1. Ada Nicodemou was born on 14 May 1977 and is an Australian actress of Greek Cypriot descent.
24 Facts About Ada Nicodemou
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Ada Nicodemou began her acting career in 1994 in TV serial Heartbreak High as Katerina Ioannou.
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Since 2000, Nicodemou has played the role of Leah Patterson in the soap opera Home and Away.
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Ada Nicodemou has the distinction of being the third longest actor in an Australian TV soap opera, coincidently behind fellow Home and Away cast members Ray Meagher and Lynne McGranger.
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Ada Nicodemou was born on 14 May 1977 in Carlton, a suburb of Sydney.
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Ada Nicodemou grew up in Minto along with her younger brother.
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Ada Nicodemou attended The Grange Public School, and the Johnny Young Talent School, where she learned to sing, dance and act.
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Ada Nicodemou began her acting career in 1994 when she was cast as Katerina Ioannou in ABC1's Heartbreak High.
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Ada Nicodemou was 16 when she successfully auditioned for the role.
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Ada Nicodemou was originally contracted to play the part for 12 weeks, but this was later extended.
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Ada Nicodemou has played the role of Leah Patterson in the television soap opera Home and Away since 22 March 2000.
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Ada Nicodemou originally auditioned for the role of Sarah Thompson in 1992, but Laura Vasquez was cast.
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Ada Nicodemou was later approached by the show's producers about the role of Leah.
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Ada Nicodemou was not asked to audition and was offered a six-month contract, which was extended.
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In 2005, Ada Nicodemou competed on and won the 3rd season of Dancing with the Stars with partner Aric Yegudkin.
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From 2012, Ada Nicodemou hosted Channel Seven's reality series Please Marry My Boy.
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Ada Nicodemou made a guest appearance in an episode of Drop Dead Weird in 2018.
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In February 2021, it was announced Ada Nicodemou would compete on Seven's Dancing with the Stars: All Stars with her original partner Yegudkin.
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Ada Nicodemou is the author of two children's books; her first book titled Johnas The International Soccer Star, was released June 2018.
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On 22 August 2012, Ada Nicodemou gave birth to the couple's first child, a son.
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In July 2024, Ada Nicodemou confirmed via Stellar magazine that she was in a relationship with her Home and Away co-star James Stewart.
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Since 2005, Ada Nicodemou has been an ambassador of the PixiFoto Foundation that raises funds for a Childhood Blindness Prevention program in Africa.
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Ada Nicodemou is an ambassador for Save our Sons, a charity supporting Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
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Ada Nicodemou is a supporter of the Starlight Children's Foundation and Make-A-Wish Foundation Australia.