Nicola Anne Peltz (born January 9, 1995) is an American actress. Her breakthrough 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 (2013â€"present) and starred as Tessa Yeager in the fourth Transformers film, Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).
Early life
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 and a philanthropist, particularly active in Jewish causes. She has four older brothers, two younger brothers, and a sister; one of her siblings is actor Will Peltz. Her father is of Austrian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent, while her mother has German, Welsh, and English ancestry.
Career
Peltz made her film debut in the 2006 film Deck the Halls, playing Mackenzie. She later appeared in the film Harold in 2008, where she was cast as Becki. Peltz played Katara in the 2010 film The Last Airbender, a role in which she was nominated for the "Worst Supporting Actress" award at the 31st Golden Raspberries Awards. On March 27, 2010, Peltz made an appearance at the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards on Nickelodeon and also appeared at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, along with her The Last Airbender co-star Jackson Rathbone, presenting a trailer for the film.
On March 26, 2013, Peltz was cast as one of the lead characters, Tessa Yeager, in the fourth Transformers film Transformers: Age of Extinction, which was released in June 2014. She, along with co-stars Mark Wahlberg and Jack Reynor, were the new lead human cast, and are all contracted for three films, beginning a new Transformers trilogy.
Since 2013, Peltz has featured as Bradley Martin, a high school student, in eleven episodes of the A&E series Bates Motel.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Nicola Peltz at the Internet Movie Database
- Nicola Peltz at AllMovie
- Nicola Peltz on Twitter
