Nico Parker is an actress from Britain. She is the daughter of actress Thandiwe Newton and filmmaker Ol Parker. Her film debut occurred in a prominent role in the fantasy movie Dumbo (2019). In the inaugural season of the HBO series The Last of Us (2023), she portrayed the character Sarah Miller.
Early Life
Nico Parker was born on December 9, 2004, in London, to film director and screenwriter Ol Parker and actress Thandiwe Newton. Parker hails from Kensal Rise in northwest London.
She has an elder sister named Ripley and a younger brother named Booker. Through her maternal grandmother, Nyasha, Parker asserts her descent from a lineage of tribal chiefs in Zimbabwe.
Nico Parker’s Career
Nico Parker‘s film debut occurred in the 2019 movie Dumbo, where she played the character Milly Farrier under the direction of Tim Burton. Even though her performance received a mixed-to-negative critical reception, it resulted in her achieving considerable recognition.
She later starred with Naomie Harris and Jude Law in the HBO miniseries The Third Day (2020) and appeared with her mother as Zoe in the science fiction film Reminiscence (2021).
In 2023, Nico Parker portrayed Sarah Miller in the inaugural episode of HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us. Rachel Leishman, in her review for The Mary Sue, described Parker’s casting as “brilliant” and remarked:
“It’s such a good performance from Parker that matches the energy of Pascal’s Joel in a way that I think many are going to be talking about Nico Parker’s take on the character.”
Tatler named Nico Parker as a Bright Young Thing in 2023.
In 2024, she appeared in Suncoast. She received the Breakthrough Performance Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. In September 2024, Parker was revealed as Lancôme’s latest and youngest Global Ambassador to date.
In 2025, Parker featured in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon, as well as in Poetic License.
Net Worth
Nico Parker is a British actress who has accumulated a respectable sum of money during her career. As of 2025, Nico’s net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $2 million.
