Sam Nivola

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Sam Nivola
Born
Samuel John Nivola [1]

(2003-09-26) September 26, 2003 (age 21) [2]
London, England
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
OccupationActor
Parents

Samuel John Nivola (born September 26, 2003) is an American actor. He is the son of actors Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola. His films include White Noise (2022) and Eileen (2023). [3]

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Early life and education

Nivola was born at the Portland Hospital in central London to British actress Emily Mortimer and American actor Alessandro Nivola. [1] [2] He has a younger sister May (born 2010), who also acts. [1] [4] Nivola spent his early childhood in Notting Hill [5] and subsequently grew up in the New York City neighborhood of Boerum Hill in Brooklyn. He attended Saint Ann's School and then Columbia University. [6]

Career

Nivola made his acting debut in the Sky Atlantic comedy series Doll & Em (2013), starring his mother. [7] In 2021, he and his sister played siblings on an episode of The Pursuit of Love , a British miniseries based on Nancy Mitford's novel of the same title adapted by their mother for BBC One. [6] [8] Nivola wrote and directed a short film Neighborhood Watch for the anthology With/In (2021), which consisted of films shot on smartphones about life in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] [9]

Nivola and his sister played two of the central family's children in Noah Baumbach's film White Noise (2022). [10] At the callback audition for White Noise, Baumbach had asked Nivola if his sister wanted to audition for the role she eventually played in the film. [6] The next year, Nivola played the son of Leonard Bernstein in Bradley Cooper's Maestro . [11] Also in 2023, Nivola walked the runway at Paris Fashion Week for Miu Miu alongside the likes of Emma Corrin. [12]

It was announced in January 2024 that Nivola had been cast in The White Lotus season three. [13]

Filmography

Film

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
2021 River of Fundament Kidsroom Ensemble
2021Neighborhood Watch (in With/In )
Short film; also writer and director
2022 White Noise Heinrich
2023 Eileen Lee Polk
2023 Maestro Alexander Bernstein

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
2013 Doll & Em ArielEpisode: "Six"
2021 The Pursuit of Love MattEpisode: "Episode Two"
2024 The Perfect Couple Will WinburyMiniseries [14]

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  5. ↑ Wolf, Matt (November 13, 2003). "What's in an accent? A different career". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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  9. ↑ "With/In Vol II". Tribeca Festival. 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
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