
Growing up in Hollywood, Nikki Nash studied acting, took piano lessons, and wore a nun’s habit to buy alcohol so she wouldn’t get carded.
She began working in TV as a gofer on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and ended up as an associate director on a variety of shows, including Soul Train, Love Connection, Jimmy Kimmel, The Kennedy Center Honors, Ellen, Jeopardy, and twelve years with Conan O’Brien.
When she wasn’t working or napping, she tried skydiving, playwriting, screenwriting, standup comedy, swing dancing, poker, and painting.
She still watches a lot of TV. And she likes eating toast.
about COLLATERAL STARDUST

Raised in a chaotic, bohemian Hollywood household, Nikki Nash is lonely and becomes fixated on a bold mission: meet Warren Beatty and have him in her life forever. At eighteen, with determination and a detailed plan—which begins with getting a job near the Beverly Wilshire Hotel where Warren Beatty lives—her long-shot dream collides with reality. While Warren remains ever-present in her life, this is a deeper story of one woman navigating Hollywood as an actor, director, and comedian, as she maneuvers through addiction, alcoholism, and the eccentric fringes of L.A., brushing up against fame, danger, and dysfunction.