Nichole Hiltz is an American actress, who became known to the viewing public for her role as Brandi Shannon in the TV series ‘In Plain Sight’ broadcast on the USA Network.
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Early life and family
Nichole Marie Hiltz was born on September 3, 1978 in Hanover, Massachusetts, USA, so her zodiac sign is Virgo and her birthstone is blue sapphire. Her father was a businessman and her mother was a homemaker, but they divorced when she was quite young, and her mother raised Nichole and her three siblings with her grandmother.
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There is no information about her educational background or growth years.
Career
First step
Officially, Nichole’s film debut was in a short independent film, “Sporting Dog”, released in 1999. However, no one knew about the film, and thus her next role as the Alien Jumpsuit Chick No.2 in the comedy film, “Dude, Where’s My Car?” is considered her first film appearance in 2000. Although this film, starring Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott, was heavily criticized by most film critics, it was a commercial success.
Thereafter, from 2001 to 2005, she landed a series of minor roles in films every year, most notably in ‘Shallow Hal’ with Jack Black in 2001, ‘Austin Powers in Goldmember’ with Mike Myers in 2002, ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ with Jack Nicholson in 2003 and ‘Spanglish’ with Adam Sandler in 2004.
In between her small roles in the movies, she also loved TV drama series. Her television career started at the same time as her film career and her TV debut was with “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” in 2001.
After that, she appeared in several television series in small roles, and the most popular among them were “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” with Sarah Michelle Gellar in 2002, “The Shield” with Michael Chiklis” in 2003, “NYPD Blue” with Jimmy Smits in 2004 , and “Smallville” with Tom Welling in 2006 in which fans hated her for coming between the main characters, Clark and Lana, in the series.
Further success
Nichole tasted a small amount of success when she landed a role in the horror movie ‘Trailer Park Boys: The Movie’, also known as ‘Trailer Park Boys: The Big Dirty’ in 2006, and its sequel, ‘Trailer Park of Terror’. in 2008.
Though these were low budget films, she was noticed by the audience who are big fans of the genre. She was a constant guest on several prime-time TV shows, and her persistence in continuing to accept small roles led to bigger roles that translated into more screen time. In 2006, she appeared in the hit TV series ‘Desperate Wives’ and instead of just one episode, she had three. Then in 2007 and 2008, she played the role of Ginny Dannegan in the drama series ‘The Riches’ for nine episodes.
After that, in another crime procedural drama series, ‘Bones’, she landed the important role of Roxie Lyon, the lesbian lover of one of the main cast, which brought her more fame. Her episodes aired from 2008 to 2009. Her biggest break to date was her role as Brandi Shannon, the younger sister of the protagonist in the crime drama TV series ‘In Plain Sight’. A series regular, she appeared in 50 episodes out of the 61 aired from 2008 to 2012, running for five seasons, starring Mary McCormack, Fred Weller, Stan McQueen, and Jinx Shannon.
It aired on the USA Network and is one of the network’s highest-rated series. After the show has been cancelledwas not seen on TV, but her last film appearance was in “Should’ve Been Romeo”, directed by Marc Bennett and released in 2012.
Private life
Nichole was previously engaged to a Canadian actor Mike Smith, whom she met briefly in 2006 on the set of ‘Trailer Park Boys: The Movie’. got pregnant and the producers of her TV series ‘In Plain Sight’ got creative by hiding it from the viewing public.
No one knew who the father was, but the child is with her.
Interesting fact
In March 2011, the police responded to a disturbing 911 calling from her house. The 911 operator spoke to someone who spoke gibberish, and when police arrived at Nichole’s home, they found her heavily intoxicated. They immediately booked her for child neglect and took her child into protective custody. According to TMZ, Nichole’s lawyer said it was just a misunderstanding and denied any charges were filed and that the child was never in danger of harm.
Appearance
Nichole is 1.73 m tall, weighs about 58 kg and her vital statistics are 32-26-35. She is white with blond hair and blue eyes.
Net value
Sources estimated her net worth to be around $2 million as of early 2020, after being active in show business for 13 years.
