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Nicola Bryant was born the daughter of a heating engineer, in 1960, in
Surrey, England. She began her training in dance and music at the age
of three, studying classical ballet, then jazz and tap dance, the
piano, flute and guitar, and finally acting at the Webber Douglas
Academy of Dramatic Art. Here, apart from developing her acting skills,
she continued her hobbies of golf and music. It was also during her
time at drama school, that Nicola married the Broadway singer, Scott
Kennedy, although they later separated. Her final production at Webber
Douglas was "No, No, Nanette", in which she played the lead.
Bryant was
spotted by an agent, Terry Carney
(William Hartnell's son-in-law), and
asked to audition for the part of Peri in
Doctor Who (1963), which she got.
On leaving Doctor Who, Nicola appeared in
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988), Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993), which was a Doctor Who spoof and the highly successful three "Stranger" videos
and The Airzone Solution" with Colin Baker.
In 1992, she went to Los
Angeles for several months before returning to the UK. In 1995, she
appeared as Martine in
The Biz (1995), a children's
series, which has run for three series so far. She also has sung with
Colin Baker,
Anthony Ainley,
Nicholas Courtney and a number
of British pop stars on the "Doctor In Distress" record. Nicola lives
in Notting Hill, where her understanding neighbours allow her to write
music at all hours of the day and night.