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{{Short description|American actress (born 1992)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Alexa Nikolas
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress (formerly)|[[YouTuber]]|activist}}
| yearsactive = 1999–2013 (actress)
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* {{marriage|Michael Gray|July 26, 2021}}
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'''Alexa
Since her retirement from acting, she has founded Eat Predators, a movement that seeks to end predatory behavior in the entertainment industry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=2022-08-26 |title=Who Is Alexa Nikolas, What Is Eat Predators and Why Does It Target Music Companies? |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/alexa-nikolas-zoey-101-eat-predators-music-industry-activists-1235345365/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
==Career==
[[File:Alexa Nikolas (2005).png|thumb|Nikolas as Nicole Bristow on the ''Zoey 101'' episode "New Roomies" (2005)]]
In addition, Nikolas appeared on ''[[Hidden Hills]]'' regularly and also on the 2005
In 2011, she appeared in the film ''[[Red State (2011 film)|Red State]]'' as Jesse, and that same year, she appeared on ''[[Family Guy]]'' as additional voices. Nikolas
==Personal life==
Nikolas was born in [[Chicago]], Illinois, in 1992. She is of Greek descent. Nikolas moved to [[Los Angeles]] when she was 6 years old to pursue an acting career.<ref name=TMZV>{{cite AV media|URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euhI8Kiwj64|series=TMZ Verified|title=Zoey 101 Star Alexa Nikolas Talks Scandals & Life After Nickelodeon|people=Young, Wyld; Williams; Steph; Nikolas, Alexa|date=2022-09-22}} Note: See 0:20-2:50</ref><ref name=LGIT>{{Cite AV media|URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYgm31kYY0E|series=Let’s Get Into It|title=Alexa Nikolas EXPOSES Her Abusive GROOMER and TOXIC Career in Hollywood|people=Hooks, Sloan; Nikolas, Alexa|date=2023-04-11}} note: see 12:40-13:30</ref><ref name=RPWVGB>{{cite AV media|URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogiApyf0_24|series=Real Pod with Victoria Garrick Browne|title=Alexa Nikolas: What Really Happened On Set Of Zoey 101|date=2022-10-28|people=Brown Garrick, Victoria; Nikolas, Alexa}} Note: see 0:25</ref>
She was married to Canadian electronic musician [[Mike Milosh]] from 2012 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.j-14.com/posts/zoey-101-star-alexa-nikolas-breaks-up-with-husband-112332/|title='Zoey 101' Star Alexa Nikolas Breaks Up With Husband|date=August 31, 2016|website=J-14|access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Christine|last=Werthman|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8097684/rhye-blood-milosh-interview|title=After a Divorce & Parting Ways With Founding Member, Rhye Leaves the Gloom Behind on 'Blood'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=February 1, 2018|access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref>
Nikolas has accused Milosh of grooming her for a sexual relationship when she was 16 and he was 33, though states that they did not engage in sex until she turned 18.<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/michael-milosh-rhye-alexa-nikolas-1142811/ |title=Rhye Accused of Sexual Abuse, Assault, Grooming by Ex-Wife |magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Claire|last=Shaffer|date=March 16, 2021|accessdate=March 17, 2021}}</ref> In August 2021, Nikolas sued Milosh on grounds of sexual battery, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and a violation of California’s [[Tom Bane Civil Rights Act]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/rhye-michael-milosh-sued-by-ex-wife-for-sexual-battery-gender-violence-and-more/|title=Rhye’s Michael Milosh Sued by Ex-Wife for Sexual Battery, Gender Violence, and More|date=August 25, 2021|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=February 16, 2024}}</ref> Milosh denied Nikolas’s claims and counter-sued, accusing Nikolas of fabricating abuse claims against him after he stopped paying her spousal support.<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Ryan|last=Naumann|url=https://radaronline.com/p/zoey-101-alexa-nikolas-ex-husband-denies-accusations-lawsuit/ |title=Rhye's Michael Milosh Sues Ex-Wife's Attorneys Over 'Frivolous' Sexual Abuse Case|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=March 16, 2022|access-date=December 12, 2023}}</ref> Nikolas dropped the lawsuit in May 2022.<ref name="auto">{{Cite magazine|first=Bill|last=Donahue|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rhye-michael-milosh-lawsuit-alexa-nikolas/ |title=Rhye's Michael Milosh Sues Ex-Wife's Attorneys Over 'Frivolous' Sexual Abuse Case|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 2, 2022|access-date=December 12, 2023}}</ref> Milosh's lawsuit was stricken in February 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Michael Milosh of Rhye’s Lawsuit Against Ex-Wife’s Attorneys Thrown Out |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/michael-milosh-rhye-lawsuit-against-ex-wife-attorneys-thrown-out/#:~:text=Nikolas%20sued%20Milosh%20in%202021,than%20%2410%20million%20in%20damages. |website=Pitchfork}}</ref>
