Nicola Sian Thorp is an English broadcaster, columnist, activist, and former actress.
15 Facts About Nicola Thorp
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Nicola Thorp is known for her role as Nicola Rubinstein in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, as well as her contributions to the newspaper Metro and the programmes This Morning, and Talk Today.
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Nicola Thorp's family run a Blackpool rock factory founded by her grandfather in 1962.
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Nicola Thorp studied acting at the Arts Educational School in London from 2007 to 2010.
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In 2018, Nicola Thorp competed for ITV in Sport Relief's "Clash of the Channels" boat race, and started writing a regular column for freesheet Metro.
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Since 2019, Nicola Thorp has been a regular contributor for This Morning.
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Thorp's last appearance as Nicola Rubinstein was on 13 June 2018 at the conclusion of her storyline.
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On 11 November 2018, it was announced that Thorp would be reprising her role as Nicola, and she returned from 21 January to 1 February 2019.
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In 2018, Nicola Thorp joined 26 other celebrities at Metropolis Studios, to perform an original Christmas song called Rock With Rudolph, written and produced by Grahame and Jack Corbyn.
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Nicola Thorp made headlines in 2016 after going public about an experience she had at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a temp worker: she stated she was sent home unpaid from her work as a temp receptionist in London after refusing to wear high heels, a requirement mandated by her agency's "female grooming" policies at the time.
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Nicola Thorp appeared on Good Morning Britain to talk about her petition and clashed with host Piers Morgan.
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Nicola Thorp later appeared in front of a Parliamentary select committee to discuss the issue, and wrote articles in newspapers laying out her stance that she is not anti-high heels, but merely that it should not be necessary for certain jobs.
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Nicola Thorp has said that she had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
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Nicola Thorp supported and campaigned for the Labour Party in the run-up to the 2019 general election, believing a Labour government would revitalise seaside towns such as Blackpool.
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Nicola Thorp married actor Nikesh Patel in summer 2024, having been in a relationship since 2021 and engaged since 2023.