Nico Parker

The Last Of Us Star Nico Parker spoke to GLAMOUR about "the pressure to meet expectations" as well as navigating Hollywood as a rising star.

Luckily, at only nineteen-years-old, Nico is remarkably grounded, with a great head on her shoulders – both obvious traits enabling her to handle the pressure of such a coveted project that has already topped many lists of essential small-screen viewing in 2023. Entertainment is also an industry Nico has long been familiar with, given that her parents are Emmy award-winning actress Thandiwe Newton and director/screenwriter Ol Parker, who brought 2018's flick, Mamma Mia! Based on the 2013 action-adventure video game of the same name, expectations for the series are lofty.

Nico Parker has reacted to the trolls who criticized The Last of Us for casting actors of color as characters who were white in the video game.

The game is very, very innovative in its inclusiveness. New episodes debut on Sundays on HBO and HBO Max. I don't value that opinion and I don't agree. Critical reception has also been very strong with the show premiering to near-perfect scores at Rotten Tomatoes. This is nothing new, as there are often complaints on social media anytime A lot of praise has been given to the casting with Pedro Pascal and Nico Parker bringing life to their characters, Joel Miller and daughter Ellie, in a harrowing episode.

Parker also responded to backlash from video game fans who expected her role to be played by a white actress.

If young kids watch the show and feel they're represented through race or hair or anything, that's ten times more important than anyone who doesn't like it because they don't like to see different people on their screen." And then when it got to the more emotional, stressful scenes, I wanted it to feel like everything you're seeing you're seeing for the first time." "But when it comes from a place where it's just a disdain toward any kind of inclusivity, that's where I don't care.

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In 2021, she revealed pictures of herself that her son had taken on a trip in the wilderness. Although Booker has not attended many public events with his parents, being only 9, Thandiwe does make a point to post pictures of him on her Instagram once in a while. Thandiwe also admitted to being very protective of Nico in Hollywood: "She has her mum right there like a lioness checking that everything is looked after. Ripley has followed in her father's footsteps as a writer and told 9, 2004, and has followed in her mother's footsteps as an actress. Best known for her roles in Beloved, Mission: Impossible 2, For Colored Girls, and more, Thandiwe (formerly credited as Thandie) Newton's talent now extends to her kids.

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Here We Go Again (2018), OI Parker and her mother, Thandiwe Newton is a renowned British actress who has received a variety of notable awards such as a Primetime Emmy Award and a British Academy Film Award. Her father is a film director and screenwriter who wrote and directed Mama Mia! The TV series follows Joel (played by Pedro Pascal) as he smuggles Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey) across a post-apocalyptic United States.