Nell Verlaque grew up in New York City with a head full of songs and a stubborn belief that stories could save you. Trained at Fiorello H. LaGuardia and later at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she learned craft the old-fashioned way — by doing it, by failing, by trying again. Her on-screen break came in 2017 with Bull, and then everything accelerated: she quit her restaurant job the day she booked Louise Gruzinsky on Disney+’s Big Shot (2021). That’s when things changed.

She writes and sings as aggressively as she acts. Several singles appeared in 2022; her music threaded into auditions and set rehearsals, into the quiet between takes. In 2023 she helped shape Jessica Wright for Thanksgiving, offering notes and backstory that producers kept — a rarity, and one she’s proud of. A sequel is planned (filming eyed for 2025), and Nell has floated a 1970s angle she’d love to explore. Most recently she appears in Prime Video’s Overcompensating, released May 15, 2025, balancing comedy with a strange vulnerability she’s become known for.

Off-screen, she’s candid and occasionally private. Relationships have been part of the story — a brief public chapter with Milo Manheim in 2023 — but work remains the throughline. She’s active on Instagram (@nellverlaque), where roughly 92k followers watch her process, the small performances, the drafts. Net worth is about 1.5 million USD as of 2025. Imperfect, earnest, and curious: Nell keeps choosing roles that ask questions rather than answer them. She’s just getting started.