
Nina Nicole was born to a loving, empowering, single mother on the 23rd day of December 1905 in Jolliet Illinois. In 1992, Nina and her family relocated to Atlanta Georgia. Nina first stepped into the entertainment spotlight at the tender age of eighteen when she signed a non-exclusive contract with a local modeling agency. Downfalls were the result of her initial attempts but she was determined not deterred to find another avenue into the entertainment industry. When auditioning for a national spokes model position for a major liquor campaign at a local radio station Nina was chosen but could not participate because she was under aged. In 2001, Nina was cast as an extra for a restaurant scene in Rain Forrest’s "Pandora’s Box" with Monica Calhoun and Michael Jai White. An entire year elapsed before Nina realized that she should go back to what she enjoyed doing well, acting. Nina's part in Atlanta's annual Bronner Brothers hair shows and local media promotions led her to her first lead in a music video, cast by Bryan Barber (of Outkast “Idlewild” fame). Opportunities began to open with Mark William’s Lewd Behavior (2003), where Nina officially earned her reputation as one of Atlanta’s up and coming stars. Nina attended an early modeling casting call being held by photographer Jim Fiscus. Model selections began and Nina was told by the casting director that she was too “thick”, Always the professional, Nina began to prepare to leave for her next promised assignment when she was stopped by Mr. Fiscus’s assistant who exclaimed to her, “Where are you going?”. Within a blink of an eye, Nina Nicole appeared next to rapper Ludacris in a photo shoot depicting Madame Zana in the November 2003 issue for The Source Magazine. The Source photographs gains recognition to this day and is on display in the Vaknin art gallery located in Atlanta Georgia on 905 Juniper Street. Following the Source magazine layout Nina received an offer to shoot for Black Men’s magazine’s August-September 2004 fantasy woman issue, photographed by the acclaimed Shawn Dowdell. Later in 2005, Nina began to be featured on television shows that aired on Comcast TV and The Black Family Channel such as “Angels Secret” in which she played a mother who saves her daughter from teen pregnancy and “Playhouse 22” as a lost prostitute who learns that her childhood friend who shared similar big dreams of success is prostituting on the same corner. With a true actress’s devotion and patience Nina has been directed by venerated actors/directors such as Tyler Perry, Robert Townsend and The Horne Brothers, under their tutelage she has grown more competent in her ability to perform. Nina has had the honor of working next to some of Hollywood’s most talented stars such as Allen Payne, Yvonne Phyllis Stickney, Lavan Davis and Cassi Davis. In 2005 Nina Nicole was cast as rapper Lil’ Zane’s love interest in Rahiem Shabazz's "The Sun Will Rise", where she received a nomination for best actress while the film won for best short at the 2006 Atlanta Hip Hop film Festival. Never to leave any area of the entertainment market untouched she surprises her fans with dual voice-over talent performances in "The Little Sparks "(2005) and as herself in the Electronic Arts "Def jam: Icon" video game (2007). Nina calls Kay Eatmon’s “The Kissing Bandit” (2007) a dramedy, her very own masterpiece in which she shows off her comedic inner child. For years Nina’s big dream was to perform at the Fox Theater in Atlanta Georgia and the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The hope of her prayer came true in the fall of 2006, when she was cast to costar in Tyler Perry’s, “What’s Done in the Dark…Will Come to the Light? Nina's growing notoriety has begun to attract the attention of notable directors. Nina Nicole says, “I have been through a boat load of things one could not even bear to hear but, things only get better and I will always be protected by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from my greatest fears”.