Nico Mirallegro

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Nico Mirallegro

Nico Cristian Mirallegro

26 January 1991 (age 24)
Born
Heywood, Greater Manchester,
England, United Kingdom
Occupation Actor
Years active 2007present
Nico Cristian Mirallegro (born 26 January 1991) is a British actor who played the role of
Barry "Newt" Newton in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 22 October 2007 until 25
June 2010. He played the role of Finn Nelson in the E4 television series My Mad Fat Diary.

Contents

1 Personal life

2 Career

3 Charity work

4 Filmography

5 References

6 External links

Personal life
His father is Sicilian and his mother is Anglo-Irish.[1] He has a younger sister called Claudia
Marissa, born in 1992. He has been good friends with actors Elliott Tittensor and Luke
Tittensor since he was sixteen. Mirallegro grew up in Heywood, Greater Manchester and
attended Siddal Moor Sports College.[2]

Career
A native of Manchester, he portrayed Newt, an emo teenager who is the foster child of Jack
and Frankie Osborne in Hollyoaks. In a backstage video produced by Channel 4, Mirallegro
insisted that he was nothing like his character. He wore a wig and fake lip-piercing to portray
him.[1] Prior to winning the role, he was a student, starting in February 2007, at the
Manchester School of Acting. At the same time as filming for Hollyoaks, he was also playing
Cam Spencer in web series LOL, which explores sex, drugs and relationships.[3] In March
2010, the new producer of Hollyoaks, Paul Marquess, axed a string of characters in a bid to
shake up the show. Mirallegro was not part of this cull; he left the show in September 2009 to
work on other projects.[4] His last day of filming on Hollyoaks was 29 April 2010. His
character Newt left the show on 25 June 2010, in a storyline about moving to Scotland to live
with his mother and baby brother, Jensen.
Mirallegro appeared in a short film by Plato Films and All-Seeing Eye Productions, called
Six Minutes of Freedom,[5] in July 2009, between filming for Hollyoaks. Mirallegro starred as
a troubled teenager called Chris who is training to be a boxer. His real-life sister Claudia also
makes an appearance. This film was entered into four film festivals. On 31 August 2010,
Plato Films announced that Six Minutes of Freedom won Best New Wave Short Film at the
Yellow Fever International. Six Minutes of Freedom was released for download on 12 January
2011, following a successful festival run in the summer of 2010. On 10 November 2010,
Mirallegro appeared as a gay character called Jamie, who suffers bullying (because of his
sexuality) in an episode of series two of the BBC drama series Moving On.[6][6] The episode
was titled "Losing My Religion". Mirallegro appeared as a guest in nine episodes of the
regular BBC series Doctors; this was announced on 7 June 2010 in an article by Digital Spy.
[7]
He appeared in the role of Italian foreign exchange student Giovanni Mannasorri, who
arrived in Letherbridge to study at university. His first episode in this role was shown on 24
September 2010.
He finished filming for his role in McQueen the Movie by Bitter Sweet Pictures in the
summer of 2010. He played Sam, a young Jewish boy who is one of the two main
protagonists of the story. The film is set in suburbia in the North of England in the 1990s.
From 26 to 28 December 2010, Mirallegro appeared in series one of BBC One 1930s period
remake of Upstairs Downstairs. He played a young footman called Johnny Proude, who took
up a position in service to escape the poverty of the northern mining town where he was born.
In the first episode, Proude got into trouble with the police within his first week of service at
165 Eaton Place, and was sent away to a borstal, but returned in the third episode. On 10
February 2011, the BBC Press Office announced that the series has been re-commissioned for
a further six episodes, which would be shown in 2012.[8]
In May 2011, Mirallegro appeared in the BBC's three-part psychological thriller Exile,[9]
playing the teenage version of leading character Tom Ronstadt (played by John Simm). Later

