Nicole Bilderback

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Nicole Bilderback
Born (1975-06-10) June 10, 1975 (age 49)
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present

Nicole Bilderback (born June 10, 1975) is an American actress, known for her recurring guest roles on the television programs Dark Angel and Dawson's Creek , and the films Bring It On and Bad Girls From Valley High (a.k.a. A Fate Totally Worse than Death). She also was one of the Cordettes, Cordelia Chase's friends, on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "The Wish" and the Unaired Buffy pilot. She also starred in a few episodes in season 6 of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air as Ashley's friend.

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Life and career

Bilderback was born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Dallas, Texas. She was adopted by American parents Jim and Lois Bilderback, [1] through the Holt International Children's Services program. She was a cheerleader in junior high school and has two older brothers. She studied dancing from a very early age and at the age of 14 enrolled at the Dallas Young Actor's Studio.

Upon graduation from Lake Highlands High School in 1993, Bilderback moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She worked as a hostess at Jerry's Famous Deli in Studio City to make ends meet. Her first role came in 1995 when she appeared in the film Clueless , playing alongside Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, and Elisa Donovan. She also appeared in the Clueless television series for a three episode stint. She appeared on the August 2001 cover of KoreAm Journal , on issue 3 of the 2001 cover of Yolk , and as a medical student in House . Bilderback rode in the 2002 Lunar New Year Parade and Festival.

In 2014, she starred in the action movie Mercenaries , alongside Cynthia Rothrock, Brigitte Nielsen, Vivica A. Fox, Zoë Bell and Kristanna Loken.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Clueless Summer
1998 Can't Hardly Wait Ready to Have Sex Girl
2000 Forever Lulu Layla
2000 Bring It On Whitney
2000Paper BulletsLeesu
2004The Plight of ClownanaKatie RosenbaumShort film
2005 Bad Girls from Valley High Tiffany
2005 Cruel World Mikko
2007 Sex and Death 101 Dr. Mirabella Stone (#66)
2007 The Box Sgt. Marti Chang
2007SincereAmandaVideo short
2008The New TwentyJulie Kim
2009The Bourne StupidityMarthaShort film
2014 Mercenaries Mei-Lin Fong

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air JanetRecurring role
1996 Silk Stalkings Susie Chen"Family Values"
1996 The Parent 'Hood Cheryl"We Don't Need Another Hero"
1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Sasha"Dream Date"
1996 ABC Afterschool Special Laura"Teenage Confidential"
1997 Friends 'Til the End PaigeTV film
1997 Step by Step Jaclyn"The Big Date"
1997 7th Heaven Lauren"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
1997 Clueless Nicole"The Party's Over", "Homecoming Queen"
1998 ER Claire"A Bloody Mess"
1998 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cordette"The Wish"
2000 Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane Chi Mei Chin"My Dinner with Andy"
2000 The Norm Show Gretchen"The Norm Law"
2000-01 Dark Angel BrinRecurring role
2001-03 Dawson's Creek Heather TracyRecurring role
2004Eddie's FatherJenna LivingstonTV film
2005 Without a Trace Wendy Kim"Honor Bound"
2005 House Caring Student"Three Stories"
2006 Heroes Ms. Sakamoto"Collision", "Hiros"
2006SidelinersYuki QuinTV film
2007 Hidden Palms Blair Meadows"Pilot"
2008 Cold Case Nikki Sun"Triple Threat"
2009 Numb3rs Tina Tran"Old Soldiers"
2010 Castle Joy Harrison"Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind"
2011 Human Target Sarah Han"The Trouble with Harry"
2012 The Mentalist Francesca Ehrlich"Panama Red"
2014 Perception Carol Lao"Curveball"
2016 Bones Eve Mayweather"The Jewel in the Crown"
2018This Close Mona"Who We Are"
2018 Good Girls Dr. Melanie Serden"Pilot"
2018 Andi Mack Ling"Howling at the Moon Festival"
2018 The Rookie IA Detective Emily Barrett"Time of Death"
2018 Boomers Nicolette"The Gods Must Be Crazy"
2019 NCIS: New Orleans Nancy Cooper"Vindicta"
2020 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Captain Julie Kim"Captain Kim"
2021 Cruel Summer DeniseRecurring role
2022Cloudy with a Chance of ChristmasLisa Liu LawsonTV film
TBASnowPocahontasTV film, completed

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