Nico Parker is an English child actress, who portrays Milly Farrier in Dumbo. This is her acting debut, but she is following in the footsteps of her actress mother, Thandiwe Newton, who will be joining the cast as a new character in the second season of Wednesday.
Biography[]
Born at home to film director and screenwriter Ol Parker and actress Thandiwe Newton, Parker is from Kensal Rise, North West London. She has an older sister, Ripley, who is an English writer, who created the Netflix series "Everything Now", and a younger brother, Booker.
After Dumbo, Parker next starred alongside Naomie Harris and Jude Law in the HBO miniseries "The Third Day" (2020) and appeared alongside her mother as Zoe in the science fiction film "Reminiscence" (2021).
Parker made a guest appearance as Sarah Miller in the first episode of the first season of the HBO adaptation of "The Last of Us", based on the video game franchise.
After her appearance in "The Last of Us", Parker was named a 2023 Bright Young Thing by Tatler.
In May 2023, Parker was cast to portray Astrid Hofferson in the live-action remake of "How to Train Your Dragon". In 2024, she appeared in "Suncoast". She won Breakthrough Performance Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
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- Her older sister Ripley Parker is a writer, who created the Netflix series "Everything Now", following the footsteps of their father.