Nicola Charles
{{short description|British-born Australian author and actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
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Nicola Charles (born 22 December 1969) is a British-Australian actress, author, and conspiracy theorist. She is known for her role as Sarah Beaumont in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.
Early life
Acting career
Charles started her career in British television commercials, having been chosen as the face to launch Coca-Cola's new flagship brand Sprite. She continued in commercials and modelling work.
After moving to Australia in the mid-1990s with then boyfriend Scott Michaelson, 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, and was offered the role of Sarah Beaumont.{{cite web | title=Dirt on a soapy affair|first= Holly| last=Richards | website=The West Australian | date=1 February 2013 | url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/dirt-on-a-soapy-affair-ng-ya-344057 | access-date=5 October 2023}}
Charles left Neighbours in 1999. After having little success in furthering her own career, she relocated to Los Angeles.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
In 2009, she had a supporting role in the 2011 comedy film For Christ's Sake.{{IMDb title|id=1067107|title=For Christ's Sake}}
Charles returned to Melbourne in early 2012,{{cite news| url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/neighbours-siren-sarah-beaumont-is-back/story-fn6bn80a-1226302130707 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230134130/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/neighbours-siren-sarah-beaumont-is-back/story-fn6bn80a-1226302130707 | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 December 2012 |title= Neighbours siren Sarah Beaumont is back|last=Byrne|first=Fiona|date=17 March 2012|work=Herald Sun| publisher= The Herald and Weekly Times|access-date=4 June 2012}} and in 2013 reprised her role in Neighbours.{{cite web | last=Rigden | first=Clare | title="Neighbours Joy & Heartbreak" Neighbours 2013 | website=TV Flashback | date=14 May 2020 | url=https://www.tvflashback.com.au/neighbours-joy-heartbreak-neighbours-2013/ | access-date=5 October 2023|quote= [Originally published in] New Idea, 2013}}
Other activities
In 2001, Charles finished writing and recording an album called Listening in Color in London. The album was mixed by prominent sound engineer Chris Lord-Alge in Los Angeles, but not released by Mushroom Records UK.{{cite web | last=Charles | first=Nicola | title=Nicola Charles Tabberner "Listening in Color" | website=SoundCloud | date=22 March 2011 | url=https://soundcloud.com/nicola-charles-tabberner/sets/nicola-charles-tabberner | access-date=6 October 2023}}
Charles has penned two novels, Click Monkey: Who Do You Trust with Your Kids? (2019), and The Witches of Toorak (2020). In July 2020 Charles bought the publisher of her books, Shield-Maiden Publishing, becoming CEO and sole owner.{{cite web | title=Nicola Charles | website=Matt Batten | date=14 September 2022 | url=https://mattbatten.com/nicola-charles/ | access-date=6 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006000825/https://mattbatten.com/nicola-charles/ | url-status=dead }}
She became known as a conspiracy theorist during the COVID-19 pandemic, calling herself "The White Rabbit". In the lead-up to the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, she created a video falsely claiming that the establishment of the Voice would lead to the UN taking over land in Australia, appointing "one man and one woman in every district".{{cite web | last=Workman | first=Michael | title=How a soap opera star pushed a conspiracy theory linking the Voice to Parliament to a UN takeover | website=ABC News | date=5 October 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-05/united-nations-voice-conspiracy-misinformation-spread-revealed/102932852 | access-date=5 October 2023}}
She is a candidate for The Great Australian Party for the 2025 Australian federal election.{{cite web |title=Nicola Charles|url=https://www.greataustralianparty.com.au/candidates/nicola-charles |access-date=26 August 2024 |archive-date=26 August 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240826065352/https://www.greataustralianparty.com.au/candidates/nicola-charles |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Charles married kickboxing champion Sean Cochrane in March 1993.Dillon, David. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19960714/ai_n14452684/ Hi Neighbours. Meet Naughty Nicola!]. Sunday Mirror, 14 July 1996. {{dead link|date=October 2023}}
On 1 June 2012, Charles married DJ Mark Tabberner in Caulfield.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/former-neighbours-actor-nicola-charles-weds-british-love/story-e6frf96o-1226381462708|title=Former Neighbours actor Nicola Charles weds British love|last=Dennehy|first=Luke|date=2 June 2012|work=Herald Sun|publisher=The Herald and Weekly Times|accessdate=4 June 2012}} Charles and Tabberner have a son.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/charles-delighted-to-be-home-among-neighbours/story-e6frf96x-1226133458649|title=Charles delighted to be home among neighbours|last=Byrne|first=Fiona|date=10 September 2011|work=Herald Sun|publisher=The Herald and Weekly Times|accessdate=8 June 2012}}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Type |
| 2000
| Muggers | | Feature film |
| 2009
| Mary Murphy | Feature film |
=Television=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Type |
| 1995–2016
| TV series |
Writer
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Publisher |
|---|
| 2019
| Click Monkey: Who Do You Trust with Your Kids? | Shield-Maiden Publishing |
| 2020
| The Witches of Toorak | Shield-Maiden Publishing |
Discography
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Type ! Status |
|---|
| 2001
| Listening in Colour | Album | Unreleased |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0153112|name=Nicola Charles}}
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Category:Actresses from Worcestershire
Category:Australian conspiracy theorists
Category:Australian people of Brazilian descent
Category:English conspiracy theorists
Category:English emigrants to Australia
Category:English film actresses
Category:English people of Brazilian descent
Category:British soap opera actresses