When actress Nicole Vicius debuted onscreen, she wasted no time before specializing in tough, gritty, and challenging supporting roles that waxed every bit as acerbic as her surname. These included the part of a grungy hanger-on in Gus Van Sant's thinly veiled Kurt Cobain biopic, Last Days (2005) and that of a militant lesbian graffiti artist, Sadie, in Jamie Babbit's quirky comedy drama Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007).