Arianne Zucker talks her recent Emmy nomination, balancing work and life, and shares the story of her very first audition!

About Arianne:

Four-time Emmy-nominated actress Arianne  Zucker has played many roles, but she is best known for the character  of Nicole Walker on NBC’s hit daytime drama, “Days of Our Lives”.   Arianne played the role from 1998-2017 and 2018-present.  Zucker has  aired in over 1600 episodes, multiple movies, and new media programming  giving her 1000’s of hours experienced screen time.

Arianne began  her career in modeling when she was 16 years old. She soon traveled to  Paris, France after winning her first modeling contest. From there she  has traveled to Australia, Japan landing herself New York City.  During  this time, Arianne also booked several national commercials such as  Mazda Miata and McDonald’s.
During her career on Days of Our  Lives, Arianne also began to generate work in primetime television by  landing the role of Brenda Collette in CSI:Miami (2006). Her work was  noticed by writer Karen Harris, (General Hospital, All MY Children) and  was asked to play the role Winnifred Marshall in “Life in General”  (2008). As web series began to become popular, “Devantiy”, an  Emmy-nominated web series chose Arianne to guest star as Julie Regis  (2013) as the uptight sister of Andrew Regis, the ruthless jewelry  scion.  In 2018, Arianne won an Independent Series Award for her role as  Clara in “ Ladies of the Lake”. Zucker also has been fortunate to play  different characters for multiple Lifetime movies such as “Killer  Assistant, Web Cam Girls, Ex-Wife Killer and His Perfect Obsession.

In  the year of 2016, during the presidential election, Zucker found  herself in the center of a controversy with then, Republican nominee,  Donald Trump and Billy Bush over some unsavory words said about women  known as "The Access Hollywood Tapes". Keeping her composure, she aired  on Anderson Cooper and wrote an Op Ed for CNN. Without allowing  these  circumstances to change her or what she strives for in her career,  Zucker continues to move forward. 
While in between acting jobs,  Arianne keeps herself quite busy. She co-created the non-profit  organization ARROW-HEART Adventure Camps in September of 2007 with her  brother Todd Zucker. The organization operates out of a small town in  Weiser, Idaho. The camp enriches teen’s lives through outdoor adventure.  ARROW-HEARTS biggest adventure so far was creating a short documentary  on the camp in South Africa in 2012.

Zucker has found success in opening a Life Coaching business called "Aloha Life Coaching" with her fiance' Shawn Christian. Choosing the path as a creative mind coach, life coach and positivity  advocate began in 2019 when the world experienced the COVID-19 pandemic. The gift of listening, absorbing information and supporting clients with  the tools to get to the root of HOW they can shift their mindset to a  proactive way of living is the main focus of Ari’s style of coaching.  “When we value change over our current situation, we begin to create the  life we imagine”.

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