{"id":880844,"date":"2026-10-13T13:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/880844\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:08:11","slug":"nicole-wallace-on-global-success-life-after-culpa-mia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/880844\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Wallace On Global Success & Life After ‘Culpa M\u00eda’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNicole Wallace<\/a> is good behind the wheel. In Culpa M\u00eda, she power-slides her Porsche sports car to a street race victory and now she\u2019s shifting the gears of her career. With starring roles in Postcards From Italy, and motor-racing drama Throttled, the streaming icon is hitting top speed.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Culpables movies were a streaming phenomenon that brought star Nicole Wallace to audiences the world over.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter playing Nora in the Spanish version of teen drama Skam, she landed the role of Noah in Culpa m\u00eda (My Fault), the first part of the Culpables series from author Mercedes Ron. The series follows an on-off-on romance between Noah and Nick (Gabriel Guevara), the son of her mother\u2019s new and uber-wealthy husband. Culpa tuya (Your Fault) and Culpa nuestra (Our Fault) followed, with the three Spanish-language films racking up more than 100 million viewers on Prime Video<\/a>, the streamer says.<\/p>\n

\n\tNow, having taken on that big-ticket role, she is doing more romance, and moving into English-language films and series. Even if a fourth Culpables movie emerges (Ron\u2019s fourth novel in the series Culpa vuestra was released earlier this year), Wallace\u2019s next act moves her beyond Noah.<\/p>\n

\n\tCulpa m\u00eda was the start of a roller-coaster journey for Wallace. \u201cI knew that it was a big book, but I didn\u2019t imagine that it could have turned into all of this,\u201d the Spanish-American actress says. \u201cI liked that I could be this strong, independent female in this type of movie that I hadn\u2019t seen before. Now, there are so many more characters like Noah in romance movies and I\u2019m happy and grateful for that, but I think she was one of the first ones I had read.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Nick and Noah\u2019s lives play out over three films, they grow up on screen and Wallace says there is a version of the character that she liked playing the most.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s a moment in the third book and third movie after they hook up for the second time, and she leaves before he wakes up, and she\u2019s crying in the car. That, for me, is so interesting, because it encapsulates who she is; she\u2019s vulnerable, she\u2019s emotional, and she loves with all of her heart, but she is very strong in terms of what she has to do to protect herself. And even if she loves this man, she will leave because that\u2019s what she deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe adds: \u201cFrom that point on, the rest of the third movie is full, not of love for what she\u2019s lived with this person. There\u2019s that portion of the movie that feels very mature but still very Noah.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Ron, Wallace\u2019s performance held true to her books. The author says: \u201cNicole was the perfect choice to bring Noah to life. She showed a deep understanding and genuine affection for the character. She also understood the importance of Noah\u2019s journey and development throughout all three movies. Her performance allowed the character to evolve naturally, but also keep the qualities that readers love about Noah.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLife After Noah<\/p>\n

\n\tWallace says that Culpa nuestra is her favorite move from the Culpables franchise and it seemingly brought the story to a close but Ron\u2019s fourth book Culpa Vuestra goes on to tell the story of Nick and Noah years on. It raises the tantalizing possibility of another movie installment, although nothing is confirmed.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith three films in the rear-view mirror, is there still more in the tank when it comes to playing Noah? \u201cI think it would feel very weird,\u201d Wallace says when asked about a possible return. She says she has not read the new book or had any conversations about reprising the role. \u201cThey\u2019re much older and I just don\u2019t think I would connect to it in the same way.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis project is such a big thing in my career and in my life, and it transformed everything for me; I would feel very weird coming back to it. I was doing the premiere for the last one last year, and I did close a chapter and go through the grief of letting it go and remembering the good parts and the bad parts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPost Culpables, there is clear road ahead, says Wallace. \u201cI\u2019m excited to be able to kind of show more and prove myself again in other ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tNicole Wallace photographed in Madrid by Violeta Sofia for Deadline<\/p>\n

