Nakuset "Nikki" Gould played Grace Cardinal in Degrassi and Degrassi: Next Class. Nikki was born in Toronto, Canada and grew up in Vancouver. She is a tattoo designer, a musician, a visual artist and recently an actress.
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- Her birth name is Na'ku'set Ansal'ewit, meaning "Sun Angel" in her native language.
- She is Mi'kmaq.
- Nikki is a Cancer.
- She doesn't have a TV.
- She loves the band Rings of Saturn.
- She plays six-string fretless bass in the dynamic death metal band The Vth Circle.
- She learned theatre growing up through an outreach program for low income kids.
- She shares custody of an Alaskan Malamute named Aziza
- She has a boa and a ball python, both rescues.
- She works as a tattoo designer and visual artist.
- She also works with women's resource organizations in the Downtown Eastside where she grew up.
- She runs her own events and artist development company called Solar Flare.
- She plays guitar, bass and banjo.
- She is the fourth Aboriginal actor to play a character in the entire franchise. The first was Michelle Goodeve (Ms. Karen Avery), the second was Jennifer Podemski (Ms. Chantel Sauvé), and the third was Dylan Everett (Campbell Saunders).
- Her first on-screen kiss was with Ana Golja.
- She said that filming with Ana is really fun, because she has a great sense of humour and is really professional.
- She thinks Hunter and Grace would be good friends.
- She's a vegetarian, but pro-hunting and fishing since it is a part of Mi'kmaq culture.
- She quietly married to a chef from Vancouver in 2021. She confirmed that they amicably split on Instagram live in 2023.
- She is currently releasing her self produced music under the alias Donna G.
- She has a headcanon that Grace is neurodivergent.
- Nikki keeps her personal life quite private, but her Instagram hints that she may be dating someone new.
- She currently manages several live music venues in Vancouver.