Luna Blaise

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Luna Blaise
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Blaise in 2016
Born2000or2001(age 23–24)
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active2007–present
Notable work Fresh Off the Boat , Manifest

Luna Blaise (born 2000or2001) [2] is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Olive Stone in the NBC/Netflix sci fi drama series Manifest and Nicole Ellis in ABCs Fresh Off The Boat.

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Early life

Blaise's father is from Glasgow, Scotland; and her mother is a second-generation Mexican-American actress from San Antonio, Texas. [2]

Career

Early roles and recognition

Blaise began acting at the age of six with a cameo appearance in the 2008 film Vicious Circle. In 2013, she was cast as Young Nina in the indie art film, Memoria , executive produced by James Franco, who also starred in the film.

In 2014, Blaise was cast in the recurring role of Nicole on the ABC television series Fresh Off the Boat [3] starring Randall Park and Constance Wu as Louis and Jessica Huang. She was 13 when the series started filming, and it was her first major role. [4] The role earned her an award for Best Recurring Young Actress at the 2016 Young Artist Awards. [5] In June 2016, Blaise starred in the music video of Jacob Sartorius' debut single "Sweatshirt". [6] She will also be starring in the next Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World Rebirth. [7]

Musical debut and Manifest

In early 2017, Blaise released her first single, "Over You", and announced in December 2017 she would be releasing new music in the new year. In late 2018, Blaise released her second single, "Secrets." [8]

In 2018, Blaise was cast as Olive Stone in the NBC drama/mystery series Manifest . [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008KonflooentVictoria Santos
2009Vicious CircleChloe (Danyi's Sister)
2015 Memoria Nina (age 13)
2018Surviving Theater 9Eileen
Concrete KidsLuna
2021DetachSophiaShort film
2022We Are Gathered Here TodaySusie
2023 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Elena Tellez
DeltopiaHannah
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth Post-production [10]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013The BreakdownLoonzTelevision film
2015–2018 Fresh Off the Boat Nicole24 episodes
2018–2023 Manifest Olive StoneMain role

Music videos

SongYearArtistNotes
"Me-Time (With the Pulmonary Palimpsest)"2009 Busdriver Plays Little Girl
"Sweatshirt"2016 Jacob Sartorius
"Over You"2017Luna Blaise
"Secrets"2018Luna Blaise

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRoleResultRef
2016 Young Artist Awards Recurring Young Actress (14-21)NicoleWon [5]

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