Nicola Peltz is a talented actress who has made a name for herself in both television and film. Born in Westchester County, New York, to Claudia Heffner, a model, and Nelson Peltz, a billionaire businessman, Nicola is of Ashkenazi Jewish, Italian, and German-British heritage.
Nicola began her acting career on stage, making her debut in 2007 in the production of "Blackbird" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, opposite Jeff Daniels and Alison Pill. She then went on to star in the family adventure film "Eye of the Hurricane" in 2012, alongside Melanie Lynskey and Campbell Scott.
In 2010, Peltz made her feature film debut in "Deck the Halls" alongside Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, and Kristin Chenoweth. She then starred in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender" opposite Dev Patel and Jackson Rathbone.
Peltz's breakout role came in 2014 when she starred in Michael Bay's "Transformers: Age of Extinction" alongside Mark Wahlberg and Jack Reynor. She played the role of Tessa Yeager, the daughter of a mechanic who makes a major discovery that catches the attention of the Autobots, Decepticons, and the U.S. government.
Later that year, Peltz starred in Kevin Asch's "Affluenza" which received a limited release in July. The film is a coming-of-age story inspired by "The Great Gatsby" and set among the upper-class in the Long Island suburb of Great Neck during the weeks leading up to the financial meltdown of 2008.
On the small screen, Peltz reprised her role as "Bradley Martin" in the second season of A&E's critically-acclaimed series "Bates Motel" in 2013. The series is a modern re-imagining and prequel to the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock cult classic "Psycho" and focuses on the life of "Norman Bates" and his mother, "Norma Bates," portrayed by Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga.
