Nicole Schoen

Nicole is an Australian actor of German and Filipino heritage. She is passionate about multilingual and multicultural stories in an Australian setting. Raised in Adelaide, in an immigrant household, Nicole was surrounded by many languages, cultures, flavours and attitudes… both opposing and complimentary!

Steadily on a journey to discover more about herself through performance and producing, Nicole is eager to work in screen projects with diverse scope.

She has trained with Kim Krejus and Iain Sinclair of 16th Street, Adrian Barnes, Rob MacPherson, Jamie Harding and Don Kountouris, Casting Directors; Angela Heesom, Lou Heesom, Ally Reynolds, and Micaeley Gibson.

Nicole’s debut screen role was Ruby in Conor Mercury and Ben Golotta of Repeater Productions’ short film ‘Lean’ (2022) starring Harry Greenwood and Nicholas Hope. She appears in two of Richard Coburn’s Art films ‘Future Commissioners’ for MOD. Exhibition space, and ‘Anomalous’ which screened exclusively at ILA on Light Square.

Nicole worked as a voice coach on Karu-Karu’s series ‘Wishes’ supported by Screen Australia. She coached the main teenage voice actor, and voiced the support role of Teacher. ‘Wishes’ is currently on its festival tour!

In late 2024, Nicole portrayed Alice in Manuel Ashman’s short film ‘7 Minutes to Rice’ which had its WORLD PREMIERE at Flickerfest in 2025. Recently, Nicole wrapped on an independent feature based in the Riverland of South Australia, with the working title ‘Orange Boy’. As well as, two short films - ‘Extra’ by Benn Brothers, and ‘The Way Of The Wind’ by Nicholas Burt.