that same year, Mirallegro played the role of Sam, a gay heroin addict in the BBC drama The
Body Farm.[10] Sam was a key witness in the central murder plot of the story. From 19
February to 25 March 2012, Mirallegro appeared again as Johnny Proude in series two of
Upstairs Downstairs.[11] The episode which featured Mirallegro's character the most was "All
The Things You Are", which showed Johnny Proude in training to take part in a boxing
competition, and gave some hint of his fears about becoming a soldier in World War II.[12]
Mirallegro appeared as teenage lead guitarist Dodge, in a full-length film about The Stone
Roses called Spike Island, which was released in November 2012.[13][14]
In the 2013 BBC drama The Village, Mirallegro played Joe Middleton, a farmer's son who
leaves his Derbyshire village to fight in World War I.[15] He was nominated for a BAFTA
Award for Best Supporting Actor for this role in April 2014.[16] He is currently appearing as
Finn Nelson in E4's teenage comedy drama My Mad Fat Diary, which began airing on 14
January 2013. In January 2014, he appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in the drama The
Pass, which also starred Russell Tovey as a football player coming to terms with his
homosexuality.[17] On 6 July 2014, he starred as a teenager prosecuted for murder under the
joint endeavour law in BBC One drama Common by Jimmy McGovern.[18]

Charity work
Mirallegro has played in celebrity football teams over the past six years, for various charities
including Help For Heroes and Once Upon a Smile. The charity football events mainly take
place during the summer season and are usually played in the North of England and the
Midlands, with occasional games in London or Brighton.[19] In 2012, Mirallegro completed a
charity swimathon with his The Village co-star Neil Jackson.

Filmography
Film
Year
2010
2011
2012
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
Year
200710
2010
2010
201012
2011
2011
2012

Title
Six Minutes of Freedom
Wheels of Fortune
Spike Island
Anita B.
Shooting for Socrates
Tiny Ruins: Carriages
Cardboard Boy
Talking in Tones

Role
Chris
Ben
Dodge
David
David Campbell
Stag

Notes
Short film
Short film

Music video
Short film
Music video

The Charlatans
Television
Title
Role
Notes
Hollyoaks
Barry "Newt" Newton Series regular
Doctors
Giovanni Mannasori Recurring; 7 episodes
Moving On
Jamie
Episode: "Losing My Religion"
Upstairs Downstairs Johnny Proude
Series regular
Exile
Teenage Tom
Series regular
The Body Farm
Sam Villiers
Episode: 1.2
Last Tango in Halifax Young Alan
Episode: 1.6

Year
Title
2013
The Village
20132015 My Mad Fat Diary
2014
Common

Television
Role
Joe Middleton
Finn Nelson
Johnjo O'Shea

Notes
Series regular (series one)
Main character
Tv awards and nominations

2015 The Ark

Nominated
work
2008 Hollyoaks
Year

2009 Hollyoaks
2014 The Village

Award
British Soap Award for Best Newcomer
British Soap Award for Best On-Screen Partnership
(shared with Marc Silcock)
British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting
Actor

Results
Nominated
Nominated
Nominated

References
1.
"Nico Mirallegro (Hollyoaks' Newt) Interview". LastBroadcast.co.uk. 29 July 2008.
Retrieved 13 November 2012.
"Heywood actor in line for Bafta". ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk. 16 April 2014.
"LOL Cast - Nico Mirallegro as Cam Spencer". Lolseries.com. Retrieved 13
November 2012.
"Kym Marsh: 'Hollyoaks is in poor shape' - Hollyoaks News - Soaps". Digital Spy. 16
March 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
"Six Minutes of Freedom Trailer". YouTube. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
"BBC One - Moving On, Series 2, Losing My Religion". BBC.co.uk. 19 August 2011.
Retrieved 13 November 2012.
"Ex-'Hollyoaks' actor to guest in 'Doctors' - Doctors News - Soaps". Digital Spy. 7
June 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
"Press Office - Upstairs Downstairs recommissioned for BBC One". BBC. 1 January
1970. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
"BBC One - Exile". BBC.co.uk. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
"BBC One - The Body Farm, Episode 2". Bbc.co.uk. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 13
November 2012.