Emmerdale star Nicola Wheeler is one of the longest standing actors on the Yorkshire-based soap.The 47-year-old soap veteran joined the ITV series as Nicola Blackstock (now King) in 2001 and earlier this year, celebrated her 20th year anniversary portraying the scrappy Dales resident on and off.While Nicola King's onscreen life has been quite tumultuous over the years, with her character almost perishing in a house fire and suffering a devastating miscarriage, Nicola's life off air has also had its fair share of adventure.Born in April 1974, the budding actress grew up in Lancashire and attended Walton High School.Before finding fame, she appeared in one episode of Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns and made her acting debut in a Poldark TV movie.
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