Nesta Cooper is a Canadian actress best known for her roles of Dani Barnes in Reality High and Shannon in The Edge of Seventeen. Since 2016, Cooper has had a main role as Carly Shannon in the Netflix series Travelers.
At the age of seven, Cooper moved to Courtenay, Vancouver Island with her parents. She has tried to pursue a career in the arts whenever the opportunity presented itself. After she completed high-school, she moved to Vancouver for more film opportunities. She started dating Peter Van Auker, an associate producer on Reality High, after the film had completely wrapped on November 21, 2016. On October 15, 2017, Nesta adopted a husky one week after fostering and named him Juneau.
In early 2015, Cooper started working as a production assistant on a short film showcasing Truvelle's eight-piece 2015 bridal collection. On May 12, 2015, the film was released on Vimeo.