Nico Mirallegro

Nico Mirallegro is an English actor and director who began acting in his teens after going along to an improv class, and his first professional role came in 2007 as the teenage character Newt in the soap opera Hollyoaks, a part he left after two years. He later became known on British television for Finn Nelson in My Mad Fat Diary, Joe Middleton in The Village and Johnjo O'Shea in Common. Screen International included him among its Stars of Tomorrow in 2012. His film credits include Spike Island (2012), Anita B., The Pass (2016) and Peterloo (2018), and he first played his part in The Pass on stage at the Royal Court Theatre in London. He received a BAFTA nomination for The Village and a BBC Audio Drama Award nomination for the radio drama Orpheus and Eurydice. In 2025 he directed his first production, My Name is Sandra.