{{short description|American film director}} alt=An exam room set, getting ready for a take. Nikole, center, with long dark hair, bangs, wearing black shirt, black pants, black hat, headphones and a utility belt with a walkie clipped on her hip stands over actress Patti Harrison who is laying on an exam table in a white shirt and red sweat pants holding a script in her left hand. They look at each other as Nikole gives direction. Other crew members hug the perimeter of the room.|thumb|Nikole Beckwith in 2021 '''Nikole Beckwith''' is an American director, screenwriter, and playwright. Her writing credits include ''Stockholm, Pennsylvania'' (2015), ''3 Generations'' (2015), ''Impulse'' (2019), ''Together Together'' (2021), and 3 episodes of the television series ''The First Lady'' (2022).
==Early life== Beckwith grew-up in Newburyport, Massachusetts.<ref name="wicked"/> From age 16, she attended the Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Massachusetts.<ref name="wicked"/> In 2004, she became the youngest recipient of The Johnson Award for excellence in and contributions to the arts in the Merrimack Valley. She authored a short book of poems, ''Rhymes With Blue'', which was released in a limited run by Independent Submarine in 2001.<ref name="wicked">{{cite web|url= https://eu.wickedlocal.com/story/archive/2009/05/05/local-actress-nikole-beckwith-is/38944586007/#:~:text=Not%20that%20this%20recognition%20comes%20out%20of%20the%20blue:%20The |title= Local actress Nikole Beckwith is back, briefly |author=J.C. Lockwood |work= eu.wickedlocal.com |access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref>
In 2006, she moved to New York City, she was a three time Manhattan Monologue Slam champion,<ref name="slam">{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtgnlLss4e8#:~:text=New%20York's%20best%20actors%20do%20battle%20with%20Hollywood's%20best,%20in |title=Nickole Beckwith, Manhattan Monologue Slam Champ |website= MMSlam at Youtube |date= November 21, 2006}}</ref> and is an alumna of the Ensemble studio theatre.<ref name="est">{{cite web|url= https://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/est-youngblood/members |title= Ensemble studio theatre - Members and Alumni |work= ensemblestudiotheatre.org |access-date= 12 March 2016}}</ref> playwright's group Youngblood and The Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group. She was also a performer and director with The Striking Viking Story Pirates.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.storypirates.org|title=Story Pirates Home|website=Story Pirates}}</ref>
==Career==
=== TV & Film === She wrote and directed the feature film of ''Stockholm, Pennsylvania'' (2015),<ref name="wicked"/> about a young woman who is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years. It starred Saoirse Ronan and premiered in the Dramatic Competition section at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/us-world-and-next-films-announced-for-2015-festival|title=2015 Sundance Film FEestival |website= sundance.org}}</ref> The film was acquired by Lifetime and premiered on their TV channel on May 2, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/stockholm-pennsylvania-saoirse-ronan-sundance-lifetime-1201460939/|title=Lifetime Acquires Sundance Fest Title 'Stockholm, Pennsylvania' Starring Saoirse Ronan|first=Seth|last=Kelley|date=26 March 2015|publisher=}}</ref> Her screenplay ''Stockholm, Pennsylvania'' won a 2012 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.<ref name="deadline2012">{{cite web|author=Deadline Team |date=October 24, 2012|url=https://deadline.com/2012/10/nicholl-fellowship-winners-announced-359069/|title=Academy Announces Nicholl Fellowships|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=February 6, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Fellows List">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/nicholl/fellows/1986-present.html|title=Academy Nicholl Fellows 1986–present|website=Oscars.org|accessdate=February 6, 2014|archive-date=March 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302233824/http://oscars.org/awards/nicholl/fellows/1986-present.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Beckwith wrote two episodes of the second season of the Youtube Original series ''Impulse'' (2019), and wrote and directed the film ''Together Together'' (2021),<ref name="tv"/> about a young loner who becomes gestational surrogate for a man in his 40s. The film had its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Virginia|last=Yapp|date=April 1, 2021|title= Release Rundown|url= https://www.sundance.org/blogs/now-playing/what-to-watch-april-2021|access-date=2021-05-11 |website= sundance.org}}</ref>
