Nicola Vicars Coghill (born 4 January 1964) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Sister Jackie Crane in The Flying Doctors, and Miranda Parker in Neighbours.

Early life Coghill was born in Melbourne. Before her acting career, she trained as a classical ballet dancer throughout her school years. She spent six months touring with the Australian Opera as one of their dancers at the age of 15. She completed her final year of school at Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, specialising in dance, but went on to study an Arts degree at University of Melbourne, where she also got involved in extra-curricular university theatre.

Career After graduating and getting an agent, Coghill landed a six-month contract in the soap opera Starting Out in 1983. playing Margot Fallon-Smith. She also starred in 1986 Vietnam War miniseries Sword of Honour as Vivienne and 1990 miniseries All the Rivers Run II as Delie – both, alongside fellow Neighbours alumnus, Alan Fletcher.

Other appearances in miniseries include A Fortunate Life (1986) and The Fremantle Conspiracy (1988). She held a recurring guest role in All the Way from 1988 to 1989 as Terry O'Rourke. From 1991 to 1992 she starred as Sister Jackie Crane in The Flying Doctors. In 1994, she had a regular role in The Bob Morrison Show as Lizzy Morrison. From 1999 to 2000 she appeared as the regular character Dr. Liz Daniels in Thunderstone.

In 2007, Coghill joined the cast of long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours,Neighbours back to basics | Herald Sun as events organiser Miranda Parker – wife of Steve Parker, and mother of Bridget Parker and Riley Parker.Ramsay Street remodelled | The Courier-Mail In 2009, Coghill, together with Eloise Mignon and Steve Bastoni departed Neighbours. Mignon, who played her daughter Bridget, wanted to leave the series to continue her studies. Without Bridget, the writers felt Steve and Miranda were not viable as characters.

Coghill has made guest appearances in numerous other Australian television series and movies. Her television roles include Waterloo Station, Sons and Daughters, Willing and Abel, Rafferty's Rules, The Flying Doctors, Acropolis Now, Hey Dad..!, Minder in Australia, Time Trax, G.P., Blue Heelers, Guinevere Jones, McLeod's Daughters, City Homicide, It's a Date, Offspring and Bad Mothers.

Her film credits include Annie's Coming Out (1984), Rebel (1985) alongside Matt Dillon, Playing Beatie Bow (1986), Twelfth Night (1986) opposite Geoffrey Rush, Dark Age, The Time Guardian, Running from the Guns (all 1987) and Point of No Return (1994).

Coghill has also undertaken voiceover work and theatre work, performing in productions for Melbourne Theatre Company, Playbox Theatre Company and La Mama.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1984 Annie's Coming Out University Girl Feature film 1985 Rebel All Girl Band Feature film1986 Playing Beatie Bow Dorcas 'Dovey' Bow Feature film Twelfth Night Party Guest Feature film1987 Dark Age Cathy Pope Feature film The Time Guardian Annie Feature film Uncle Sam's at the Door Film short Running from the Guns Jill Feature film 1994 Point of No Return Kate Maguire Feature film 2013 Noble Silence Shell Film short 2017 Six Steps to Eternal Death Mother Film short

Television Year Title Role Type 1982 The Sullivans 1983 Starting Out Margot Fallon-Smith 85 episodes Waterloo Station 1 episode1984 Six of the Best Sons and Daughters Nikki Holland 3 episodes Soldiers TV film1986 A Fortunate Life Evelyn Miniseries, 1 episode Sword of Honour Vivienne Miniseries, 4 episodes1987 Rock 'N' Roll Cowboys Teena Tungsten TV film Willing and Abel Jenny 1 episode1988 The Fremantle Conspiracy Hanna Miniseries, 2 episodes Mike Willesee's Australians Lilly Molloy Anthology series, episode: "Les Darcy" Stringer Susie 1 episode 1988–1989 All the Way Terry O'Rourke 3 episodes1989 Rafferty's Rules Jenny Burns 1 episode The Saint in Australia (aka Fear in Fun Park) Felicity TV film 1989; 1991–1992 The Flying Doctors Sister Jackie Crane / Sandra Wetherby 56 episodes 1990 All the Rivers Run II Philadelphia 'Delie' Edwards Miniseries, 4 episodes1991 Hey Hey It's Saturday Contestant ("Red Faces" segment) 1 episode Acropolis Now Rebecca 1 episode 1992 Hey Dad..! Yolande Le Clerc 2 episodes1993 Minder in Australia Susan Hamilton 1 episodes Time Trax Katherine Vickers 1 episode1994 The Bob Morrison Show Lizzy Morrison 26 episodes Sale of the Century Contestant 1 episode 1996 G.P. Rea 1 episode 1997 Blue Heelers Felicity McMurtrie 1 episode 1999–2000 Thunderstone Dr. Liz Daniels Seasons 1–3, 45 episodes 2001 The Pretender 1 episode2002 Guinevere Jones Faerie Queen 2 episodes McLeod's Daughters Gabi Harding 1 episode 2007–2009 Neighbours Miranda Parker 230 episodes 2010 City Homicide Heather Worthington Season 3, 1 episode 2013 It's a Date Pauline 1 episode 2017 Offspring Christine Edmund Season 7, 1 episode 2019 Bad Mothers Jo 1 episode Coopers Crossing Sandra Uncle Sam’s at the Door Teena

Theatre Year Title Role Type Rat Vivian Alderson La Mama, Melbourne 1984 The Real Thing Debbie Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC 1984 Filumena Lucia Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC 1987 Shakers Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney 1992 A Month of Sundays Wilson Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1993 The Temple Miranda West Gippsland Arts Centre, Monash University, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre 1994 The Glass Mermaid Kristin Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre 1995 Triptych Mandy Carlton Courthouse with La Mama, Melbourne 1995 The Snake Pit La Mama, Melbourne 2001 Hit & Run Janet Carlton Courthouse with La Mama, Melbourne 2004 The Frail Man Amelia Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre

Personal life Nikki Coghill has two daughters and lives in Melbourne with her husband.

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