic world where most of humanity is blind. As Haniwa, Cooper played one of two sighted children of Baba Voss and Maghra (her character is the biological daughter of Jerlmarel, who was also sighted). Proud, determined, and strong, Haniwa grows to be more rebellious than her twin brother Kofun, and more curious about the children's true origins.Bastos, Margarida. [https://www.looper.com/1032721/the-real-reason-nesta-cooper-took-a-step-back-from-see-boot-camp-ahead-of-filming "The Real Reason Nesta Cooper Took A Step Back From See Boot Camp Ahead Of Filming,"] Looper (September 30, 2022).
Personal life
Cooper began dating Peter Van Auker (brother of Adam Merrill Van Auker), an associate producer on Reality High, after the film had wrapped on November 21, 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BbxUSeMFQ3A/ |title=One year with you. My bestie forever. i loove you! • |last=Cooper |first=Nesta |date=November 21, 2017 |website=Instagram |access-date=January 24, 2018}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| Diablo | Rebecca Carver | |
| 2016
| Shannon | |
| rowspan="3"|2017
| Barbie Video Game Hero | Gaia | Voice only |
| Curious Females
| Nikki | Short |
| Reality High
| Dani Barnes | |
| 2018
| Lizzie Ackerman | |
| 2021
| Bliss | Emily Wittle | |
| 2024
| Kemba | Kemba Smith | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2013
| Cult | Young Sakelik | 2 episodes |
| The Haunting Hour: The Series
| Lizzie | Episode: "Dead Bodies" |
| 2014–2015
| Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | Teacher | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="6"|2015
| Bartender | Episode: "There's No Place Like Home" |
| So You Said Yes
| Young Bride | TV movie |
| The Returned
| Megan | 2 episodes |
| Heroes Reborn: Dark Matters
| Dahlia | 2 episodes |
| Unreal
| Assistant Molly | 2 episodes |
| Ties That Bind
| Liz | Episode: "It Doesn't Show" |
| 2015–2016
| Dahlia | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2016
| Gretchen | Episode: "The Strangled Heart" |
| Motive
| Stacey Edmonds | Episode: "The Scorpion and the Frog" |
| The 100
| Shay | Episode: "Red Sky at Morning" |
| 2016–2018
| Carly Shannon | Main role |
| 2017
| S.W.A.T. | Desiree Watson | Episode: "Imposters" |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Claudia "Scorpion" Floop | Main role |
| Supergirl
| Tanya | 2 episodes |
| 2019
| Anesu | Episode: "Victoria Falls & Winters" |
| 2019–2022
| See | Haniwa | Main role |
| 2025
| Michelle | Upcoming miniseries |
References
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Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Actresses from Mississauga
Category:21st-century Canadian actresses
Category:Black Canadian actresses