Nikolas has been married to Michael Gray since 2021. The couple have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/photos/30980/zoey-101-cast-then-and-now|title=Zoey 101 Cast, Then and Now|date=2020-10-27|work=[[E!]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Where Is ‘Zoey 101’ Alum Alexa Nikolas Today After Leaving Nickelodeon? The Actress Is an Advocate |url=https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/where-is-zoey-101-alum-alexa-nikolas-today-her-life-now/ |website=intouchweekly.com |publisher=In Touch Weekly |date=28 July 2023}}</ref>
==Accusations==
In 2022, Nikolas and her organization Eat Predators organized a protest against unsafe working conditions for children, and child predators being protected at [[Nickelodeon]].<ref>{{cite web | first=Alexandra| last=Del Rosario |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-25/nickelodeon-protest-dan-schneider-alexa-nikolas | title=At Burbank protest, former Nickelodeon star says network's child actors 'were not safe' | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=August 26, 2022 }}</ref>
Nikolas discusses her strategy as inviting pushback and criticism, saying, "If they want to silence me, it's the whole so-called [[Streisand Effect]], where their usual relentless tactics to silence a survivor just makes it more public.”<ref>{{cite magazine|first=August |last=Brown|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-11-21/diddy-la-reid-neil-portnow-metoo-alexa-nikolas-eat-predators|title=The music industry is finally having its #MeToo moment|newspaper=[[LA Times]]|date=November 12, 2023|accessdate=December 19, 2023}}</ref>
On July 8, 2023, Nikolas accused actor [[Jonah Hill]] of forcibly kissing her at a party at actor [[Justin Long]]'s house in 2008, when she was 16 and Hill was 24. Speaking through an attorney, Hill denied her accusations, while Long stated he did not know about the incident.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Lester Fabian|last=Brathwaite|url=https://ew.com/celebrity/alexa-nikolas-accuses-jonah-hill-forcibly-kissing-her-when-she-was-16/|title=Zoey 101 star Alexa Nikolas accuses Jonah Hill of forcibly kissing her when she was 16|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=July 12, 2023|accessdate=July 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Elyse|last=Wanshel|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zoey-101-alexa-nikolas-jonah-hill-assault_n_64ad86f4e4b03d308d979143|title='Zoey 101' Star Alexa Nikolas Says An Adult Jonah Hill Assaulted Her When She Was 16|website=[[Huffington Post]]|date=July 11, 2023|accessdate=July 12, 2023}}</ref>
In February 2024, it was announced that Nikolas would appear in the Discovery documentary ''[[Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Brew|last=Caroline|url= https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/dark-side-of-kids-tv-trailer-dan-schneider-abusive-icarly-zoey-101-victorious-1235902389/amp/ |title= ‘Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV’ Trailer: Docuseries Alleges ‘Abusive’ Work Conditions on ‘iCarly,’ ‘Zoey 101’ and ‘Victorious’ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 8, 2024 | accessdate=February 14, 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film roles
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 2001 || ''[[Zoolander]]'' || Story Hour Girl ||
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| 2002 || ''[[Ted Bundy (film)|Ted Bundy]]'' || "I'm Ted" Kid ||
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| 2003 || ''[[Tiptoes]]'' || Susan Barry ||
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| 2004 || ''
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| 2012 || ''[[Detention of the Dead]]'' || Willow ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: 'Detention of the Dead' is held captive by cliches and idiocy |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/la-et-mn-detention-dead-review-20130628-story.html |website=baltimoresun.com}}</ref>
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television roles
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 1999 || ''[[Love Boat: The Next Wave]]'' || Little Girl #1 || Episode: "Trances of a Lifetime"
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| 2001 || ''[[Charmed]]'' || Little Girl || Episode: "[[Charmed (season 3)#ep54|We All Scream for Ice Cream]]"
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| 2004 || ''[[Without a Trace]]'' || Emily Levine || Episode: "Wannabe"
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| 2005 || ''[[
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| 2005 || ''[[Judging Amy]]'' || Shelly Cecil || Episode: "Happy Borthday"
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| 2005 || ''[[All That]]: [[All That (season 10)|10th Anniversary Reunion Special]]'' || Herself || Television special
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| 2007 || ''[[The Suite Life of Zack & Cody]]'' || Tiffany Dublecini || Episodes: "[[List of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodes#ep59|Miniature Golf]]", "[[List of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodes#ep70|Who's the Boss?]]"
