Nicole Muñoz

{{short description|Canadian film and television actress (born 1994)}}

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Nicole Muñoz (born June 24, 1994{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/nicole-munoz-58518262/ |title=Nicole Munoz |website=Hollywood.com |accessdate=June 25, 2016}}) 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.

Early and personal life

Muñoz was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to a Spanish father and a Québécois mother.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/NicoleMunoz94/status/609449464038711297|title=My dad is from Spain and my mom was born in Quebec.|publisher=Nicole Muñoz|via=Twitter|date=12 June 2015|access-date=15 November 2019}} She has two sisters, Britta and Sophia. She moved to Toronto when she was cast in Defiance at age 18.{{cite journal|url=https://hiplatina.com/listen-in-to-our-conversation-with-actress-nicole-munoz-from-defiance/|title=Listen In To Our Conversation With Actress Nicole Muñoz from "Defiance"|journal=Hip Latina|date=July 20, 2015|accessdate=November 15, 2019}}

Career

Muñoz has over 60 commercial spots and 40 film and TV credits to her name.[http://www.tvsa.co.za/actorprofile.asp?actorID=15778 Nicole Muñoz] 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. In 2006 and 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.{{cite news|last=Willard|first=Erin|title=Syfy's Defiance Begins Production in Toronto; Bear McCreary to Score|url=http://scifimafia.com/2012/04/syfys-defiance-begins-production-in-toronto-bear-mccreary-to-score/|accessdate=September 13, 2013|newspaper=ScifiMafia|date=April 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515065311/http://scifimafia.com/2012/04/syfys-defiance-begins-production-in-toronto-bear-mccreary-to-score/|archive-date=May 15, 2013|url-status=dead}} In 2016 Muñoz was cast opposite Laurie Holden in Pywacket, an occult movie directed by Adam MacDonald.{{cite web |author=Etan Vlessing |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/walking-dead-alum-laurie-holden-star-indie-thriller-pyewacket-941118 |title='Walking Dead' Alum Laurie Holden to Star in Indie Thriller 'Pyewacket' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 25, 2016 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}

In 2019, Muñoz began starring as Jack in season 4 of Syfy series Van Helsing.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/van-helsing-tricia-helfer-stakes-claim-to-dracula-role-wwe-wrestling-star-also-added-to-cast-1202614231/|title='Van Helsing': Tricia Helfer Stakes Claim To Dracula Role & WWE Wrestling Star Also Added To Cast|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=May 14, 2019|accessdate=May 14, 2019}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2005 \| Fantastic Four \| Little Girl \|
2005 \| Fetching Cody \| Young Cody \|
2006 \| data-sort-value="Tooth Fairy, The" \| The Tooth Fairy \| Pamela Wagner \|
2007 \| data-sort-value="Last Mimzy, The" \| 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 \| data-sort-value="Score to Settle, A" \| A Score to Settle \| Isha \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2005

| Fantastic Four

| Little Girl

2005

| Fetching Cody

| Young Cody

2006

| data-sort-value="Tooth Fairy, The" | The Tooth Fairy

| Pamela Wagner

2007

| data-sort-value="Last Mimzy, The" | 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

| data-sort-value="Score to Settle, A" | A Score to Settle

| Isha

= Television =

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| 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 \| data-sort-value="Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story, A" \| 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 \| data-sort-value="Family Lost, A" \| A Family Lost \| Claire Williamson \| Television film
2007 \| Perfect Child \| Lily \| Television film
2009 \| Sanctuary \| Jessica Mitchell \| Episode "Pavor Nocturnus"
2012 \| data-sort-value="Music Teacher, The" \| 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 \| data-sort-value="Wrong Girl, The" \| 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 \| data-sort-value="100, The" \| 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"
2024 \|Tracker \|Daniela Barrera \|Episode: "Camden"

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2004

| Jeremiah

| Little Girl

| 1 episode

2004

| Da Vinci's Inquest

| Dino's Daughter