Nikki DeLoach
DeLoach at the Media Access Awards in October 2012
Born	(1979-09-09)September 9, 1979 (age 46)[1] Waycross, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Ryan Goodell ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	2

Nikki DeLoach (born September 9, 1979) is an American actress, best known as Lacey Hamilton inAwkward (2011–2016), MJ inNorth Shore (2004–2005), and Brenda inDays of Our Lives (2007–2009).

DeLoach was born inWaycross, Georgia, the eldest of three children of David DeLoach, the owner of a wood products company, and Terri DeLoach, the superintendent of the schools in Pierce County. She has a sister and a brother. They grew up on a farm.^[2]

As a child, DeLoach was involved in the pageant world, winning numerous state and national titles. She secured an agent for modeling at a young age and appeared in several print advertisements. She and her mother spent a summer in New York City to further her modeling career.^{[citation needed]}

Deloach joinedThe All New Mickey Mouse Club in 1993. Fellow cast members included future actorsKeri Russell andRyan Gosling, and future pop starsBritney Spears,Christina Aguilera,Justin Timberlake, andJC Chasez.^[3] WhenThe All New Mickey Mouse Club was canceled in 1995, DeLoach returned to her local high school for a short time before moving with her grandmother to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Her work included television appearances inMisery Loves Company and movie roles inGunfighter's Moon andTraveller.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, she became a member of thegirl groupInnosense.^[4] The group was managed by Justin Timberlake's mother, Lynn Harless. Innosense was an opening act for both*NSYNC andBritney Spears, and it had lukewarm success in Europe, but minimal impact in the US. The group had a cameo in the filmLongshot before calling it quits in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

After Innosense's breakup, DeLoach focused on acting. Her film work includes the sequel of theSandra Bullock thrillerThe Net, calledThe Net 2.0, and a role in the seriesEmerald Cove, alongside some of her fellow Mouseketeers. On television, she starred in the seriesNorth Shore.^[5] onFox andWindfall.^[6] She also has made guest appearances inGrounded for Life,Walker: Texas Ranger,Cold Case, andCSI: NY. DeLoach played Lacey Hamilton, the mother of the main characterJenna Hamilton, onMTV'sAwkward.^{[citation needed]}

She played in the French comedy filmHollywoo withFlorence Foresti. She occasionally co-hosts onThe Young Turks livestream. She has starred in several films on the Hallmark Channel.^{[citation needed]}

DeLoach married Ryan Goodell, who was a member of the boy bandTake 5, in September 2009.^[7] In April 2013, DeLoach announced that she was pregnant.^[2][8] They have two children.^[9][10]

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• Mouseketeers
• Singers from Georgia (U.S. state)
• People from Waycross, Georgia
• People from Blackshear, Georgia
• 21st-century American singers
• 21st-century American women singers

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