|-
| 2008 || ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' || Mallary Harding || Episode: "To Kill a Predator"
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| 2008 || ''[[
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| 2009 || ''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'' || Kate Carter || Episode: "[[Supernatural (season 4)#ep71|Family Remains]]"
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| 2009 || ''[[
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| 2010 || ''[[
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| 2011 || ''[[Lie to Me]]'' || Amanda Dobar || Episode: "Funhouse"
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| 2011 || ''[[Family Guy]]'' || Voice: Crying Teen Girl || Episode: "[[Brothers & Sisters (Family Guy)|Brothers & Sisters"]]
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| 2012–2013 || ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' || Haley || Episodes: "[[Hounded (The Walking Dead)|Hounded]]", "[[Made to Suffer]]" and "[[The Suicide King (The Walking Dead)|The Suicide King]]"
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| 2013 || ''[[Mad Men]]'' || Wendy || Episode: "[[The Crash (Mad Men)|The Crash]]"
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| 2024 || ''[[Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV]]'' || Herself || Documentary series; Episode: "Too Close to the Sun"
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Music video roles
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Artist(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2006
| "[[Come Back to Me (Vanessa Hudgens song)|Come Back to Me]]"
| [[Vanessa Hudgens]]
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCJ5u2AJHyw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/cCJ5u2AJHyw |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Vanessa Hudgens – Come Back to Me|work=[[YouTube]]|access-date=May 7, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4eea6inwNA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Z4eea6inwNA |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Vanessa Hudgens – Come Back to Me (Director's Cut)|work=YouTube|access-date=May 7, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| "Slow Down"
| [[Milosh]]
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNQocK7bGE8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/BNQocK7bGE8 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Milosh – Slow Down (Official Video)|work=YouTube|access-date=May 7, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| "This Time"
| Milosh
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmxfGoab18 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/HQmxfGoab18 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Milosh – This Time (Official Video)|work=YouTube|access-date=May 7, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|}
==Awards and nominations==
{|class=wikitable
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Result
!Refs
|-
|2005
|[[26th Young Artist Awards|Young Artist Awards]]
|Best Performance in a Feature Film — Young Ensemble Cast <small>(shared with ''Motocross Kids'' cast)</small>
|''Motocross Kids''
|{{Nom}}
|style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms26.htm |title=26th Young Artist Awards |publisher=Young Artist Awards |access-date=June 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304222052/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms26.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2008 }}</ref>
|-
|2006
|[[27th Young Artist Awards|Young Artist Awards]]
|Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series <small>(shared with ''Zoey 101'' cast)</small>
|''[[Zoey 101]]''
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms27.htm |title=27th Young Artist Awards |publisher=Young Artist Awards |access-date=July 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704071111/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms27.htm |archive-date=July 4, 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|2007
|[[28th Young Artist Awards|Young Artist Awards]]
|Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series <small>(shared with ''Zoey 101'' cast)</small>
|''Zoey 101''
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms28.htm |title=28th Young Artist Awards |publisher=Young Artist Awards |access-date=June 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331172442/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms28.htm |archive-date=March 31, 2014 }}</ref>
|}
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1054247}}
* {{YouTube|channel=UC9as_4s9T_EjEMp-_vQ4h9w}}
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