Other writing credits include the film ''3 Generations'' (2015), and 3 episodes of the television series ''The First Lady'' (2022).<ref name="tv">{{Cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nikole-beckwith/credits/3030296623/ |access-date= 2024-10-04 |title =Nikole Beckwith writing Credits |work= tvguide.com}}</ref>
=== Theater === She has written multiple plays. Her full-length plays include ''Everything Is Ours''; ''Imagine My Sadness''; ''Stockholm, Pennsylvania''; and ''Untitled Matriarch Play (Or Seven Sisters)''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=WRITING|url=https://www.nikolebeckwith.com/writing|access-date=2021-05-11|website=home|language=en}}</ref> which she wrote in residence at The Royal National Theatre of London and premiered at The Royal Court directed by Vicki Featherstone. Beckwith has also written many short plays, including ''How it Tastes'' written for Rattlestick Playwrights Theater ''Dig Dig Dig'' written for Stella Adler Studio and ''Nice Place to Visit'' and ''PLAY FOR AN ALL WHITE STAGE'' which were commissioned by Old Vic New Voices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikolebeckwith.com/writing|access-date=2021-05-11|website=Nikole Beckwith|language=en|title=Writing }}</ref>
As an actor she appeared in the premiere production of Joshua Conkel’s 2009 underground hit ''MilkMilkLemonade''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Milk Milk Lemonade |url=http://horsetrade.info/season11/MilkMilkLem.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=horsetrade.info}}</ref> originating the role of ''Lady in a Leotard'' alongside Michael Cyril Creighton as Nanna and Jess Barbagallo as Elliot, directed by Isaac Butler.
=== Music === Beckwith recreationally performed live with a handful of bands and sings on Tiger Saw's 2005 record ''Sing!'',<ref name="tiger">{{cite web|url= http://www.kimcheerecords.com/catalog/kc034/|title= Kimchee Records – Catalog – Tiger Saw – Sing! |work= kimcheerecords.com |date= 18 October 2005 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20051018060700/https://www.kimcheerecords.com/catalog/kc034/ |url-status=dead|archive-date= 2005-10-18 }}</ref> Adrian Orange’s 2005 ''I Am Yours (full version)''<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Am Yours (Full Version), by thanksgiving |url=https://thanksgiving.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-yours-full-version |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=thanksgiving |language=en}}</ref> and Sam Buck Rosen's 2006 release ''The Look South.<ref name="class">{{cite web |title=The Look South |url=http://www.classactrecords.com/looksouthtruth.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184438/http://www.classactrecords.com/looksouthtruth.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-03 |publisher=classactrecords.com}}</ref>'' She toured musically with Drew Danbury between 2004 and 2006 and inspired the song ''’Nikole’'' on his 2012 record ''For all the Girls''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=For all the Girls, by For all the Girls |url=https://drewdanburry.bandcamp.com/album/for-all-the-girls |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Drew Danburry |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Beckwith splits her time between Brooklyn, Massachusetts and Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABOUT|url=https://www.nikolebeckwith.com/about|access-date=2021-05-11|website=home|language=en}}</ref> She is close friends with author Kate Bolick and playwright/actor Eric Bogosian who gave the character of ''<nowiki/>'Sooze'<nowiki/>'' the last name ''<nowiki/>'Beckwith''' in the 2009 update of his play SubUrbia and thanks her in the acknowledgements.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bogosian |first=Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klX6CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7 |title=Suburbia (new version) |date=2012-09-15 |publisher=Theatre Communications Group |isbn=978-1-55936-744-8 |language=en}}</ref>
She has two tattoos of the same dog; one drawn and tattooed by artist [https://www.smallspells.com/ Rachel Howe], the other by artist [https://www.krischau.com/ Kris Chau], both of whom also have work featured in ''Together Together.''
She's never had a driver’s license.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Date |first=Terry |date=2017-05-18 |title=Dramatic homecoming; Newburyport native returns to debut her first movie |url=https://www.eagletribune.com/news/lifestyles/dramatic-homecoming-newburyport-native-returns-to-debut-her-first-movie/article_8d84a11e-f737-5b58-be63-c431d60caba1.html |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Eagle-Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
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