\n\tSummoning The Spirits<\/p>\n

\n\tA pivot to a prestige period piece is a sure-fire way to show range. Wallace starred in The House of the Spirits, the Prime Video series adaptation of Isabel Allende\u2019s classic novel, from Anora producer FilmNation Entertainment in association with Fabula, Pablo Larra\u00edn\u2019s production label.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe is one of three actors to play the ethereal Clara at different stages of her life in the drama. The story is an epic inter-generational tale of a family across decades of violent change. Clara is a clairvoyant with telekinetic powers and is the beating heart of the story. In the series, Wallace picks up from Francesca Turco, who plays Clara as a child. She then hands off to Dolores Fonzi, who stars as the older version of the character.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe had to choose between The House of the Spirits and a movie project that was on the table. Her gut told her to choose the Allende adaptation and her reaction to landing the part, and assessment of the scripted series, suggests she made the right call.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI cried when I got the call and they told me that I was going to play her,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re in a moment where so much is coming in, there\u2019s so much production, it\u2019s hard to find [projects] that are going to stick. It\u2019s that type of show that stays with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWallace plays the young adult Clara at a crucial point in her story, as she confronts love and the supernatural forces shaping her world, and gets married to Esteban Trueba, played by Alfonso Herrera (Ozark).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe is in a very interesting period of her life when she\u2019s found what she wants and why she\u2019s on Earth, and she has this calling. That gets a little bit destroyed in one specific moment,\u201d Wallace says. \u201cBut I wanted to also give her a lot of light because I think women have lived through these horrible relationships and moments in history and somehow they still hang on to love and they still hang on to one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tClara\u2019s relationship with Esteban is tempestuous. She does not conform to the social norms of the day and advocates for women\u2019s empowerment and suffrage while he is a ruthless businessman and womanizer. In reality, Herrera was tender. \u201cHe was so scared, and was so careful, even in our kissing scenes, because of the difference in age,\u201d Wallace says. \u201cFor me, it was nice to see that from him. Not because I want him to feel bad, but because that meant that he was putting a lot of thought into everything. He wanted to respect not only me but the scenes, and so it was honest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEnglish Class<\/p>\n

\n\tPostcards From Italy will be her first English-language project to reach audiences. Directed by Oscar winner Jessica Yu (Only Murders in the Building), the fish-out-of-water tale sees a privileged young woman from New York\u2019s Upper West Side make her own way in Italy. Wallace plays Mia, a spoiled heiress who is sent by her grandfather to Palermo, Sicily, without money or her customary luxuries, to work as a real estate agent in the family business.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a very different register for me,\u201d says Wallace. \u201cIt\u2019s a comedy and I\u2019ve never done comedy. Mia is also the first character that I\u2019m playing that is not super young. Even with Clara, although she feels very mature and she has kids, I\u2019m still playing a 20-year-old. This is the first time I\u2019m playing a 24\/25-year-old, [which is] my age. That is something that people are going to see for the first time from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking about moving into acting in English, Wallace says: \u201cMy whole personality changes when I speak a different language. I\u2019m proving myself all over again because people like some voices in one language and then don\u2019t like them in another, so anything could happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNext up for Wallace is Throttled, based on the first of Lauren Asher\u2019s Dirty Air book series and set in a fictionalized version of the high-stakes world of Formula 1.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Culpa Nuestra\u2019, photo courtesy of Prime Video<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Wallace, it is her first U.S.-originated project and another English-language role. She stars opposite Off Campus breakout Josh Heuston, meaning the producers have recruited two red-hot actors who built their stardom in the world of YA.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a romance, but it\u2019s very sports driven, so that\u2019s something that\u2019s very new to me,\u201d says Wallace. She plays Maya, the sister of one of the Formula 1 drivers.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe\u2019s a math major, she loves F1 and knows all of the engineering. She falls for her brother\u2019s rival [Heuston\u2019s Noah Slade], so there\u2019s a conflict of interest and family loyalty going on, but also, it\u2019s about a female in a very male-dominated sport. I\u2019m excited to be able to dive in and [explore] how she experiences all of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am a pretty good driver. I love speed and, yeah, love driving,\u201d the star says. That worked out well in the Culpables movies, replete as they are with shiny fast cars as well as romance and drama.<\/p>\n

\n\tHaving been to see F1 up close as part of her research, Wallace says the sport evoked a familiar sensation. \u201cIt feels kind of like production on a movie,\u201d she says. \u201cThere are the actors who are the face of it, but there are hundreds of people on the other side that make the whole thing work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tActor To Producer<\/p>\n

\n\tLast year Wallace struck an exclusive talent deal with Amazon MGM Studios and now she wants to glean some producer smarts as she thinks about getting her own projects off the ground. \u201cI\u2019ve been pitching stuff,\u201d she says. \u201cThat was a very big thing for me, to be able to just learn from the inside and also from the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn terms of producing, Wallace breaks down what she is interested in. \u201cI obviously prioritize female protagonists and being able to tell stories about complicated, messy women. And there\u2019s something about female rage that I\u2019m very interested in. This is a very exciting moment with shows like Furious. And I love fantasy. I am such a fantasy nerd.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe will also stay connected to the young adult genre. \u201cI would love to be able to do indie stuff, and I want to do horror, action, sci-fi and all of these things, but I also still want to be true to the people that have stayed with me,\u201d she says. \u201cI want to still do YA.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch List<\/p>\n

\n\tLife since the Culpables became a global hit has, Wallace says, been \u201ca roller-coaster with pit stops on the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat does a breakout star do during those pit stops? Wallace rides her horse, hangs out with her friends (the same ones from before she was famous), and goes to the movies, enjoying blockbusters and indie fare alike (she enthuses about La bola negra, Spain\u2019s entry for the Best International Oscar this year, which recently won the People\u2019s Choice Award at Toronto).<\/p>\n

