Nicola Charles
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Nicola Charles is an actress, primarily known for her role in Australian soap opera, Neighbours
.
. She continued in adverts and modelling work for several years until moving to Australia in the mid 90s with then boyfriend, Scott Michaelson
. It was there that she landed her first acting role. Having turned up at Grundy Television studios auditioning for game show The Price is Right
, Charles was noticed by casting director Jan Russ
and invited to read for a part on Neighbours. She played Sarah Beaumont
on the show for almost three years, from 1996 to 1999. Her profile soared at this point in her career. In the UK, she was included in FHM
's list of the 100 sexiest women in 1998 and again in 1999.
In 2001, Charles finished recording an album called Listening in Color which was mixed by prominent sound engineer, Chris Lord-Alge
. However the album was never officially released and Charles was subsequently let go by the UK division of Mushroom Records
.
Recent work has included a supporting role in comedy film For Christ's Sake, which also features Armin Shimerman
and William Morgan Sheppard. Until 2010, Charles was also producer at Marathon Pictures, a film company co-founded with her ex-husband.
. Charles and Barry have two daughters, Freya and Nova. They split in 2008, and Charles is currently engaged to Los Angeles
based DJ, Mark Tabberner. She and Mark have a son, Archie.
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
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Career
Charles trained as an actress and dancer at the Gemini Drama School and started her career in adverts, having been chosen to promote the soft drink, SpriteSprite (soft drink)
Sprite is a transparent, lemon-lime flavored , caffeine free soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. It was introduced in the United States in 1961. This was Coke's response to the popularity of 7 Up, which had begun as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" in 1929...
. She continued in adverts and modelling work for several years until moving to Australia in the mid 90s with then boyfriend, Scott Michaelson
Scott Michaelson
Scott Michaelson is an Australian actor and manager who is most famous for playing Brad Willis in Neighbours...
. It was there that she landed her first acting role. Having turned up at Grundy Television studios auditioning for game show The Price is Right
The Price Is Right (Australian game show)
The Price is Right was a television game show that has been produced in a number of different formats in Australia.-Original format:Two regional versions based on the original 1950s US format aired nearly concurrently - one aired on ATN-7 in Sydney, hosted by Bruce Beeby and Keith Walshe from...
, Charles was noticed by casting director Jan Russ
Jan Russ
Jan Russ is an Australian Casting director and actor best known for her work on the soap opera Neighbours from the show's beginning in 1985 to her departure in 2009. Russ was also the casting director on Prisoner until the show's cancellation...
and invited to read for a part on Neighbours. She played Sarah Beaumont
Sarah Beaumont
Sarah Beaumont is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Nicola Charles. She made her first on-screen appearance on in 25 September 1996. Sarah departed on 13 July 1999...
on the show for almost three years, from 1996 to 1999. Her profile soared at this point in her career. In the UK, she was included in FHM
FHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...
's list of the 100 sexiest women in 1998 and again in 1999.
In 2001, Charles finished recording an album called Listening in Color which was mixed by prominent sound engineer, Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
. However the album was never officially released and Charles was subsequently let go by the UK division of Mushroom Records
A&E Records
A&E Records is an United Kingdom-based record label imprint, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under the WEA International group of labels at WMG....
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Recent work has included a supporting role in comedy film For Christ's Sake, which also features Armin Shimerman
Armin Shimerman
Armin Shimerman is an American actor. Shimerman is best known for playing the Ferengi bartender Quark in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Principal Snyder in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kramer's caddy Stan on Seinfeld, voicing Dr. Nefarious in the Ratchet & Clank series, and Andrew...
and William Morgan Sheppard. Until 2010, Charles was also producer at Marathon Pictures, a film company co-founded with her ex-husband.
Personal life
Charles has been married twice. First in March 1993 to kickboxing champion Sean Cochrane. This relationship soon broke up however and it was not until the 18 August 2003 that she married again, this time to actor Jason BarryJason Barry
Jason Barry is an Irish actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Tommy Ryan in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic. However, he has also been in such movies as The Still Life for which he has won numerous awards....
. Charles and Barry have two daughters, Freya and Nova. They split in 2008, and Charles is currently engaged to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
based DJ, Mark Tabberner. She and Mark have a son, Archie.