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Nikki Blonsky
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November 9, 1988 in Nicole Margaret Blonsky
Biography:Great Neck, NY, teen Nikki Blonsky was still serving scoops at Cold Stone Creamery when she received the news that would change her life forever. An aspiring actress who was once deemed too young to portray dancing Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad in the Broadway production of Hairspray, the 17-year-old New York Village High School student thought her shot at stardom had slipped away by the time a film version of the hit musical was announced. Instead, a keen-eyed New Line assistant brought Blonsky's audition tape to the attention of producers in charge of the feature adaptation, and the rest, as they say, was history. A camera hit the road to capture footage of the finalists for the film role, and director Adam Shankman appeared at Cold Stone to tell Blonsky she'd landed her dream role. Though Blonsky had previously appeared in Great Neck productions of Hair and Alice in Wonderland, she was a virtual... Full Biography
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Nikki Blonsky, left, and Zac Efron perform songs from "Hairspray" on the "Today" show in Rockefeller...
Zac Efron, left, and Nikki Blonsky in "Hairspray"
Zac Efron, left, Amanda Bynes, Nikki Blonsky and Elijah Kelley attend the London premiere of...
From left to right: Elijah Kelly as Seaweed, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, Amanda Bynes as Penny...
John Travolta, left, as Edna Turnblad and Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad in "Hairspray" (New Line...
Zac Efron (left) as Link Larkin and Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad in "Hairspray" (New Line Cinema)
Nikki Blonsky (center left) as Tracy Turnblad, Amanda Bynes (center) as Penny Pingleton and Elijah...
Filmography
Hairspray (2007)
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