Ari Zucker

Ari Zucker

Awareness Ambassador

Five-time Emmy-nominated actress Arianne Zucker has played many roles, but she is best known for the character of Nicole Walker on NBC’s hit daytime drama, “Days of Our Lives”.   Arianne played the role from 1998-2017 and 2018-2023.  Zucker has  aired in over 2800 episodes, multiple movies, and new media programming  giving her 1000’s of hours of experienced screen time.

Arianne began her career in modeling when she was 16 years old. She soon traveled to Paris, France after winning her first modeling contest. From there she has traveled to Australia, Japan landing herself in New York City.  

During her career on Days of Our  Lives, Arianne also began to generate work in primetime television by  landing the role of Brenda Collette in CSI:Miami (2006). Her work was  noticed by writer Karen Harris, (General Hospital, All MY Children) and  was asked to play the role Winnifred Marshall in “Life in General”  (2008). As web series began to become popular, “Devantiy”, an  Emmy-nominated web series chose Arianne to guest star as Julie Regis  (2013) as the uptight sister of Andrew Regis, the ruthless jewelry  scion.  In 2018, Arianne won an Independent Series Award for her role as  Clara in “ Ladies of the Lake”. Zucker also has been fortunate to play  different characters for multiple Lifetime movies such as “Killer  Assistant, Web Cam Girls, Ex-Wife Killer and His Perfect Obsession.

While in between acting jobs,  Arianne keeps herself quite busy. She co-created the non-profit organization ARROW-HEART Adventure Camps in September of 2007 with her brother Todd Zucker. The organization operates out of a small town in Weiser, Idaho. The camp enriches teen’s lives through outdoor adventure.  ARROW-HEARTS biggest adventure so far was creating a short documentary about the camp in South Africa in 2012.

Zucker has found success in opening a Life Coaching business called "Live TALOHA" with her husband Shawn Christian. Choosing the path as a creative mindset coach and positivity advocate began in 2020 when the world experienced the COVID-19 pandemic. The gift of listening, absorbing information and supporting clients with the tools to get to the root of HOW they can shift their mindset to a proactive way of living is the main focus of Ari’s style of coaching.  “When we value change over our current situation, we begin to create the  life we imagine”

Arianne also has a huge love for animals. She has rescued 45 animals throughout her life and continues to advocate for as many as she can including now becoming an Ambassador to American Wild Horse Conservation.

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