Nicola Peltz
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Nicola Anne Peltz January 9, 1995 Westchester, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
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Nicola Anne Peltz (born January 9, 1995) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role came when she played Katara in the 2010 film The Last Airbender. Since then, she has played Bradley Martin in the A&E series Bates Motel (2013–2015) and starred as Tessa Yeager in the fourth Transformers film, Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).
Peltz was born in Westchester County, New York. Her mother, Claudia (née Heffner), is a former model, and her father, Nelson Peltz, is a billionaire businessman. She has four older brothers, two younger brothers, and an older sister; two of her brothers are actor Will Peltz and ice hockey defenceman Brad Peltz. She also has two half-siblings from her father's previous marriages. Her father is of Austrian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent, while her mother has German, Welsh, and English ancestry. The New York Times has described Nicola's parents as "compassionate leaders of the New York Jewish community".
When Peltz was 12, she acquired an agent, and by the age of 13, she was starring in a Manhattan Theatre Club production of Blackbird, alongside Jeff Daniels.
Peltz made her film debut as Mackenzie in the Christmas comedy Deck the Halls, released on November 22, 2006. She later appeared as Becki in the comedy film Harold (2008), released on July 11, 2008. In June 2008, Peltz starred in the music video for Miley Cyrus' single "7 Things". Two years later, she portrayed Katara in the fantasy adventure film The Last Airbender, which was directed by M. Night Shyamalan and was released on July 2, 2010.
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