Nicola Park
British actress
Nicola Park (born 6 January 1972) is a Scottish actress and performer. She is best known for her role on the long-running television series Rab C. Nesbitt.
Early life
Park was born in 1972 in Dumbarton, a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland which borders to the northwest of Glasgow.
Career
Park commenced her acting career in 1996. She received her first role on the short-lived television sitcom Atletico Partick, which was created by Ian Pattison. What followed was the role of Bridie on the sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt, in which she was introduced in season five as Gash's girlfriend's sister but eventually gets pregnant to Gash and gives birth to a baby girl, Peaches. Park played the role of Bridie until the series ended in 1999 at the end of season eight, however, she did return for seasons nine and ten when the series was later revived in 2008. Before she received the role as Bridie, she played another character on the series, that of Rena, in one episode as Rab's sister in a flashback sequence. In 1999 and 2000, Park appeared in three separate guesting roles of the Scottish children's television series Hububb, with Elaine C. Smith, her co-star on Rab C. Nesbitt.
She appeared as Widow Twankey in Aladdin at the Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow) in 2022–23.
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