Then came acting, the next step in building an increasingly solid career. "I've always been over the top in my ways. My mom used to tell me when I was little that I should become an actress. But you never take something like that seriously. I like being in front of cameras, I like talking. With the social media fame came emails with offers, asking if I'd like to audition. So I started, and then I enrolled in acting school, I started studying. I have to continue my journey."

"One of these auditions brought me to Netflix. It was incredible: 'Mom, I'm on Netflix, I made a movie.' I'm very proud of myself, of my journey, and of all the people who helped me do this because obviously there are millions of people behind me." Speaking of Netflix, the conversation naturally shifts to The Tearsmith, a film based on the novel of the same name that has captivated millions of viewers. "Working on it was amazing. When you watch a movie, you don't know what's behind it. I had this idea of the strict director, of an environment where everyone judges you because you forget your lines. Instead, it was the happiest experience of my life. Everything was great, it all came naturally. The relationships on set were strong and real, we had fun. I was there for only two weeks, I wasn't the lead, so I experienced it lightly, beautifully. Calling something light that is work means you really like it. I hope to have many more experiences like this. I have a lot of funny anecdotes. Sometimes I was afraid of getting scolded, so I brought candies to the set to sweeten things up for everyone, to eat together. It's a very Nicky thing."

We can't help but wonder (and ask her) if her experience in front of the iPhone camera helped her in front of the movie camera. Things are actually very different, and Nicky understood it immediately: "When you record with your phone, you can watch yourself, you can redo the video as many times as you want, you depend entirely on yourself: it's me who decides how I do my makeup, how I do my hair, what my intonation should be. In a cinematic situation, it's completely different. You don't see how you're doing, it's a total trust, something I've never been accustomed to. But I didn't panic completely; in fact, I almost relieved myself of a burden that I usually handle. I'm too much of a perfectionist, trusting others helps me even from a personal point of view." The character, Billie, helped. "She's very close to me. When I was preparing for the audition, I was excited, I thought 'I love this character and I want to do it justice because it's me, and if I don't do well with this, maybe acting isn't my path.' So I went to my acting school, to my teacher, and asked her to help me as I prepared. We were on video call for a few days, we talked, we tried this part so many times. I cared, I collected opinions. The audition went well, I came out and thought ‘I'm happy with what I did’. It was the first time this had happened to me." But the comfort zone, we've already understood, doesn't satisfy Nicky, who wants to grow and surpass herself more and more, both personally and professionally: "I want to play characters that aren't Nicky. I know I can be myself, but I want to try to go beyond, to discover new things. Once someone told me that they discovered a lot about themselves by playing very different characters. So maybe in a character that is opposite to yoo you can find something about yourself, a small thing, and you discover it because you see it in that character. I want to try this thing. I've tried it already, but I want to try it more, at all costs. I want to challenge myself, to study, to learn, to discover and uncover myself."