Nicola Anne Peltz Beckham (born January 9, 1995) is an American actress. Primarily known for her roles in dramatic film and television, she has performed in some
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adaptations and has since been nominated for a
Young Hollywood Award
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. She is married to
Brooklyn Beckham
Brooklyn Joseph Peltz Beckham (born 4 March 1999) is an English media personality and former model. He is the eldest son of former England footballer David Beckham and English singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham.
Early life
Beckham ...
, the son of football player
David Beckham and pop singer
Victoria Beckham
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.
Peltz is best known for her roles as Katara in ''
The Last Airbender
''The Last Airbender'' is a 2010 American action-adventure fantasy film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Based on the first season of the Nickelodeo ...
'' (2010), Bradley Martin in the
A&E drama series ''
Bates Motel'' (2013–2015), and Tessa Yeager in ''
Transformers: Age of Extinction'' (2014).
Early life
Peltz was born in
Westchester County, New York
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, the daughter of billionaire businessman
Nelson Peltz
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and model Claudia Heffner.
She has one sister and six brothers, including former professional hockey player Brad Peltz
and actor
Will Peltz
William Peltz (born May 30, 1986) is an American actor, who is best known for his roles in '' Unfriended'' '' Men, Women & Children'' and '' Manifest''. Early life
Peltz was born in New York City, the son of Nelson Peltz, a billionaire businessm ...
. She also has two half-siblings from her father's previous marriages. She was raised in a
Jewish
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household (her father's faith).
Career
Peltz made her film debut as Mackenzie in the Christmas comedy ''
Deck the Halls
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'' (2006). The following year, she appeared in a
Manhattan Theatre Club
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production of ''
Blackbird''.
She later co-starred as Becki in the comedy film ''
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'' (2008), and in June 2008, she appeared in the music video for
Miley Cyrus
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's single "
7 Things
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." Two years later, she portrayed
Katara in the fantasy adventure film ''
The Last Airbender
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'' (2010), directed by
M. Night Shyamalan.
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In 2013, Peltz began appearing as part of the main cast in
A&E's drama-thriller series ''
Bates Motel''. She portrayed Bradley Martin, a love interest for the young
Norman Bates
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. She left the main cast following the second episode of the second season, but returned as a guest star for the final three episodes of the third season. The following year, Peltz starred as Tessa Yeager, in the fourth ''
Transformers
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'' film ''
Transformers: Age of Extinction'' (2014). Later that year she appeared as Kate Miller in the teen drama film ''
Affluenza''. In October 2015, she walked the runway for
Alexander Wang's last fashion show for
Balenciaga at
Paris Fashion Week
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. She then joined the cast of the dark comedy film ''
Youth in Oregon
''Youth in Oregon'' is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by Joel David Moore and starring Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, Christina Applegate, Nicola Peltz, Mary Kay Place, and Josh Lucas.
The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Fil ...
'' (2016), playing Annie Gleason. Peltz appeared in the music video for
Zayn Malik
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's single "
It's You" in February 2016.
Peltz was cast as Chrissy Monroe in the
Hulu drama series ''When the Street Lights Go On'', based on a
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script of the same name. She appeared in
Alex Pettyfer
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's directorial debut film ''Back Roads'' and starred alongside
Thomas Mann
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in the sci-fi film ''
Our House'', directed by
Anthony Scott Burns
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. In 2019, she co-starred in the drama ''
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson
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Premise
Tunde Johnson is a gay Nigerian-American teenager who is in a secret relationship with his school's white lacrosse champion Soren. So ...
'' as Marley Meyers. In 2020, she portrayed Felicity in romantic comedy ''
Holidate
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''.
Personal life
On July 11, 2020, Peltz and
Brooklyn Beckham
Brooklyn Joseph Peltz Beckham (born 4 March 1999) is an English media personality and former model. He is the eldest son of former England footballer David Beckham and English singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham.
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announced their engagement. On April 9, 2022, Peltz and Beckham were married in
Palm Beach, Florida, in a
Jewish ceremony (Beckham’s great grandfather was Jewish).
Peltz announced on Instagram that they adopted a dog in October, and they encouraged fans to adopt or foster animals. That earned them a
PETA 2022 award as a Pawsome Adoption Advocate.
She and her brother
Will Peltz
William Peltz (born May 30, 1986) is an American actor, who is best known for his roles in '' Unfriended'' '' Men, Women & Children'' and '' Manifest''. Early life
Peltz was born in New York City, the son of Nelson Peltz, a billionaire businessm ...
have similar
Hebrew
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and
Yiddish
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tattoos on their ribs. His says "family", which is written the same way in both Hebrew and Yiddish, while hers says "family first" in Yiddish.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1995 births
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from New York (state)
American child actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
Jewish American actresses
Living people
People from Westchester County, New York
Peltz family
21st-century American Jews