Nicole Polizzi Biography

Fast Facts

• Announced she was expected her first child, a boy to be named Lorenzo, with fiance Jionni LaValle in early 2012
• Arrested in Seaside Heights in 2010 while filming the third season of "Jersey Shore" for disorderly conduct and disturbance of the peace
• Originally born in Chile, she was adopted at six months of age by Italian American parents hailing from Marlboro, New Jersey
• Following the success of "Jersey Shore", she would sign multiple promotional deals including a book publishing deal as well as numerous speaking engagements across the country
• Gained overnight success after being scouted to appear on MTV's "Jersey Shore", a reality series that followed the over-the-top lifestyles of eight Italian Americans living on the Jersey Shore over the course of a summer
• Made her feature film debut with a cameo spot in 2012's "The Three Stooges"
• Received the name of 'Snooki' in seventh grade after a character on the film "Save the Last Dance" because she was the first one of her friends to kiss a boy