Nicole Whippy
{{Short description|New Zealand actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2011}}
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| birth_name = Nicole Celeste Whippy
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|33|2011|10|9}}
| birth_place = {{flagicon|Fiji}} Suva, Fiji
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| occupation = Actress, Director, Screenwriter
| yearsactive = 2000–present
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Nicole Whippy (born 1977 or 1978){{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/entertainment/5751109/Screen-siren-is-not-me |title=Screen siren is not me |first=Katherine |last=Forbes |work=Sunday News |publisher=Fairfax New Zealand |date=9 October 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130010422/http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/entertainment/5751109/Screen-siren-is-not-me |url-status=live |archivedate=30 November 2014}} is a New Zealand actress who has been in a number of television series and is best known for her role as Kasey Mason in the hit comedy-drama Outrageous Fortune. She is also known for her current role as Cece King in New Zealand's longest-running drama television series Shortland Street. Whippy made her directing debut on the feature film Vai, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2019. Since then she has directed two series of well-loved New Zealand children's series Fejioa Club.
Career
She has appeared in various shows including Jackson's Wharf, The Strip, Being Eve, Mercy Peak and Orange Roughies.
In 2011, she starred in the series Nothing Trivial as hard-nosed Michelle Hardcastle.
Voiced character "Navali" in online video game "Path of Exile"
In 2019, she starred as Cece King, a social worker who dealt with her mother-in-law's dementia and eventual death, her husband's sexual assault allegations, and her daughter's pyromania. She also revealed that her mother is a maternal mental health nurse .{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/114039431/shortland-street-nicole-whippys-tough-predicament|title=Shortland Street: Nicole Whippy's tough predicament|website=Stuff|date=5 July 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-07-07}}
Filmography
= Film =
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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2000
|Spanish Climber | |
2010
|{{sortname|The|Box|nolink=1}} |Woman at Bar |Short |
2019
|{{sortname|The|Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith}} |Tanita Paletu'a | |
2024
|Tinā |Rona |{{cite web |title=Tinā |url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/tin |publisher=New Zealand Film Commission |access-date=25 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314233921/https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/tin |archive-date=14 March 2025 |url-status=live}} |
= Television =
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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1999
|Chilapa |Episode: "Endgame" |
1999–2000
|Larissa Enari |Main role |
2001
|{{sortname|The|Lost World|The Lost World (2001 film)}} |Maree |TV film |
2002
|Elektra |Episodes: "Being Individual", "Being Grown Up", "Being Tested" |
2002–03
|{{sortname|The|Strip|The Strip (New Zealand TV series)}} |Chocolate |Recurring role |
2003
|Cara-Lee |Episodes: "Reality Bites", "Great Escape", "Do It for Love" |
2005–2010
|Kasey Mason |Recurring role (series 1–2), regular (series 3–6) |
2006–07
|Donna Wiki |Recurring role |
2011–2014
|Michelle Hardcastle |Main role |
2017
|Auckward Love |Thelma |TV series |
2018
|Kasey's Mum |Episode: "4.2" |
2019–present
|Regular role |
Activism
In the campaign for the New Zealand general election, 2011, Whippy attended a policy launch by the Green Party.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10742684 |title=Greens unveil poverty plan for 100,000 kids |date=3 August 2011 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=21 July 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0924201|name=Nicole Whippy}}
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Category:New Zealand film actresses
Category:New Zealand television actresses
Category:Fijian emigrants to New Zealand
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