\n\tEmbracing more mainstream pics, she watched Spider-Man: A Brand New Day five times in the movie theater and says it struck a nerve. \u201cI came out of the cinema feeling like I was eight years old,\u201d she says. \u201cThat feeling when you see a movie and you feel like your whole personality and world has changed. I hadn\u2019t felt like that in a really long time and I realized, \u2018Oh, this is why I like to act, and this is why I\u2019m an actor.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWith Spanish and English series and movies now on her IMDb page, Wallace can start planning the next stage. She has a singing career and wants to do musical theater, but on-screen, the plan is a career that can take in both franchises and festival fare. She also wants to work with her sister Chlo\u00e9, who is a director.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI love a big thing, coming from a franchise that has a remake and doing The House of the Spirits, and I still want to do those, but I also want to do the grungy, no-money movies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tNicole Wallace photographed by Violeta Sofia for Deadline<\/p>\n

\n\tIf Wallace is Deadline\u2019s cover star in 10 years\u2019 time, what does she want to have achieved?<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMaybe having done theater or musical theater, obviously Broadway or the West End is the goal, and having produced my own things would be great,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\n\tIs there someone who has paved the way? \u201cI would love to [work] like Margot Robbie,\u201d she decides. \u201cShe\u2019s obviously at the front of a lot of the things that she does, but she also gives chances to other creators and writers and directors and actors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOff the back of her success, and deep in career-planning mode, Wallace is determined not to get caught in analysis-paralysis.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI see a lot of actors that stop working because they overthink it so much and feel vulnerable about picking the wrong project and not getting called ever again,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI love to work so I\u2019ve been trying to find somewhere between not just diving into whatever comes up, but also being grateful that I\u2019m working, especially now that I\u2019m doing things in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGrounded but purposeful, Wallace clearly has no intention of taking her foot off the gas.<\/p>\n

\n\tFaultless Numbers & Remake Reactions<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Culpables franchise has done the numbers for Prime Video. In 2024, Deadline was the first to report that the second installment of the franchise, Culpa tuya, was the streamer\u2019s biggest-ever international launch at the time. That paved the way for Culpa nuestra, and Prime Video said this April that the three movies have been watched by more than 100 million people.<\/p>\n

\n\tWallace says the success of the Culpables films first hit home when Deadline started reporting the stats and their international success. The massive numbers have seen her and Mercedes Ron ink deals with Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n

\n\tEnglish-language remakes of the Culpables films have followed, with My Fault: London and Your Fault: London doing well in Prime Video\u2019s rankings. Asha Banks and Matthew Broome play Noah and Nick, respectively, in the films. Our Fault: London has wrapped and drops in 2027.<\/p>\n

\n\tWallace first heard about the English-language take on the Culpables movies on X. \u201cThey had two female directors, and they had more liberty to be able to change the dialog and change the storyline because it was a remake,\u201d she says. Wallace applauds Banks\u2019 take on Noah. \u201cShe had a lot of fun with it and made her a little bit different than my Noah, which I think is fun and interesting. People love that version. Matt did the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMore broadly, adaptations of Ron\u2019s work dominate the Prime Video charts. As Deadline goes to press, five of the 10 most watched non-English-language films on the streamer are adaptations of her work, with Drawn Together (Enfrentados) sitting top of the pile.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmazon MGM\u2019s Generational Deal<\/p>\n

\n\tBuoyed by the success of the Culpables, Amazon MGM Studios struck an exclusive talent deal with Wallace last year. She will star in its movies and series and also has ambitions to produce.<\/p>\n

\n\tNicole Clemens is the Paramount+ alum now in charge of international originals for Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios. \u201cNicole is a generational talent and this is only the beginning for our journey together,\u201d she says. \u201cHer charisma radiates off the screen. Whether she\u2019s charming audiences as Noah in Culpa, or breaking their hearts as Clara in The House of the Spirits, Nicole\u2019s ability to connect with people all over the world is unmatched.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWith some hits in the bank and an overall deal with Amazon MGM, Wallace and her team can now take the time to plot what comes next.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen you get a certain degree of privilege in the industry where you can choose projects,\u201d says Wallace, \u201cyou have to find a strategy with your career and what type of projects you want to do. That\u2019s something that I\u2019ve been learning a lot these past two years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicole Wallace is good behind the wheel. In Culpa M\u00eda, she power-slides her Porsche sports car to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[311305,88,107106,123696,206,311312,7048],"class_list":["post-880844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-culpa-mia","tag-entertainment","tag-mipcom","tag-mipcom-cannes","tag-movies","tag-nicole-wallace","tag-prime-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}