Nicole is a native New Yorker and graduate of the Moscow Art Theater School. Part of the only American ensemble to graduate from the school, she co-founded Studio Six, a company dedicated to bridging the Russian and American theater communities. Along with producing and performing in a dozen productions in North America, she performed with SounDrama in the Chekhov International Festival, and brought her own mobile performance of "I Am Me" to Moscow's Golden Mask Festival, and Yekaterinburg's New Plays Festival where it won the Grand Prix. In 2019, Nicole earned her master's in applied theater and has built a theater practice in social engagement and activism with community centers and institutions.