Nikki DeLoach
Nikki DeLoach is an American actress, best known as Lacey Hamilton in Awkward, MJ in North Shore, and Brenda in Days of Our Lives.
Early life
DeLoach was born in Waycross, Georgia, the eldest of three children of David DeLoach, the owner of a wood products company, and Terri DeLoach, the superintendent of the schools in Pierce County. She has a sister and a brother. They grew up on a farm.As a child, DeLoach was involved in the pageant world, winning numerous state and national titles. She secured an agent for modeling at a young age and appeared in several print advertisements. She and her mother spent a summer in New York City to further her modeling career.
Career
Deloach joined The All New Mickey Mouse Club in 1993. Fellow cast members included future actors Keri Russell and Ryan Gosling, and future pop stars Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, and JC Chasez. When The All New Mickey Mouse Club was canceled in 1995, DeLoach returned to her local high school for a short time before moving with her grandmother to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Her work included television appearances in Misery Loves Company and movie roles in Gunfighter's Moon and Traveller.In 1998, she became a member of the girl group Innosense. The group was managed by Justin Timberlake's mother, Lynn Harless. Innosense was an opening act for both *NSYNC and Britney Spears, and it had lukewarm success in Europe, but minimal impact in the US. The group had a cameo in the film Longshot before calling it quits in 2003.
After Innosense's breakup, DeLoach focused on acting. Her film work includes the sequel of the Sandra Bullock thriller The Net, called The Net 2.0, and a role in the series Emerald Cove, alongside some of her fellow Mouseketeers. On television, she starred in the series North Shore. on Fox and Windfall. She also has made guest appearances in Grounded for Life, Walker: Texas Ranger, Cold Case, and CSI: NY. DeLoach played Lacey Hamilton, the mother of the main character Jenna Hamilton, on MTV's Awkward.
She played in the French comedy film Hollywoo with Florence Foresti. She occasionally co-hosts on The Young Turks livestream. She has starred in several films on the Hallmark Channel.