Here's why Netflix's 'No Good Nick' character Lisa Haddad steals the show, plus, more on the actress who plays the breakout position
The newest comedy to have everybody talking is Netflix’s No Good Nick. The quite darkish collection follows a married couple — played via former teenager idols Sean Astin (Ed Thompson) and Melissa Joan Hart (Liz Thompson) — and their two children.
However, the twist on this tale is available in the shape of a 13-year-old girl who presentations up on their doorstep claiming to be a far off relative of the Thompson family. Nick (played by Siena Agudong) is no longer as destitute as she appears, and is in truth a con artist looking to rip-off (with the assist of her father who is in prison) the unsuspecting circle of relatives.
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With one of these dynamic solid (adults will no doubt really feel nostalgic gazing The Goonies and Sabrina the Teenage Witch stars play an on-screen couple) and an excellent storyline, the multi-camera sitcom has taken Netflix through typhoon. Though, one character has no doubt become a fan favorite among viewers of No Good Nick.
Lisa Haddad — performed through Josie Totah — is first presented in Episode 4, which displays her working for pupil frame vice chairman unopposed.
Though the charismatic character most effective appears in two episodes of Part 1, we indisputably feel an attachment to Lisa's energetic personality. Similar to the mass hysteria the Stranger Things character of Barb (R.I.P.) enacted after her loss of life, we can expect Lisa will develop to have her own popular culture references and memes.
Let's be honest, now we have all identified that one girl in high school/ Overall, we are hoping we will be able to be seeing more of Miss. Haddad in Part 2 of the Netflix display!
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Here’s what to know about the actress who plays Lisa Haddad:
Josie Totah, 17, might look acquainted as she has prior to now gave the impression in a slew of films and TV displays as a teenager, together with: Spider-Man: Homecoming, Disney’s Liv and Maddie, and Champions. However, Josie used to be prior to now credited as J.J. Totah in her former roles.
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In a 2018 piece for Time, the actress wrote an open letter coming out as trans to the international.
"My pronouns are she, her and hers. I identify as female, specifically as a transgender female," she explained. "And my name is Josie Totah.”
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Josie noted in the essay that she wanted to be her authentic self, but was worried how fans would perceive the news. She revealed, "I used to be afraid I wouldn’t be accepted, that I'd be embarrassed, that the lovers who knew me from the time after I acted in a Disney show would be puzzled. But I spotted over the previous few years that hiding my true self is no longer wholesome.”
At the time, she also revelled in the thought of probably playing a character as her female self. "I plan to play roles I haven’t had the opportunity to play. And I can only imagine how much more fun it’s going to be to play someone who shares my identity, rather than having to contort myself to play a boy,” she shared before adding, "I’m going to gun for the ones roles, be it a transgender female or a cisgender feminine. Because it’s a clean slate — and a new international."
Stream all 10 episodes of No Good Nick on Netflix now.
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