![]() ![]() In thinking about her biracial identity, Bloom does feel more inclined to her Japanese side, noting that she sees herself as having a very reserved persona. Unexpectedly, she then lost the job when the producers thought she was too shy, and the role wound up going to a white actress instead. Nonetheless, she persevered, and her first opportunity arrived at age 20 when she landed a role in a studio comedy. ![]() Bloom is of Japanese descent on her mom’s side and Irish descent on her dad’s. ![]() “Be relentless about it” was advice Bloom carried with her as she signed on with an agent, who made it clear that making it as an actress would be very hard for her because she’s mixed race. Her parents were supportive from the beginning, and at age 14, the same time her brother started college, the whole family moved from Santa Clara to Los Angeles. In conversation with NBC Entertainment and Universal Television Studios’ Talent Development & Inclusion’s Senior Vice President Karen Horne at this year’s CAAMFest, Bloom went into detail on how she began pursuing acting when she was eight years old. While she’s been experiencing success from the show, it took many years to get to where she is now. Nichole Bloom may be best known for her role as Cheyenne on the hit NBC series, Superstore. If you are happy, your work will be better.In a time where a shift in who and what stories appear onscreen is happening, Bloom feels optimistic in that the industry is getting there. Surrounding yourself with the right people and finding different avenues and outlets and different interests that can keep you busy while you are pursuing what you love. “Pick an area to live in where you know you will be happy, regardless of your acting,” Bloom said. Her other piece of advice to emerging artists? “Find other outlets, other creative outlets, whether it’s drawing or reading or whatever, find those things that will keep you going when you’re getting no’s from acting,” she suggests. In surrounding herself with people who support her as well as exploring other outlets and interests, Bloom was able to build the resilience to sustain her acting career. If I had been filming or had gotten the opportunity, who knows where I would’ve been?” She continued, “It didn’t go my way initially, but I was really happy when they circled back for season two.”ĭespite her growing career, Bloom has felt the strong rejection that comes with working in the entertainment industry. It wasn’t meant to be, and I do believe that because I met my now fiancé a month later. She reflected, “All good things take time. While Bloom did not end up joining the cast of season one, she still believes that everything happened the way it was supposed to. I told my agent, ‘If this comes up, I would love the opportunity to read for them,’” she shared. I was still in college when I heard the rumors that he was making a new show like the ‘New York version of Downton Abbey.’ I emailed my agent, and I was like I have to be in this. “I loved Downton Abbey and Julian Fellowes’ work. Some of her more recent credits include Chloe Cooper on “Law and Order: SVU,” Lilia in “The Affair,” and Sarah in “1BR.”īloom initially auditioned for season one of “The Gilded Age” and shared her strong admiration for creator Julian Fellowes’ work with “Downton Abbey.” Shortly after, she found the opportunity to move to New York City and began auditioning for film and television. Upon graduating in 2017, she spent her summer in Kentucky doing regional theatre but found her interest in film and television expanding. Originally from the Tri-State area, Nicole always had an affinity for New York City and had hoped her postgraduate plans would take her there. “Elon was so good about emphasizing finding a way to make the character you, instead of what you think it should be.” In auditions it is really easy to fall into, ‘What do I think casting directors are looking for and how do I fit into that.’ And that can be very limiting,” she said. “They were so encouraging of me taking risks as an actor. Bloom reflects fondly on her Elon education and remembers how supportive the faculty in the Acting program were in her training. ![]() She auditioned and was accepted to the Acting program later that year. “I went and saw it and I was like, ‘Yeah, I have to do this,’” she recalls. Nicole Brydon Bloom ’17 will be joining the cast of season two of HBO’s “The Gilded Age.” Bloom’s character, Caroline Stuyvesant, is described as “a beguiling socialite who is the perfect heiress for marriage” and full of “wit and disposition” in a Deadline article announcing her in the role.īloom, who originally came to Elon as a journalism major in 2013, says watching Elon Acting’s production of “August: Osage County” as a first-year student awakened her desire to pursue an acting career. ![]()
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