Nikki Blonsky

Acting

Nikki Blonsky

Born 1988-11-09 · Great Neck, New York, USA

Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Tracy Turnblad in the film Hairspray (2007), for which she won two Critics' Choice Awards and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Blonsky has starred as Willamena Rader in the ABC Family series Huge (2010), for which she received a Teen Choice Award nomination, had a recurring role as Margot on the series Smash (2013), and had roles in the films Geography Club (2013) as Therese and The Last Movie Star (2017) as Faith. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

Hairspray poster
6.7

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.

Hairspray

2007

The English Teacher poster
5.6

Small-town Pennsylvania schoolteacher Linda Sinclair balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject. Then a former star pupil reenters her life after failing as a playwright in New York City. Seeing in his script the inspiration that she has always longed to instill in her students, this dyed-in-the-wool romantic enlists the help of long-suffering drama teacher Carl to mount the work as the high school’s next and riskiest production.

The English Teacher

2013

Geography Club poster
6.2

A coming-of-age movie that tells a story unfolding in every high school around the country -- a story of kids hiding their true identities in plain sight, even as they feverishly pursue their hearts' desires.

Geography Club

2013

Pup Star: Better 2Gether poster
6.2

Pup Star is back for an all-new adventure! After winning the canine competition show Pup Star and becoming an international pup sensation, Tiny, the adorable Yorkie, has her world turned upside down when an evil rival switches her out in competition with a street pup named Scrappy. The two pups find themselves living the others' very different life and an incredible journey through iconic cities ensues in this fun and hilarious dog-out-of-water adventure! As they prepare for the Pup Star competition to reach its finale, each experiences life through a very different collar and discover the importance of family and being true to yourself. At the finale, both Yorkies claim to be Tiny leaving everyone, including the judges, wondering – who is the real Pup Star? A huge, fun musical adventure, ‘Pup Star: Better 2gether’ is filled with incredible singing pups, fantastic new paw-tapping songs, and an action packed heart-warming story that will have audiences of all ages howling for more!

Pup Star: Better 2Gether

2017

The Last Movie Star poster
6.5

An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.

The Last Movie Star

2018

Pup Star: World Tour poster
5.9

PUP STAR is back, with an all-new movie that takes the popular singing dogs on trip around the world, where Tiny and friends find fantastic new songs and meet exciting new canine singers that prove music really is the universal language.

Pup Star: World Tour

2018

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" poster
6.0

Documentary tracing the history of Hairspray from screen to stage and back to the screen again.

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

2007

Waiting for Forever poster
5.9

A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.

Waiting for Forever

2010

Bosco poster
6.8

Based on the true story of Quawntay “Bosco” Adams. Sentenced to 35 years for attempted possession of marijuana, Adams miraculously escaped from a Federal maximum-security prison while under 24-hour surveillance in solitary confinement with the help of an older woman he met through a lonely-hearts ad.

Bosco

2024

It's 'Hairspray'! poster
NR

Featurette about the star-studded Hairspray presentation at the annual ShoWest convention in Las Vegas.

It's 'Hairspray'!

2007

Every Breath She Takes poster
6.6

After suffering years of mental abuse from her husband, Jules thinks she's finally free when a physical struggle ends in a fire that takes his life. However, she's soon pushed to the edge as she starts to believe she's seeing him at every turn.

Every Breath She Takes

2023

'Hairspray' Extentions poster
NR

Six extended musical pods incorporating every facet of production including dance and vocal rehearsals, recording sessions, shooting and final mixing. Produced for the “Hairspray” DVD.

'Hairspray' Extentions

2007

Pup Star poster
5.3

A Yorkshire Terrier, competing in a televised singing competition, is separated from her owner by an opportunist dog pound worker.

Pup Star

2016

Queen Sized poster
4.8

Maggie Baker has a weight problem, and her high school classmates won't let her forget it. They shamelessly ridicule her, and even go so far as to nominate her for Homecoming Queen as a joke. Maggie, however, decides to take the nomination seriously, collects the required signatures and starts campaigning. A number of students get behind her, threatening the chances of the popular clique -- who resolve to sabotage Maggie's campaign by any means necessary.

Queen Sized

2008

Harold poster
5.6

A teenager with an early onset of male-pattern baldness befriends his high school's janitor.

Harold

2008

Oblivious poster
4.0

Guided unknowingly by paranormal forces, a couple struggles to find peace and acceptance with death when presented with a terminal illness

Oblivious

2023

Ghost in the Graveyard poster
3.5

A small town comes under the thumb of Martha, a ghost who returns to haunt the children who witnessed her death during a "game" of Ghost in the Graveyard as young children.

Ghost in the Graveyard

2019

Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth poster
NR

Behind the scenes as John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, Amanda Bynes, Nikki Blonsky, and more recording songs for the film. Produced for the “Hairspray” DVD.

Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth

2007

Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad poster
NR

Casting the central role of Hairspray, featuring open casting audition footage and screen tests. Produced for the “Hairspray” DVD.

Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad

2007

Hairspray: Playing Tracy poster
NR

Featuring all three women to play the role of Tracy Turnblad, Ricki Lake, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Nikki Blonski, this feraturette explores their takes on the character and the bond they formed with one another. Produced for the “Hairspray” DVD.

Hairspray: Playing Tracy

2007