Biography
Nicolette Santino is a puppeteer and actress. She trained with the Jim Henson Company, Sesame Workshop, The Muppets Studio Workshop and The Groundlings.
She performed as Party Tomato and as a supporting Muppet performer on the 2021 television special Muppets Haunted Mansion. Santino has also worked as a supporting Muppet performer on The Muppets Mayhem (2023) and the 2026 The Muppet Show special. She is a series regular on the Nickelodeon series The Barbarian and the Troll (2021), playing multiple characters including Sharon and Tee Winkle.
Her other puppetry credits include Earth to Ned, Crank Yankers and The Happytime Murders. Santino has performed in Henson Alternative's Puppet Up! live improv show and puppeteered the character Angel Moon for Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour.
