Nico Mirallegro was born in Manchester, England, to an Italian father and Anglo-Irish mother. He attended The Manchester school of Acting for 3 years. He is BAFTA nominated for playing Joe Middleton in The Village and is known for his role as Finn in My Mad Fat Diary, Timothy Evans in Rillington Place, Jonjo in Common, Dodge in Spike Island and as John Bagguelly in Mike Leigh's Peterloo. Nico was selected in the 2012 Screen stars of tomorrow. He was awarded best actor for his role in Mirko Pincelli's The Habit Of Beauty at the Gallio film festival.