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Nikki Blonsky

Highest Rated: 92% Hairspray (2007)

Lowest Rated: 5% Waiting for Forever (2010)

Birthday: Nov 9, 1988

Birthplace: Great Neck, New York, USA

Plucked from obscurity, high school senior Nikki Blonsky went from scooping ice cream to starring opposite John Travolta in the blockbuster Hollywood musical "Hairspray" (2007) in the blink of an eye. Cameras from "Entertainment Tonight" were there to record the moment when the full-figured teenager from rural New York received the news that she landed the career-making lead role. But friends and family knew that her success was not a lucky lottery win - she had been singing and dancing since early childhood, and was a mainstay in musicals and theater in high school. The fact that a "Hairspray" movie was in the works was well known to Blonsky. A fan of the Broadway show since she was 15, she not only auditioned for a role in the play, she regularly kept tabs of the film over the Internet. The moment she learned casting was starting for the big screen version, Blonsky put together an audition tape that eventually won the hearts of filmmakers and studio executives.

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Highest-Rated Movies

92% 84% Hairspray
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71% 80% Bosco Watchlist
67% 53% Geography Club
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61% 73% The Last Movie Star Watchlist
46% 31% The English Teacher
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31% 41% Harold
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5% 42% Waiting for Forever
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100% Oblivious
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Every Breath She Takes
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Valemont
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Filmography

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Bosco 71% 80% 2024 Tammy Actor Oblivious 100% 2023 The Voice Actor Every Breath She Takes 2023 Maria Bonilla Actor The Last Movie Star 61% 73% 2017 Faith Actor Geography Club 67% 53% 2013 Terese Actor The English Teacher 46% 31% 2013 Sheila Nussbaum Actor Waiting for Forever 5% 42% 2010 Dolores Actor Valemont 2009 Poppy Barker Actor Queen Sized 42% 2008 Maggie Baker Actor Harold 31% 41% 2008 Rhonda Actor Hairspray 92% 84% 2007 Tracy Turnblad Actor
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