Nico Parker

Nico Parker, born December 9, 2004, is one of those rare young actors who just sort of explodes onto the scene and makes you wonder where she’s been hiding. She’s got this magnetic presence that you don’t see every day, and it shows in everything she does. People first started buzzing about her after her role in Tim Burton’s “Dumbo” back in 2019—yeah, the live-action one with all the crazy CGI and big emotions. She played Milly Farrier, and honestly, she held her own alongside some pretty heavy hitters. Not long after that, she landed the part of Sarah Miller in HBO’s “The Last of Us” series in 2023. Now, if you know anything about the gaming world, you know fans don’t mess around, but she managed to pull off a performance in the first episode that got folks talking on Twitter for weeks. And just when you think she’s sticking to dramatic stuff, she’s announced for the upcoming “How to Train Your Dragon” adaptation, which is probably going to be a huge deal—those movies have a cult following, and turning animation into live-action is always risky business. Still, with her track record, there’s a sense she’ll knock it out of the park. She’s got this cool, understated confidence and just enough edge that you can see her going toe-to-toe with Hollywood’s biggest names. For someone so young, she’s already building a filmography that actors twice her age would envy.