 Her father, a consultant doctor, was a medical officer in the Royal Air Force working on a British base in Germany at the time of her birth.The family later moved back to her mother's home town of Swanage in Dorset.Nicole attended Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth, Clayesmore School in Blandford Forum, Dorset, and went on to train in musical theatre at the Guildford School of Acting.