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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1995–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.
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.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Clueless | Summer | |
1998 | Can't Hardly Wait | Ready to Have Sex Girl | |
2000 | Forever Lulu | Layla | |
2000 | Bring It On | Whitney | |
2000 | Paper Bullets | Leesu | |
2004 | The Plight of Clownana | Katie Rosenbaum | Short 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 | |
2007 | Sincere | Amanda | Video short |
2008 | The New Twenty | Julie Kim | |
2009 | The Bourne Stupidity | Martha | Short film |
2014 | Mercenaries | Mei-Lin Fong |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Janet | Recurring 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 | Paige | TV 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 | Brin | Recurring role |
2001-03 | Dawson's Creek | Heather Tracy | Recurring role |
2004 | Eddie's Father | Jenna Livingston | TV film |
2005 | Without a Trace | Wendy Kim | "Honor Bound" |
2005 | House | Caring Student | "Three Stories" |
2006 | Heroes | Ms. Sakamoto | "Collision", "Hiros" |
2006 | Sideliners | Yuki Quin | TV 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" |
2018 | This 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 | Denise | Recurring role |
2022 | Cloudy with a Chance of Christmas | Lisa Liu Lawson | TV film |
TBA | Snow | Pocahontas | TV film, completed |
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