Twenty years ago, Nicole Bilderback was nearly as ubiquitous in teen movies and TV shows as Freddie Prinze Jr. She was in “Clueless,” “Bring It On” and “Can’t Hardly Wait.” She was in episodes of “Dawson’s Creek,” the “Clueless” TV series and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
Her name didn’t show up on the movie posters, though, and some of her roles were blink-and-you’ll-miss-it slim. Still, she stood out: She was often the only Asian-American in the cast.
…“If Nicole was a teenage actress today,” [Jenny] Han wrote, “I’d like to think she’d be more than just a minor character. She’d be the star of a teen movie, because I would make it my mission to write one for her.”
Nicole Bilderback, The Asian Friend Of ’90s Teen Comedies, Is Ready To Kick Your Ass
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