Nicola Brazil

Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Credits at Mountview include the roles of Nancy, Tina and Judith in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens and Albina in Brezhnev's Children.

Theatre includes: Serena in Legally Blonde (Savoy), Cinderella in Cinderella (Waterside, Aylesbury), Alice in All the Fun of the Fair (Garrick), Amber in Hairspray (Shaftesbury), Sandy in Grease (Piccadilly), ensemble in Wicked (Victoria Apollo) and Elizabeth in Whistle Down the Wind (Riverside Studios – National Youth Music Theatre).

Workshops: Medea, Jason and the Argonauts (Richard Crichton).

Film includes: Re-uniting the Rubins.

Television includes: Children's Ward, Wire in the Blood, This Morning, GMTV.

Radio includes: Elaine Paige, Radio 2.

Recordings include: Cross the Battleline – debut album recorded in Nashville in 2000 under the name of Niki Dean.

Awards: HMV British Country Music Rising Star Award 2000, UK National Touring Artist of the Year 2000-2001.