Alexa Nikolas

Alexa Nikolas
Biological Information
Gender	Female
Born	April 4, 1992 (age 32)
Birthplace	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Background Information
Romances	Mike Milosh (2012–2016) Michael Gray (2016- Present)
Occupation	Actress
Active	1999–2013

Alexa Helen Nikolas (born April 4, 1992) is an American former actress best known for her role as Nicole Bristow in the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101. Nikolas has also appeared on various other series, including ER, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds and Lie to Me. She is the founder of Eat Predators, a movement which calls out predators and networks.

Early Life

Alexa was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is of Greek descent on her mother's side of the family, and from New Zealand on her father's side.

Acting Career

1999-2004: Career Beginnings

Alexa began her acting career in 1999 in P.U.N.K.S. portraying Jenna Bygayly. A year later in 2001 she landed a small role by appearing in Zoolander. In 2002 she had another small role in Ted Bundy In the same year, she appeared on Hidden Hills regularly as recurring character Emily Barber and made appearances in a total of 17 episodes. Her breakthrough came in 2003 when she auditioned and won a supporting role as Susan Barry in the film Tiptoes and then later she won the role of Katie in the 2004 film Motocross Kids, her role got her nominated for "Best Performance in a Feature Film" at the Young Artists Awards.

2005-2006: Zoey 101 (seasons 1-2)

Alexa portrayed Lucinda "Lucy" Massey for 6 episodes in the 2005 mini-series Revelations in early 2005.

Later that year she began portraying the role of Nicole Bristow on the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101, she portrayed the role from 2005 - 2006 and appeared in the first two seasons of the show and made a total of 26 episodes she appeared in. She co-starred in the program along side Jamie Lynn Spears and Kristin Herrera who was in the first season, as well as Victoria Justice, who joined the cast in the second season. She won two awards for her role as Nicole Bristow in 2006 and 2007. She departed Zoey 101 after its second season under contentious circumstances: press reports at the time claim she was fired, while she claims to have quit. What is known is that she was involved in constant off-screen fights with Jamie Lynn Spears, including an incident reported in the tabloids and confirmed in a 2019 interview where she was "ambushed" by Spears' sister Britney during the filming of "Spring Break-Up". The elder Spears also confirmed the incident occurred in a 2022 social media post, implying she had been misled by her younger sister about Nikolas. Britney has since reached out to Nikolas, apologizing for the confrontation.

2007-2009: Other Projects

In 2007 she appeared in the Vanessa Hudgens' music video, "Come Back to Me". She also guest-starred in several more shows, most notably The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Judging Amy, and Heroes.

A year later she was offered a role on the Disney Channel where she could star as Alex Russo in the sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place. Alexa turned down the offer, which was later given to Selena Gomez. In 2009, she had a supporting role in the remake of Children of the Corn playing the role of Ruth a pregnant young adult who leads an army of children with her lover.

2010-2013: Recent Projects

In 2011, she appeared in the film Red State as Jesse, and that same year she appeared on Family Guy as additional voices. Nikolas appeared in three episodes of the television series The Walking Dead – her character, Haley, was introduced in November 2012, before being killed off in February 2013. In 2012 Nikolas starred as Willow in the comedy-horror film Detention of the Dead.

Nikolas maintains an active presence on social media as she works on her upcoming art film project Metanoia.

Personal Life

Nikolas married Canadian electronic musician Mike Milosh in 2012. In 2016, Nikolas and Milosh split up.

In May 2020, Nikolas announced via her Instagram that she was pregnant with her first child with her boyfriend Michael Gray. She confirmed the birth of her child in November 2020. In July 2021, Nikolas announced on Instagram that she married Gray on July 26, 2021 at Crystal Lake in Angeles National Forest in Southern California.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	P.U.N.K.S.	Jenna Bygayly
2001	Zoolander	Story Hour Girl	Minor Role
2002	Ted Bundy	"I'm Ted" Kid	Minor Role
2003	Tiptoes	Susan Barry	Supporting Role
2004	Motocross Kids	Katie	Supporting Role
2009	Children of the Corn	Ruth	Supporting Role
2011	Red State	Jesse
2012	Detention of the Dead	Willow
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Hidden Hills	Emily Barber	17 episodes
2005	Revelations	Lucinda "Lucy" Massey	6 episodes
2005–2006	Zoey 101	Nicole Bristow	Series Regular (season 1-2)
Guest Appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The Love Boat: The Next Wave	Little Girl #1	1 episode
2000	That's Life	Lydia (age 7)	4 episodes
2001	Charmed	Little Girl	1 episode
	The King of Queens	Young Carrie
2002	Even Stevens	Young Ren
2004	Without a Trace	Emily Levine
2005	ER	Megan Nesbitt
	Judging Amy	Shelly Cecil
2007	Cold Case	Madison Reed
	The Suite Life of Zack and Cody	Tiffany	2 episodes
2008	CSI: Miami	Mallory Harding	1 episode
	Ghost Whisperer	Caitlin Mahoney
2009	Supernatural	Kate Carter
	Heroes	Young Angela Shaw
	Drop Dead Diva	Hannah Porter
	Raising the Bar	Caitlin
2010	Criminal Minds	Jane McBride
2011	Lie to Me	Amanda Dobar
2011	Family Guy	Voice	1 episode
2012-2013	The Walking Dead	Haley	3 episodes
2013	Mad Men	Wendy	1 episode

Awards

Young Artist Awards

• 2007 Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series, for Zoey 101 - Won
• 2006 Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series, for Zoey 101 - Won
• 2005 Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast, for Motocross Kids - Nominated

External links

• Alexa Nikolas on Wikipedia
• Alexa Nikolas at the Internet Movie Database
• Alexa Nikolas on Twitter
• Alexa Nikolas on Facebook
• Alexa Nikolas on Instagram
• Alexa's video blog