Nico Cristian Mirallegro ( MIRR-?-LEG-roh) (born 26 January 1991) is an English actor. He is best known for his British television roles as Barry "Newt" Newton in the soap opera Hollyoaks (2007–2010), Finn Nelson in My Mad Fat Diary (2013–2015), Joe Middleton in The Village (2013), and Johnjo O'Shea in Common (2014). Mirallegro is a BAFTA Award-nominated performer who has appeared in television, film, radio drama, and theatre.