Lydia Nicole
Biography
Lydia Nicole is a veteran actress, writer, and producer best known for her work in "Stand and Deliver," "A Rose Grows in Spanish Harlem," and "Making The Five Heartbeats." A pioneer in creating content for and about underrepresented communities, she also hosts the empowering podcast Acting Smarter Now, where she champions the business and mindset tools actors need to thrive.
Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Maria
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes • as Rafaela Fuentes
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
Drama Series - 1998, 16 episodes • as Maria
Sammo Law spins, kicks, and chops his way through crime as a one-man police force in Los Angeles. He's a tough law enforcer who comes to the U.S. in search of a former friend and protegée — and gets drafted as part of the LAPD.
Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • as Citizenship Student
John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Rafaela Fuentes
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • as Celia
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Angie
At the age of 16 Mary becomes a nun. But she never gets used to the strict rules of her new life and when she falls in love with Father Tim, she wants to withdraw her vow.
Movie - 1994, 2h 15m • as Hooker #1
Detective Bobby Corcoran and his partner, Detective Larson, are on the hunt for a vicious serial killer in this tense police thriller. As the murderous villain stalks the city streets leaving carnage in his wake, Corcoran begins to experience blackouts and sudden fits of anger. As the detectives pursue the case, they uncover evidence suggesting that one of them may be responsible for the mysterious deaths.
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Soledad
Rico 'Honeyboy' Ramirez is a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx who finds fame and fortune as a middleweight boxer. But he soon learns that it's not all it's cracked up to be when he loses sight of his goals. He becomes romantically involved with his attractive publicist, and then he has to prove himself in the ring after learning that his biggest victory was rigged by his shady, mob-connected, promoters.
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Claire
A Jewish man discovers his boyfriend of 10 years has been cheating on him, and decides to embark on a dating spree.
Movie - 1985, 2h 15m • as Milo
In this pilot to the short-lived "Hell Town," Robert Blake plays a scrappy, ex-convict-turned-ghetto priest in an impoverished inner-city parish.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Isabel
A catholic nun tries hard to protect and integrate in society a number of young women with a past in reform schools or even prisons. Lack of funds, troublemakers in the group, outside incomprehension for her aim make her task hard, but eventually she achieves due to her faith in God, and the human person.