Nicola Peltz married David and Victoria Beckham's son Brooklyn in a star-studded wedding in 2022.
Peltz's father is businessman Nelson Peltz, whose estimated net worth is $1.5 billion.
She's an actress who most recently starred in Hulu's "Welcome to Chippendales."
Nicola Peltz, one of billionaire Nelson Peltz's 10 children, made headlines in 2022 for her lavish Palm Beach wedding to Brooklyn Beckham, the eldest son of world-renowned soccer player David Beckham and designer Victoria Beckham.
But she's also made headlines for her work as an actress, most recently in "Welcome to Chippendales," a true-crime series that premiered on Hulu in November 2022.
Here's a closer look inside the life of the 28-year-old heiress, who's been vocal about her commitment to her family, her love for her husband, and her ambition when it comes to her film career.
Nicola Peltz grew up in New York as one of billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz's 10 children.
The founder of investment firm Trian Fund Management, 81-year-old Nelson Peltz is worth $1.5 billion, according to Forbes.
Trian Fund Management currently manages$8.5 billion worth of assets. In 2017, Nelson Peltz was ranked the 22nd highest-earning hedge fund manager, Forbes reported.
Nelson Peltz has contributed millions of dollars to politically conservative causes. During the 2020 election cycle, he donated $200,000 to the Republican National Committee, according to CNBC. In 2018, he donated $650,000 to Citizens for a Strong America, a political organization supporting conservative candidates.
Nicola Peltz has nine siblings through her father.
He has two children with his first wife,Cynthia Abrams, whom he married in 1964. They divorced in 1981.
In 1985, he married model Claudia Heffner Peltz, and they have eight children, including Nicola, who was born in 1995. She grew up in Westchester County in New York.
She started her career as an actress in 2006, and has had roles in films, TV shows, and music videos.
Nicola Peltz's first acting role was in 2006, in the film "Deck the Halls." She has also appeared in "Bates Motel," "The Last Airbender," "Transformers: The Age of Extinction," and "Holidate."
In 2014, Peltz was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for breakout star for her role in "Transformers: Age of Extinction," and a Young Hollywood Award for breakthrough actress. That same year, she won a rising star CinemaCon Award.
Peltz has also acted in music videos. Most notably, she was featured in Miley Cyrus's "7 Things" music video, which has been viewed over 200 million times since its 2008 premiere. In 2016, she was featured in Zayn Malik's music video for his song "iT's YoU."
Most recently, Peltz starred in Hulu's "Welcome to Chippendales" as Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten.
Peltz acts alongside Kumail Nanjiani and Murray Bartlett in Hulu's "Welcome to Chippendales," which was released in 2022.
In a 2023 interview with Elle, she told the magazine about one of her favorite memories from the show.
"Finding Dorothy's look for the first time ... like, putting it all together — the makeup, the wig, the costume," she said. "When I got into the costume I really felt changed," she continued.
She's set to direct and star in an upcoming film, "Lola James," for which she also wrote the screenplay.
According to Deadline, Peltz wrote the screenplay for — and will star and codirect — "Lola James," a movie set in 2002 in middle America. Academy Award-nominated actress Virginia Madsen will also star in the film, which is in post-production, according to IMDb.
"I can't wait to show you guys Lola James," Peltz wrote in an Instagram caption in 2021.
One of her brothers is actor Will Peltz, who appeared in an episode of "Euphoria."
In addition to having played Luke Kasten in "Euphoria," Will Peltz is known for his role in "Unfriended," a 2014 horror film.
She and Will have matching tattoos that honor their family history.
Nicola and Will Peltz have almost-matching tattoos that pay homage to their family's Eastern European Jewish roots. Their tattoos are written in Yiddish. Nicola's tattoo means "family first" while Will's reads "family."
"I love big families, I love being around my family and all my siblings, it's like, my happy place for me," Peltz told Elle in 2023.
She met Brooklyn Beckham at Coachella music festival in 2017, although they didn't start dating until a couple of years later.
Coachella is known to be stacked with celebrities, so it's no wonder the couple met at the annual California music festival.But they didn't have an instant connection, according to Peltz.
"We didn't get along, we just didn't click… I had a boyfriend, he had a girlfriend," she told Tatler in 2022.
It took Beckham — a former model, photographer, chef, and the oldest child of David and Victoria Beckham — and Peltz years to finally get together. They reunited at Leonardo DiCaprio's Halloween party in 2019, Glamour reported, and they were later spotted having a late-night dinner together after the event.
"I can't tell you what happened [at the party] but from then on we were inseparable," Peltz told Tatler.
In 2020, she and Beckham announced they were engaged.
Beckham, now 24, and Peltz announced their engagement via Instagramin July 2020. "Two weeks ago I asked my soulmate to marry me and she said yes," he wrote in his caption.
"I am the luckiest man in the world. I promise to be the best husband and the best daddy one day," he continued.
Just months later, in January 2021,Beckham debuted a tattoo dedicated to his fiancée — a transcript of a love letter Peltz had written. She signed the letter as "your future wifey."
The couple got married at her father's $79 million estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in front of A-list friends in April 2022.
In April 2022, the couple got married at the Peltz's family estate in Palm Beach, Florida. At their wedding, they took photos exclusively on flip phones, according to the couple.
According to Elle, the wedding cost almost $4 million.
British Vogue shared photos on Instagram of the bride and groom in their wedding attire. Peltz wore a custom Valentino gown for the occasion. She initially hoped to wear a design by her mother-in-law, Victoria Beckham, but ultimately the designer's "atelier couldn't do it," Peltz told Variety.
Their 500-strong guest list included celebrities such as Serena Williams, Eva Longoria, and Gordon Ramsay, People reported.
In an interview with Elle, Peltz described newlywed life as "amazing" and described Brooklyn as her "best friend." "Being able to live life by his side has been amazing, because I feel like even if I'm going through something bad I have him by my side," she said.
The couple reportedly lives in Los Angeles.
"I see myself being a mom in five years," she told Elle in 2023.
"Brooklyn wants a lot of kids," she said, adding, "Yeah, I would love a big family really."
She recently supported her in-laws at the release of the Netflix documentary "Beckham."
Peltz, pictured right, attended the UK premiere of "Beckham" in London with her husband, her parents-in-law, and their other children, Cruz, Romeo, and Harper.
"Last night was incredible congratulations @davidbeckham," Peltz wrote on Instagram following the event.
The Netflix docuseries tells the story of David Beckham's life and soccer career, and includes details of his relationship with Victoria. The couple has been married for 24 years.
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