Nicole Trunfio

Nicole Trunfio (born 16 March 1986) is an Australian model. Early life Trunfio was born on 16 March 1986 in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia to father, Giuseppe and mother, Kim. She is the youngest of three siblings. Her father was of Italian descent and she says her Italian upbringing made her feel "more Italian than Australian growing up". She would ride dirt bikes and make Italian sausage, pasta sauce and wine with her grandparents. Trunfio grew up poor but never felt poor as “there was always food on the table and love in the household". When she was a child, her father played music around the house and "had every instrument around". She played piano growing up. Trunfio attended St. Mary's Primary School, in Merredin, Western Australia. Later, she attended Parkfield Primary and finally, attended Australind Senior High School in Australind, Western Australia. Sixteen-year-old Trunfio worked at Australian supermarket, Coles, packing shelves before she dropped out of school in Year 11 to move to New York City, after winning a modelling competition, with only 5000 dollars in her bank account. She was going to come back to Australia and study law at university after she was told that a model had a five-year shelf life. However, she studied acting in New York City for three years and also attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), in Sydney.