Charlotte Nicdao
Charlotte Nicdao (born 14 August 1991) is an Australian actress and composer. She is known for her roles as Jackie Lee in the Nine Network series A gURLs wURLd (2010–2011) and Poppy Li in the Apple TV+ comedy Mythic Quest (2020–).
Career
Nicdao attended Victorian College of Arts and studied jazz and classical music.[2] After an audition for a role in which she did not get the part, Nicdao discovered that her true love was acting.[2]
Nicdao's big break happened in 2008 when she was cast as Jackie in A gURLs wURLd. Nicdao auditioned when she was 17. The show filmed in Sydney, Singapore, and Hamburg, so Nicdao completed the final year of high school by distance education with the goal to return to Melbourne and make a career out of jazz singing.[3]
In 2014, Nicdao joined the second season cast of Josh Thomas' Australian TV series Please Like Me, and played the role of Tom's girlfriend Jenny.[4]
In 2019, Nicdao starred as Lucy in Content, a made-for-phone online video series. The first episode, about a millennial who wanted to go viral, actually went viral when the video of her crashing her car was shared by many who thought it was footage of a real accident.[5]
In 2020, Nicdao starred as Poppy in Mythic Quest. Nicdao described the role as her dream role.[6] About the advent of more roles for people of Asian heritage, Nicdao stated about her role in Mythic Quest, "I think there was a time with the only characters available to me were very one dimensional and now I'm getting to play this very complex woman at the center of a story and it's beautiful".[6]
Nicdao voiced a princess character in Adventure Time.[7]
Personal life
Nicdao was inspired by her father, Filipino Australian actor Alfred Nicdao. As a child, she would often be called to auditions by her father's agent.[2]
Nicdao has stated that if she could be a book, she would be If on a Winters Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino because "every chapter is a new story and a new world".[6]
In 2012, Nicdao formed pop music group Charlotte Nicdao and the Sloth Orchestra with friends from college. In January 2013, the band successfully crowdfund their debut EP, recorded at Sing Sing studios with Australian music engineer Adam Rhodes. Plans to release the album in March 2013 were put on hold when Nicdao was cast in the NBC television series Camp, and delayed the release of the EP to 2014.[8] Nicdao describes herself as "a passive-aggressive sunshine pop fairy".[8] Nicdao started training as a jazz singer when she was 15, inspired by Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Keith Jarrett.[3]
Nicdao and her husband Bayden Hine ran a plant store in Melbourne known as Plant by Packwood. The store closed in November 2019.[9]
When asked by 1883 magazine which big movie franchise Nicdao would love to be a part of, she expressed her deep love of Star Wars, especially Yoda, whom she made a fan club for at school.[10]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Lovebox | Yumi | Short film |
| Ying & Summer | Summer | Short film | |
| 2014 | Emo: The Musical | Trinity | Short film |
| Hangry | Mia | Short film | |
| 2015 | The Subjects[11] | Lilly | |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok[12] | Sif actress |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Fergus McPhail | Betty | Episode: "Every Stick Has Two Wrong Ends" |
| 2008 | The Elephant Princess | Hannah | Episode: "Coming of Age" |
| 2010–2011 | A gURLs wURLd | Jackie Lee | Main cast |
| 2011 | The Slap | Tina | TV miniseries |
| 2013 | The Time of Our Lives | Clara Bell | 2 episodes |
| Camp | Grace | Main cast | |
| 2014 | Please Like Me | Jenny | Recurring role |
| 2015 | Childhood's End[13] | Rachel Osaka | TV miniseries |
| 2016 | Kuu Kuu Harajuku | Baby (voice) | Main cast |
| 2017 | Trip for Biscuits | Violet | Main cast |
| Get Krack!n | Scarlett | ||
| 2018 | Bluey | Nurse, Checkout Lady (Voice) | |
| 2019–present | The Strange Chores | Que | Main cast |
| 2020–present | Mythic Quest | Poppy | Main cast |
| 2020 | Adventure Time: Distant Lands | See-Thru Princess, Ancient Glass Princess (voice) | Episode: "Obsidian" |
| 2022 | Zootopia+ | Sam (voice) | Episode: "Dinner Rush" |
Online
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Content | Lucy | Made-for-smartphone 7-part series |
Music
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Charlotte Nicdao and the Sloth Orchestra |
References
- ^ Sharp, Rachel (15 April 2020). . InStyle. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
says the 28-year-old down the phone from Los Angeles, where she and her indie musician husband Bayden 'Packwood' Hine are now based.
- ^ a b c "Interview #31 — Charlotte Nicdao". LIMINAL. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ a b Pruner, Aaron. "Charlotte Nicdao talks glitter goo, jazz music, and wearing only red". Inverse. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ "Australian Television: Please Like Me: episode guide: series 2". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ Meade, Amanda (6 Sep 2019). "#FlipGirl car crash video goes viral after clip from ABC show mistaken for real thing". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "CHARLOTTE NICDAO TALKS ABOUT HER COMPLEX AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL ROLE AND FILMING SEASON 2 OF MYTHIC QUEST ON APPLE TV+ DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC". A BOOK OF MAGAZINE. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ "Charlotte Nicdao On 'Mythic Quest' Season Two And Finding Poppy's Ego". UPROXX. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ a b "Charlotte Nicdao". triple j Unearthed. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ Packwood, Plant (2021). "Instagram Plant". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
- ^ "Charlotte Nicdao". 1883 Magazine. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ "First trailer for The Subjects". Flickering Myth. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "How Chris Hemsworth Convinced [Spoiler] to Make That Secret Cameo in 'Thor: Ragnarok' (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Colm Meaney & Charlotte Nicdao Join Syfy's 'Childhood's End' Miniseries". Deadline. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
External links
- Charlotte Nicdao at IMDb