Nicole Laeno

Nicole Laeno — 'Colie' to everyone who knows her (Famous Birthdays) — is the dancer-actress-creator your feed has probably already chosen for you. Born December 8, 2005, in Bellflower, California (Famous Birthdays), the Filipino-Vietnamese performer (Famous Birthdays) turned competition dance into 3.7 million YouTube subscribers, 5 million-plus TikTok fans and 1.7 million on Instagram (Famous Birthdays).

And then she posted a rejection letter. Her raw April 2024 TikTok reacting to a UCLA 'no' exploded past 45 million views and carried her onto PEOPLE, Good Morning America and ABC News — because she'd shared it, she told PEOPLE, 'to share the realness' (People). San Diego State became the actual dream school. The dance team got a star. Everybody won.[edit]

Seven years old, one hip-hop class, instant obsession (Famous Birthdays). By eight she was on Fusion Studios' Advanced Dance Competition Team, grinding through the comp circuit until Hollywood Vibe named her Dancer of the Year for 2016-2017 (Famous Birthdays). The camera found her at 11, via a first makeup tutorial on YouTube — dance covers and vlogs followed, all of it laced with the warmth of a close Bellflower family that would become beloved content regulars.[edit]

2017 was the launch year: regular YouTube posting plus casting in DanceON's Dance-Off Juniors and Boss Cheer (Famous Birthdays). Dance performances, challenges, day-in-the-life vlogs — and collabs with Matt Steffanina and will.i.am — compounded into millions of subscribers.

April 2024 changed the register. The UCLA rejection TikTok — filmed through tears — passed 45 million views and earned features in PEOPLE, Good Morning America and ABC News (People). She took the story's next chapter to Teen Vogue that fall (Teen Vogue), enrolled at San Diego State, joined the dance team and a sorority, and reframed the whole saga as redirection, not rejection (Daily Aztec). iFANN's October 2026 fetch: 3.74 million subscribers, 961,902,994 views.[edit]

Girl-next-door with a work ethic: high-octane dance clips cut with sleepy dorm vlogs, athleisure uniform, 'hey guys' energy. The rejection video made her the internet's little sister — proof she'd show the L, not just the W (People). Followers don't stan so much as root.[edit]

iFANN-only numbers, read from live data: YouTube: 3,740,000 subscribers, 961,902,994 views (fetched 2026-10-18). Popularity rank: #41,461 overall, #31,213 by type (ranked 2026-10-19). She holds no placement in iFANN's Global Fame Engine Top 1,000 or any Top-100 scope list. Engagement is organic and comment-driven; no formal fandom name, though a dedicated subreddit follows her work.[edit]

'Colie' is the family-and-friends nickname (Famous Birthdays). She sat for a Streamys interview back in 2019 (Famous Birthdays). The SDSU decision vlog trended on YouTube (Famous Birthdays). She works out of the immaBEAST dance orbit (Famous Birthdays). The rejection-to-redirection arc — UCLA no, SDSU yes — is now the brand's founding myth (People, Daily Aztec).[edit]

Bellflower household, all in: dad Noel, mom Linda — who doubles as her business contact — and brother Christian, all regulars on camera (Famous Birthdays). Holidays, trips, hangouts: the Laenos vlog like a family that genuinely likes each other. Filipino and Vietnamese roots run through the content (Famous Birthdays).[edit]

Choreographer Matt Steffanina and will.i.am, collaborators (Famous Birthdays). Parents Noel and Linda Laeno and brother Christian, fixtures of her content (Famous Birthdays). San Diego State University — dance team, sorority, dream school (Daily Aztec).[edit]

No credible outlet has published a net worth figure. Online estimates are unsourced. Revenue lines on record: YouTube advertising on 961M+ views, cross-platform sponsorships, acting roles and merchandise (YouTube, Famous Birthdays).[edit]

The competitive honor that counts: Hollywood Vibe's Dancer of the Year for 2016-2017 (Famous Birthdays). No major mainstream ceremonies yet — the trophies so far are subscribers and headlines.[edit]